Would using "ergo" be appropriate in social sciences-related academic writing? [closed]

An example would be

Yet, this process is by definition neutral, ergo affecting all factors in the same way.

I would like to use it sometimes, as an alternative to therefore, so, in consequence, etc. But the truth is I have never seen it in academic papers in my field.

PS: if used, I guess it has to be in italics.

Update: I was thinking on ergo as the latin word (no idea it existed in English). It is common to use other latin expressions like ad-hoc, ex-post, ceteris paribus, etc.

Solution 1:

Ergo appears to be used in the social sciences (although somewhat rarely). I found some papers at random that use "ergo".

Interestingly enough, "ergo" may or may not be italicized when used (as you can see from these examples). I'm not sure why; you may want to ask your advisor what you should do.

De-Westernizing communication/social science research: opportunities and limitations:

These problems applied generally to the plight of social science – and, ergo, to media and communication studies as well – in the entire global ‘periphery’.

The Status of the “Material” in Theories of Culture: From “Social Structure” to “Artefacts”:

Ergo, the sociology of knowledge is based on the idea of a “double-structure” forming the condition of action: The orderliness of action in social collectivities depends on a shared cultural structure of knowledge.