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How Scholars Can Be Strategic Communicators 26 Aug 2013 | 04:28 pm
pakorn This is our second post from the Bridging the Gap Project about its International Summer Policy Institute (IPSI)—at which Henry and I spoke today about scholars-as-bloggers. The first post is...
Lessons from civil society: how a ‘Theory of Change’ can help tell a bigger impact story. 24 Aug 2013 | 09:42 am
As academics think about impact, they can draw on some of the lessons and strategic approaches used by civil society and campaigning groups. Andy Martin, Director of strategy consulting firm Firetail,...
The Psychology of the “Psychology Isn’t a Science” Argument 23 Aug 2013 | 04:16 pm
Every so often the internet is set ablaze with opinion pieces on a familiar question: Are “soft” sciences, like psychology, actually science? Most of the time the argument against psychology as a scie...
Weekly Overview of Social Science News 17 Aug 2013 | 03:52 pm
Social Science Research Symposium - McGill Reporter Funding NIH behavioral research is a waste of money - Baltimore Sun Study maps the future of Humanities and Social Sciences in Australia - UQ Ne.....
The Humanities as Human Relations 13 Aug 2013 | 11:45 am
In 2009 and 2010, I participated in a series of discussions on the nature and value of the Humanities. Initiated by a colleague in philosophy, these discussions grew out of his concern over the cur...
Round-up of recent social science research (from SAGE Insight) 11 Aug 2013 | 04:24 am
Music, violence, politics, integrity: Feminist contradictions or an editorial in the form of 18 tweets From European Journal of Women’s Studies ‘No Nike, no Adidas?’: How teenagers react to peer ...
Why Social Science Research Matters 8 Aug 2013 | 11:57 pm
Free images from ponsulak Social, behavioral and economic science research has become the punching bag for many conservatives. In February, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., told an American ...
Don’t miss a single episode! 7 Aug 2013 | 08:37 pm
A list of all Social Science Bites episodes: David Stuckler on Austerity and Death; Kate Pickett on the Case for Equality; Angela McRobbie on the Illusion of Equality for Women; Lawrence Sherman o...
Round-up of recent social science research (from SAGE Insight) 4 Aug 2013 | 08:53 am
Austerity policing: Is visibility more important than absolute numbers in determining public confidence in the police? From European Journal of Criminology The link between profitability and safety i...
David Stuckler on Austerity and Death 1 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
You might assume that deaths increase in a recession, but that doesn’t necessarily happen. What is clear, however, is the relation between government austerity responses to recession and an increase i...
