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“I became a scholar in order to become a better activist”
By SAGE | Published June 17th, 2013

A conversation with Dr. Kitty Kelly Epstein, winner of the 2013 Marilyn Gittell Activist Scholar Award and University Professor who took a four-year break from teaching to live her research.

UK backs Social Science, the World benefits
By Academy of Social Sciences | Published June 13th, 2013

Studying ourselves is something the British do exceptionally well: specialists flock here from all over the world seeking answers to fundamental questions from our unique series of cohort birth studies, and no one else has anything quite like them.

Angela McRobbie on the Illusion of Equality for Women
By Social Science Bites | Published June 3rd, 2013

Has equality for women been achieved? Feminism has apparently achieved many of its aims. But have they? Angela McRobbie from the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London, discusses her research on this topic.

Groped at Luton Airport: Accountability and the Security State
By Robert Dingwall | Published May 26th, 2013

I was still wearing my belt and triggered the detection gate. What followed was the most intrusive search that I have experienced at any UK or US airport.

Weekly Overview of Social Science News
By Lorna McConville | Published March 28th, 2013

Social Science in the National interest, U.S. Congress cuts Social Science out of NSF Funding, and more in this Weekly Overview of Social Science News

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