Academy of Social Sciences

The Academy’s mission is to promote social sciences in the United Kingdom for the public benefit. The Academy is composed of Individual Academicians and Learned Societies. The Academy responds to Government and other consultations on behalf of the social science community, organizes meetings about social science and seminars on topics that span social science disciplines, and sponsors a number of schemes that promote social science and enhance its value to society.

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Following the Riots: Research Priorities

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: October 19, 2011
During and following the Academy’s conference on the Riots of summer 2011, the speakers were all asked for their thoughts on where the priorities lay for social science research. Here are those thoughts. Add your own thoughts to this debate in the comments below. Professor Jon Silverman, Professor of Media and Criminal Justice, University of [...]

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The riots of summer 2011: Seminar organised by the Campaign for Social Science

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: October 19, 2011
An audience of policy makers, think tanks and academics enjoyed a wide spectrum of views and insights into the events of summer 2011 in English towns and cities, as they gathered at Gresham College, London on 13th October 2011. A podcast of the event will be available here shortly. Links to slide presentations (where used) [...]

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The riots of summer 2011 – Just criminals?

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: October 19, 2011
Listen to the audio from this session Chairing the third and final session at this Academy seminar on the riots, Professor Ted Cantle CBE, Executive Chair of the Institute of Community Cohesion, began by reading a newspaper quote about the looting of a shipwreck on Sidmouth beach in 2007. There was no mention of “feral youths” [...]

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The riots of summer 2011 – Is Britain Broken?

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: October 19, 2011
Listen to the audio from this session Introducing the second session at this Academy seminar on the riots, chair Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, warned against planting a pre-existing narrative on the events of the summer. There is a need to listen to the people on the ground who have access [...]

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The riots of summer 2011 – How did we come to this?

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: October 19, 2011
Listen to the audio from this session The public discussion in the aftermath of the riots focussed mainly on criminal behaviour – on the lootings, violence and other criminal activity. In the first session in the Academy’s seminar on the riots, chair Professor Dame Janet Finch AcSS, Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester, opened by [...]

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Internationalising the Academy

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: August 24, 2011
Professor Linda Hantrais AcSS (left) is convening a group to investigate broadening the Academy’s engagement overseas. This international advisory group will: develop an international strategy advise on priorities and implementation Aims and objectives: internationalise mission statement extend international membership of AcSS and affiliation to AcSS develop AcSS membership of selected international organisations draw on linkages [...]

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Contemporary Social Science

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: August 23, 2011
The Journal of the Academy,Contemporary Social Science, is taking shape in its new incarnation. Whilst individual papers of relevance across the social sciences are still very welcome the emphasis is now on special issues that deal with cross-disciplinary topics of general significance. The first issue, published in  February dealing with ‘Post-conflict Societies’ was well received. [...]

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President’s Lunch 2011

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: August 22, 2011
Professor Sir Howard Newby AcSS will host the annual lunch for members of the Academy and their guests on Tuesday 20th December 2011 in the elegant surroundings of the Benjamin Franklin Room at the Royal Society of Arts in London. This year it will take the form of a hot buffet lunch to contain costs [...]

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