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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Making the Case for the Social Sciences booklet on Longitudinal Research

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: May 22, 2013

In June we will launch the latest Making the Case for the Social Sciences booklet, which highlights important recent longitudinal research into education, health and other social issues.

Posted in Announcements, News, Research Methods | Tagged Academy of Social Sceince, Diana Kuh, Institute of Education, Logitudinal Research, NRC Unit of Lifelong Health and Ageing, social science, Tony Trueman | Leave a comment

One Step Closer to Restoring Government Chief Social Scientist Post

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: March 5, 2013

The Campaign for Social Science has welcomed a Government announcement on the 4th of March, 2013 that it will set up the post of What Works National Advisor to oversee six evidence centres for areas of social policy.

Posted in News | Tagged Academy of Social Sciences, Campaign for Social Science, Chief Social Scientist, social science, Tony Trueman | Leave a comment

Social Science’s Dangerously Low Profile, and How to Fix It

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: February 27, 2013

“We are now in a situation where science, technology, engineering and maths – the STEM subjects – were about 15 to 20 years ago....there was a lack of public understanding of what they contributed to society and its development"

Posted in Academic Funding, Featured, Impact, International Debate, News, Public Engagement, Public Policy | Tagged Campaign for Social Science, Campaign for Social Science Roadshow, Government, London Metropolitan University, Michael Harloe, Parliament, policy, social science, STEM subjects | 5 Comments

Campaign for Social Science to hold latest roadshows

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: January 21, 2013

The Campaign for Social Science will hold its latest roadshows at London Metropolitan University on 20 February and at the University of Exeter on 1 March.

Posted in News | Tagged Campaign for Social Science Roadshow, Road Shows, social science | Leave a comment

Academy of Social Sciences launches evidence-gathering process

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: January 10, 2013

The Academy of Social Sciences is working to articulate the value of social science research to society, the wider economy and policymaking itself, in anticipation of government decisions on spending on research in the UK.

Posted in Academic Funding, Announcements, Communication, Impact, News, Public Engagement, Public Policy | Tagged academy of social science, evidence, policy, social science | Leave a comment

Implementing Finch Conference

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: December 4, 2012

A two-day conference organised by the Academy of Social Sciences looked at the implementation of the recommendations of the Finch Review for Open Access publishing in the UK.

Posted in Academic Funding, Communication, Featured, Impact, News, Open Access, Public Engagement, Public Policy, Resources, Videos | Tagged academy of social science, David Green, Felice Levine, Janet Finch, Jude England, Lynne Brindley, Martin Hall, Maureen Duffy, open access, Paul Hubbard, Philip Carpenter, Rita Gardner, Robert Dingwall, Routledge, SAGE, Sally Hardy, Tim Blackman, Wiley, Ziyad Marar | 5 Comments

“Social Scientists Need to Make a Stronger Case for Their Worth”

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: October 31, 2012

Social scientists need to make a strong case for their worth inside and outside of academia.

Posted in Academic Funding, Featured, Higher Education Reform, Impact, Interdisciplinarity, International Debate, News, Public Engagement, Public Policy | Tagged Academy of Social Sciences, Campaign for Social Science, Campaign for Social Science Roadshow, Ceridwen Roberts, Fiona Cownie, Nick Foskett, policy, Sir Howard Newby, social science, Social Science and Policy, Stephen Anderson, University of Liverpool | 3 Comments

Campaign for Social Science Roadshows

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: October 23, 2012

The Campaign for Social Science will hold its latest roadshows in the next few weeks.

Posted in Announcements, Featured, Impact, Interdisciplinarity, International Debate | Tagged Academy of Social Sciences, Campaign for Social Science, Campaign for Social Science Roadshow, Ceridwen Roberts, Claus Moser, event, Glasgow University, Keele university, policy, Public policy, Salford University, Sir Howard Newby, social science, Social Science Roadshow, Stephen Anderson | 1 Comment

The State of Social Science: only itself to blame?

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: July 11, 2012

Both society and government rely on social science a great deal, and those who criticise it for what they see as its failure to predict events have misunderstood the nature of the knowledge it can produce.

Posted in Featured, Impact, International Debate, Public Policy, Science & Social Science | Tagged Academy of Social Sciences, ACSS, Campaign for Social Science, Government, Peter Taylor-Gooby, science, social science | 3 Comments

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