Social Science Bites

Welcome to the blog for the Social Science Bites podcast: a series of interviews with leading Social Scientists. Each episode explores an aspect of our social world. You can access all audio and the transcripts from each interview here. For a full list of previous episodes see http://www.socialsciencespace.com/socialsciencebites-archive/. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @socialscibites to keep up to date on the latest activities.

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Paul Seabright on the Relationship Between the Sexes

By Social Science Bites | Published: August 31, 2012

There is still a great deal of inequality between the sexes in the workplace. In this episode of the Social Science Bites podcast Paul Seabright combines insights from economics and evolutionary theory to shed light on why this might be so.

Posted in Audio, Communication, International Debate, Public Engagement, Public Policy, Resources | Tagged Culture, economics, gender, Paul Seabright, Relationships, Sex, social science, workplace | 9 Comments

Robert Shiller on Behavioral Economics

By Social Science Bites | Published: August 1, 2012

In the past twenty years there has been a revolution in economics with the study not of how people would behave if they were perfectly rational, but of how they actually behave. At the vanguard of this movement is Robert Shiller of Yale University. He sits down with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Social Science Bites podcast

Posted in Featured, International Debate, News, Public Engagement, Public Policy, Science & Social Science | Tagged Banking, Behavioral economics, David Edmonds, Debt Crisis, Depression, economics, financial crisis, Free Market, Global Recession, Kahneman, macroeconomics, Market Forces, Nigel Warburton, Rationailization, Rationalisation, recession, Robert K. Merton, Robert Shiller, Self Fulfilling Prophecy, social science, statistical analysis, Tversky | 22 Comments

Sonia Livingstone on Children and the Internet

By Social Science Bites | Published: July 2, 2012

How are children using the Internet? How is it affecting them? Sonia Livingstone, who has overseen a major study of children’s behaviour online discusses these issues with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Social Science Bites podcast.

Posted in Audio, Featured, International Debate, Interview, Public Engagement, Resources | Tagged children, communications, internet, LSE, Media, podcast, research, Social Science Bites, Sonia Livingstone | 15 Comments

Avner de-Shalit on the Spirit of Cities

By Social Science Bites | Published: June 1, 2012

Some people have strong and visceral reactions to cities. They might love or loathe New York, or Jerusalem, or Berlin. This may have something to do with the architecture and the infrastructure of a place; it may also be a response, at some level, to the people, the culture, the politics, the way of life. Avner de-Shalit claims that some cities - not all cities but some - have a spirit.

Posted in Audio, Featured, Interdisciplinarity, International Debate, Interview, Public Engagement, Resources | 3 Comments

Join us for the official launch of Social Science Bites

By Social Science Bites | Published: May 4, 2012

There’s a limited number of tickets available for our official launch party! Join us in London on Thursday 10th May at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. To register for a ticket see our EventBrite page – hurry they’re going fast!

Posted in News | Tagged event, Public, Public engagement, Social Science Bites | Leave a comment

Richard Sennett on Co-Operation

By Social Science Bites | Published: May 1, 2012

We all need to co-operate to some degree. According to the eminent sociologist Richard Sennett, author of a recent book on the topic, complex co-operation is a craft.

Posted in Audio, Communication, Impact, Public Engagement, Resources | Tagged cooperation, Nigel Warburton, podcast, Richard Sennett, social science, Social Science Bites | 13 Comments

Rom Harré on What is Social Science?

By Social Science Bites | Published: May 1, 2012

“Everybody lives in a society...They want to know what it is they’re living in” An exploration of the nature of the social sciences. How do they differ from the physical sciences? What challenges do they face? What is their value?

Posted in Audio, Communication, Impact, Public Engagement, Public Policy, Resources, Science & Social Science | Tagged biases, empiricism, history, language, Marx, Micro-groups, narratology, Nigel Warburton, participant observation, Philosophy Bites, podcast, Rom Harre, social psychology, social science, Social Science Bites, sociology | 16 Comments

Danny Dorling on Inequality

By Social Science Bites | Published: May 1, 2012

We live in an age of economic inequality. The rich are growing richer relative to the poor. Does this matter? In this episode of the Social Science Bites podcast Danny Dorling, a human geographer, discusses this question with Nigel Warburton.

Posted in Announcements, Audio, Communication, Public Engagement, Resources | Tagged Danny Dorling, inequality, podcast, social science | 8 Comments

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