Presentations

Open Doors – Gateways to Social Science Information online papers now available

By ALISS | Published: December 19, 2011

Xmas Special: Open Doors – Gateways to Social Science Information online On 13th December 2011 ALISS (Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in the Social Sciences) held a half-day conference which highlighted significant gateways/ portals – websites which provide a single point of access to large collections of full text social science documents, reports and [...]

I’ve looked over and I’ve seen the Promised Land: the role of religion in building Deaf identity and community

By SAGE | Published: October 24, 2011

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Impact on women of time spent in Irish industrial and reformatory schools

By SAGE | Published: October 20, 2011

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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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Neoclassical economists don’t understand neoclassical economics

By Steve Keen | Published: August 15, 2011

This post was originally published on Steve Keen’s Debtwatch. That transcendental truth occurred to me while writing the second edition of Debunking Economics–which will be published in September. In this video, I point out the most egregious instance of this, the “Sonnenschein-Mantel-Debreu” (SMD) conditions. This refers to research by leading neoclassical economists on whether the so-called “Law [...]

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Social Media, Research and library Support slides now available

By ALISS | Published: July 27, 2011

Now available online slides from last week’s ALISS conference. http://www.alissnet.org.uk/Display.aspx?id=10737418262 So what is the Real Impact of Web 2.0 on Researcher Workflow? Anna Drabble Head of Digital & Product Development, Emerald. This paper presents the findings of new research conducted by Emerald and UCL and other partners. #LadyGaGa’sBreakfast : Social Media as a Curator’s Tool Jeremy Jenkins, [...]

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Behavioural insights and public policy: MINDSPACE and the ONS wellbeing research agenda

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: July 8, 2011

Behavioural insights and public policy were the themes for a pre-AGM discussion at the Academy of Social Sciences. We invited David Halpern, currently working for the Cabinet Office in the Behavioural Insight Team known as the “nudge unit”, and Stephen Hicks from the Office of National Statistics to address the government’s focus on wellbeing. Download [...]

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Presentations from ‘Investigating Academic Impact’ conference

By ssseditor | Published: June 16, 2011

A selection of presentations from speakers at the ‘Investigating Academic Impact’ conference at the London School of Economics on 13 June are now available. Podcasts, photos and Twitter results can also be downloaded. Click here for further details.

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The Low-Carbon Industrial Revolution

By SAGE | Published: April 21, 2011

On Thursday, March 17, 2011, Nicholas Stern gave the next lecture in the LSE Works series. Sponsored by SAGE, LSE Works is a free lecture series showcasing the works of LSE’s Research Centres and offering an opportunity for discourse on the fundamental insights revealed. Professor Nicholas Stern, Lord Stern of Brentford, is a chairman of [...]

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