Tag: Nigel Warburton

Happy Birthday Social Science Bites!

By Social Science Bites | Published: May 16, 2013

SAGE’s Global Publishing Director, Ziyad Marar talks with Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds about the one year anniversary of Social Science Bites.

Posted in Featured, Interdisciplinarity, International Debate, Public Engagement | Also tagged Daniel Kahneman, David Edmonds, Interview, podcast, social science, Social Science Bites, Steven Pinker, Ziyad Marar | Leave a comment

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 | Also tagged Banking, Behavioral economics, David Edmonds, Debt Crisis, Depression, economics, financial crisis, Free Market, Global Recession, Kahneman, macroeconomics, Market Forces, Rationailization, Rationalisation, recession, Robert K. Merton, Robert Shiller, Self Fulfilling Prophecy, social science, statistical analysis, Tversky | 22 Comments

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 | Also tagged cooperation, 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 | Also tagged biases, empiricism, history, language, Marx, Micro-groups, narratology, participant observation, Philosophy Bites, podcast, Rom Harre, social psychology, social science, Social Science Bites, sociology | 16 Comments

We’re live! Social Science Bites Podcasts

By Social Science Bites | Published: May 1, 2012

Social Science Bites is a series of interviews with leading social scientists on different aspects of the social world. The series is produced and presented by well known authors Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds...

Posted in Announcements, Audio, Interview, News, Resources | Also tagged Danny Dorling, David Edmonds, Learning, Podcasts, Richard Sennett, Rom Harre, SAGE, social science | 6 Comments

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