Tag: Politics

Stand Out and Be Counted: Quantitative Skills and Social Scientists

By British Academy | Published: May 2, 2013

The British Academy recently published a guide for students encouraging those studying the humanities and social sciences to become statistically savvy.

Weekly Overview of Social Science News

By Lorna McConville | Published: March 4, 2013

The Republican war on Social Science, Natural Science and Social Science combine, and more on your weekly overview of Social Science News.

Posted in Communication, News | Also tagged News, social science | Leave a comment

Antebellism: The Neoliberal Compromise of the Political

By Christopher Taylor | Published: February 18, 2013

Why we need to pay closer attention to the President of Emory's shocking comparison of University budget cuts with the three-fifths compromise, and what it says about America now, not then.

Jonathan Haidt on Moral Psychology

By Social Science Bites | Published: October 1, 2012

What can psychology tell us about morality? Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind, discusses the place of rationality in our moral judgements in this episode of the Social Science Bites podcast.

Posted in Audio, Communication, Impact, Resources | Also tagged Jonathan Haidt, moral psychology, Psychology | 6 Comments

Economic Inequality and Political Power (Part 3 of 3)

By The Monkey Cage | Published: August 29, 2012

Faith in the wisdom of the affluent to guide public policy has been sorely tested by the enormous costs in money and human suffering resulting from the Great Recession. My data cast further doubt on the notion that representational inequality arises from the greater knowledge or better judgment of those with higher incomes.

Is Conservatism Our Default Ideology?

By Pacific-Standard Magazine | Published: March 29, 2012

New research provides evidence that, when under time pressure or otherwise cognitively impaired, people are more likely to express conservative views.

Managing Expectations

By ssseditor | Published: March 19, 2012

Why do some people hide their light under a bushel while others promise more than they can deliver? In the latest edition of the Journal of Theoretical Politics, Dr René Lindstädt (University of Essex) and Dr Jeffrey Staton (Emory University, USA) have developed a theory to explain the phenomenon.

Social Science in an Emergency: An Interview with Andrew Miller MP

By MZurn | Published: December 1, 2011

In 2011 the Science and Technology Select Committee published the report Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies, examining the role of science when emergencies such as the H1N1 influenza pandemic and the volcanic ash disruption occur. Andrew Miller, MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston and chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee, spoke to [...]

Anthropology under attack

By anthroprobably | Published: October 17, 2011

So the Governor of your state just publicly attacked your college major and declared it useless; what do you do? Well, if you are an anthropologist from the state of Florida, you fight back. Last week, Florida Governor (and Tea Party member) Rick Scott went on a popular right-wing talk radio show to discuss his [...]

Posted in Academic Funding, Featured, News, Science & Social Science | Also tagged anthropology, Florida | 9 Comments

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