Weekly Overview of Social Science News

By Lorna McConville

January 19, 2013 867

Social science is this year’s theme for parks
Times Higher Education
Social science needs to get its act together
The Reflector online
Why understanding social media demands social science
Fourth Source
Struggling social science bookstores evolving to survive
The Hankyoreh
Social disorganization/social fragmentation and risk of depression
By Social Science and Medicine

Lorna McConville

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January 19, 2013

The Power of Fuzzy Expectations: Enhancing Equity in Australian Higher Education

By Courtney Geritz and Maria Raciti

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Survey Suggests University Researchers Feel Powerless to Take Climate Change Action

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Survey Suggests University Researchers Feel Powerless to Take Climate Change Action

By Briony Latter

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Second Edition of ‘The Evidence’ Examines Women and Climate Change

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March 29, 2024

Second Edition of ‘The Evidence’ Examines Women and Climate Change

By Aaron Knigin

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Three Decades of Rural Health Research and a Bumper Crop of Insights from South Africa

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Three Decades of Rural Health Research and a Bumper Crop of Insights from South Africa

By Stephen Tollman and Kathleen Kahn

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Daniel Kahneman, 1934-2024: The Grandfather of Behavioral Economics

Social Science Space 1467 News

Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, whose psychological insights in both the academic and the public spheres revolutionized how we approach economics, has died […]

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Using Translational Research as a Model for Long-Term Impact

Gabi Lombardo, Jonathan Deer, Anne-Charlotte Fauvel, Vicky Gardner, and Lan Murdock 592 Higher Education Reform, Impact, Insights, Research

Drawing on the findings of a workshop on making translational research design principles the norm for European research, Gabi Lombardo, Jonathan Deer, Anne-Charlotte Fauvel, Vicky Gardner and Lan Murdock discuss the characteristics of translational research, ways of supporting cross disciplinary collaboration, and the challenges and opportunities of adopting translational principles in the social sciences and humanities.

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2024 Holberg Prize Goes to Political Theorist Achille Mbembe

Social Science Space 1164 Career, News, Recognition

Political theorist and public intellectual Achille Mbembe, among the most read and cited scholars from the African continent, has been awarded the 2024 Holberg Prize.

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