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Social Science in the News

February 27, 2015 1501

 

Social science is vital too
The Guardian

Social Science has to be embedded in any strategy for science and innovation worth the name.

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Social science ‘critical’ to innovation
Higher Education

The report, The Business of People: The Significance of Social Science over the Next Decade, warns that a better grasp of human behaviour and attitudes is necessary to improve services, solve grand challenges and facilitate the adoption of new technology.

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Social scientists who wish to drive policy should ‘think big’
Times Higher

Senior sector figures urge new cohort to engage, draw on large datasets, collaborate with science and tackle the era’s major questions.

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Senior Marketing Manager at SAGE, and editor of the SAGE Insight blog

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