Archives for May, 2015

COMPETES Bill That Halves Social Science Budget Passes House
Academic Funding
May 20, 2015

COMPETES Bill That Halves Social Science Budget Passes House

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Steven Lukes on Durkheim
Audio
May 19, 2015

Steven Lukes on Durkheim

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Noose Narrows on NSF Social Science Funding
Academic Funding
May 19, 2015

Noose Narrows on NSF Social Science Funding

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Antibiotic Resistance – Missing the Point?
International Debate
May 18, 2015

Antibiotic Resistance – Missing the Point?

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Taliban Kills Social Scientist in Hotel Attack

Taliban Kills Social Scientist in Hotel Attack

Paula Kantor, an American social scientist working to improve the lot of women and children in Afghanistan, was among 13 civilians killed Thursday in an attack on a guesthouse in Kabul.

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NSF Cites Mixed Messages in Current COMPETES Bill

NSF Cites Mixed Messages in Current COMPETES Bill

The National science Foundation sees a number of contradictions in the funding reauthorization bill known as America COMPETES that it reckons would reduce the nation’s competitiveness.

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The Never-Ending Audit®

The Never-Ending Audit®

In a society in which the remit of critical public debate is  narrowing, in which protest and dissent are increasingly being criminalised, in which public space is being supplanted by private and commercial space, and in which the meaning of democracy is now altogether questionable, critically and politically engaged scholars may come to be figures of suspicion.

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Putting the Detective Work in Lie Detection

Putting the Detective Work in Lie Detection

Combining a little detective work on what some says — even more so than how they say it — gives an advantage in detecting a liar.

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