Archives for January, 2017

The Theorist of Liquid Realms: Zygmunt Bauman, 1925-2017
Impact
January 10, 2017

The Theorist of Liquid Realms: Zygmunt Bauman, 1925-2017

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Social Science Needs its Own Doctor-Patient Confidentiality
International Debate
January 10, 2017

Social Science Needs its Own Doctor-Patient Confidentiality

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President Signs Bill Setting Policy for NSF, NIST
Public Policy
January 9, 2017

President Signs Bill Setting Policy for NSF, NIST

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Book Review: Metric Power
Bookshelf
January 6, 2017

Book Review: Metric Power

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Is the Concept of Race Science’s Biggest Mistake?

Is the Concept of Race Science’s Biggest Mistake?

There is a clear consensus among anthropologists that races aren’t real, that they don’t reflect biological reality, and that most anthropologists don’t believe there is a place for race categories in science.

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Research > Publication > Impact (You Might Need a Strategy for That)

Research > Publication > Impact (You Might Need a Strategy for That)

A publication strategy should include carefully-defined goals, a purposeful timeline, and actionable steps for proposing and writing the kinds of pieces large or small that allow others to access what we’ve learned, produce impact, and propel our careers forward.

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Early Career Paper Authors Sought for NIH Honor

Early Career Paper Authors Sought for NIH Honor

Ten years ago, the National Institute for Health’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) started an annual event to commemorate […]

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Sandy Pentland on Social Physics

Sandy Pentland on Social Physics

In this Social Science Bites podcast, MIT’s Sandy Pentland tells interviewer Dave Edmonds about the origins of social physics in the barren days before the advent of widespread good data and solid statistical methods and how it blossomed as both a field and for Pentland’s own research.

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Sociology’s (Selective) Diversity

Sociology’s (Selective) Diversity

Our Robert Dingwall reflects on Tinder’s in-house sociologist and on the just-announced New Year’s Honours list to question just how diverse are current understandings of diversity.

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