Archives for June, 2017

Through the Prism of the Past: Watergate Memories at the Nixon Library
International Debate
June 30, 2017

Through the Prism of the Past: Watergate Memories at the Nixon Library

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No Longer Giving Away the Farm, Data Sharing Creates Industry-Wide Results
Communication
June 30, 2017

No Longer Giving Away the Farm, Data Sharing Creates Industry-Wide Results

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Would Legislation Make Campus Free Speech Less Free?
Communication
June 28, 2017

Would Legislation Make Campus Free Speech Less Free?

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Is Karl Marx Living at this Hour?
Public Policy
June 27, 2017

Is Karl Marx Living at this Hour?

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Watch William Julius Wilson Address Race in the Age of Trump

Watch William Julius Wilson Address Race in the Age of Trump

In his 2017 SAGE-CASBS Award lecture, noted social scientist William Julius Wilson offer his “Reflections on American Race Relations in the Age of Donald Trump,”

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How Fake News Pulls Real News Into Its Orbit

How Fake News Pulls Real News Into Its Orbit

Is the problem with fake news that individual stories confuse people? Or could it be, argues a new paper, that fake news sets the agenda that other and more legitimate media then follow?

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Weighing the Impact Agenda: Does Knowledge on Its Own Matter?

Weighing the Impact Agenda: Does Knowledge on Its Own Matter?

Academics in the United Kingdom and in Australia interviewed about the impact agenda show fears that the balance between applied and basic knowledge may be tilting too far in one way.

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Grenfell Tower: The Missing Social Dimension of Fire Regulations

Grenfell Tower: The Missing Social Dimension of Fire Regulations

Fire safety is not just an issue for engineers. People build buildings, people live in buildings, and people use (and abuse) buildings. That creates a need for social and behavioral work to accompany every nail driven.

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British Sociology and the Conservative Backlash: A Sociology of Sociology More Necessary than Ever

British Sociology and the Conservative Backlash: A Sociology of Sociology More Necessary than Ever

In academic institutions that value hierarchies and compliance and seek to understand scholarship in terms of its economic value, argues our Daniel Nehring, there is little space for a discipline that aims to critically interrogate the intersections of structure and agency and the social production of inequalities.

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Overcoming the Politics and Economics of Social and Economic Fragmentation in the Name of Kids

Overcoming the Politics and Economics of Social and Economic Fragmentation in the Name of Kids

The Social Security Administration has shown its ability to cut monthly checks for elderly, survivors and disabled. So why not for kids via their parents?

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Report Says NSF Support of Social Sciences Vital to Nation

Report Says NSF Support of Social Sciences Vital to Nation

The National Science Foundation can do a lot more to articulate the transcendent value of the social, behavioral and economic sciences in both its portfolio and its outputs, says a new report from the National Academies.

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Archived Webinar: Presenting Data Effectively

Archived Webinar: Presenting Data Effectively

Crystal clear graphs, slides, and reports are valuable – they save an audience’s mental energies, keep a reader engaged, and make you look smart. This webinar covers the science behind presenting data effectively and will leave viewers with direct, pointed changes that can be immediately administered to significantly increase impact.

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