Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
September 22, 2016
Making the Best of Brexit’s Impact on Science and Research
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Campaign for Social Science Adds Board Members
Britain’s Campaign for Social Science has added eight new members to its board, including the recent director of the Nuffield Foundation and […]
Academy of Social Sciences Names 2014 Fellows
Lord Richard Best, the longtime chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation; David Willets, a Conservative Party MP and until July the minister of state for universities and science; and Loraine R R Gelsthorpe, the current president of the British Society for Criminology, are among 34 leading social science scholars and practitioners named as 2014 fellows to the Academy of Social Sciences today in London.
Queen’s Birthday Honours Recognize Social Scientists
Among the 1,149 people receiving Queen’s Birthday Honours this year are several British social scientists, a recognition of the importance of social […]
James Wilsdon Appointed Chair of Campaign for Social Science
The Campaign for Social Science has appointed Professor James Wilsdon, an expert in science policy, to be its new Chair from 1 September 2013.
Social Science Must Change to Realise Its Full Value
Social scientists have nothing to fear from the impact agenda, but must be more willing to talk to “strangers” such as the government in order to realise their full value – a talk by Prof. John Brewer
UK backs Social Science, the World benefits
Studying ourselves is something the British do exceptionally well: specialists flock here from all over the world seeking answers to fundamental questions from our unique series of cohort birth studies, and no one else has anything quite like them.
Making the Case for the Social Sciences: Longitudinal Research
In June we will launch the latest Making the Case for the Social Sciences booklet, which highlights important recent longitudinal research into education, health and other social issues.
One Step Closer to Restoring Government Chief Social Scientist Post
The Campaign for Social Science has welcomed a Government announcement on the 4th of March, 2013 that it will set up the post of What Works National Advisor to oversee six evidence centres for areas of social policy.
