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David Spiegelhalter on Communicating Statistics
While they aren’t as unpopular as politicians or journalists, people who work with statistics come in for their share of abuse. “Figures lie and liars figure,” goes one maxim. And don’t forget, “There are three...
Sander van der Linden on Viral Altruism
When online charitable appeals take off, social psychologist Sander van der Linden perks up. He studies ‘viral altruism,’ and in this Social Science Bites podcast he details to host David Edmonds how he studies this...
Melinda Mills on Sociogenomics
Combining sociology and genetics, Melinda Mills and her collaborators abandon the nature v. nurture controversy for empirical research on family formation, inequality, child-rearing and other real-life concerns. In this Social Science Bites podcast, she discusses...
Posted in Social Science Bites
Tagged Genetics, Melinda Mills, Sociogenomics, Sociology
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Jo Boaler on Fear of Mathematics
There's a lot of myths that get in the way of learning maths, says Stanford University's Jo Boaler, and her research not only topples conventional wisdom but gives solid ways of allowing everyone to harness...
Posted in Higher Education Reform, Research, Social Science Bites
Tagged Education, Jo Boaler, Mathematics, Teaching Math Phobia
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Bev Skeggs on Social Media Siloing
“Most people,” explains Goldsmiths sociologist Bev Skeggs in this Social Science Space podcast, “think they’re using Facebook to communicate with friends. Basically they’re using it to reveal how much they can be sold for, now...
Sabina Alkire on Measuring Poverty
Economist Sabina Alkire has spent her career looking at all the things beyond just a lack of money that make us poor. In this Social Science Bites podcast, the director of the Oxford Poverty and...
Tom Chatfield on Critical Thinking and Bias
Philosopher Tom Chatfield’s media presence – which is substantial – is often directly linked to his writings on technology. But his new book is on critical thinking, and while that involves humanity’s oldest computer, the...
Ioanna Palaiologou on Play
In the Social Science Bites podcast, Ioanna Palaiologou and Dave Edmonds also talk about cultural differences in play and how it is a vital part of children’s emotional development. All work and no play, it...
Posted in Research, Social Science Bites
Tagged Early Education, Ioanna Palaiologou, Play
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Al Roth on Matching Markets
In this Social Science Bites podcast, Nobel laureate economist Al Roth explains to interview David Edmonds some of the ins and outs of market matching, giving a wealth of real-world examples.
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Tagged Al Roth, Game Theory, Kidney Transplants, Matching Markets, Nobel Prize
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Theresa Marteau on Healthy Environments
In this Social Science Bites podcast, the director of Studies for Psychological and Behavioural Sciences at Cambridge’s Christ’s College discusses how environment – and that includes the cultural, built and financial environments --buttresses short term...
Mary Bosworth on Border Criminology
Border criminology, Mary Bosworth details in this Social Science Bites podcast, is trying to understand both things that are happening at the border but also things that are happening in our criminal justice system.
Posted in Public Policy, Social Science Bites
Tagged Border Criminology, Mary Bosworth
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Whose Work Most Influenced You? A Social Science Bites Retrospective, Part 3
Ask a number of influential social scientists who in turn influenced them, and you’d likely get a blue-ribbon primer on the classics in social science. And so it as we present the third and final...