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Welcome to the blog for the Social Science Bites podcast: a series of interviews with leading Social Scientists. Each episode explores an aspect of our social world. You can access all audio and the transcripts from each interview here. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @socialscibites to keep up to date on the latest activities.

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Chris Grey on Organizations

By Social Science Bites | Published: May 1, 2017

What is an “organization?” According to Chris Grey, the guest in this Social Science Bites podcast, in many ways it’s a moment in time. “An organization,” he tells interviewer David Edmonds, “is also a momentary...

Scott Atran on Sacred Values

By Social Science Bites | Published: April 3, 2017

In this Social Science Bites podcast, anthropologist Scott Atran describes how 'sacred values' prove remarkably immune to negotiation and can empower vicious terrorism or victorious revolution.

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Whose Work Most Influenced You? A Social Science Bites Retrospective, Part 2

By Social Science Bites | Published: March 15, 2017

During the recording of every Social Science Bites podcast, the guest has been asked the following: Which piece of social science research has most inspired or most influenced you? And now, in honor of the...

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Gary King on Big Data Analysis

By Social Science Bites | Published: March 1, 2017

When looking at big data, says computational social scientist Gary King, “The data itself isn’t likely to be particularly useful; the question is whether you can make it useful.” In this Social Science Bites podcast,...

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Whose Work Most Influenced You? A Social Science Bites Retrospective

By Social Science Bites | Published: February 15, 2017

In this first of three of montages from past Social Science Bites podcasts, 15 renowned social scientists reveal their pick for "Which piece of social science research has most inspired or most influenced you?"

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Michelle Baddeley on the Herd

By Social Science Bites | Published: February 1, 2017

People tend to herd together, whether it's following the crowd or determining what news to accept. UCL economist Michelle Baddeley has studied this behavior and discusses what she's learned in this latest Social Science Bites...

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Sandy Pentland on Social Physics

By Social Science Bites | Published: January 3, 2017

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...

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Jennifer Hochschild on Race in America

By Social Science Bites | Published: December 1, 2016

In this Social Science Bites podcast, Harvard's Jennifer Hochschild explains to interviewer David Edmonds some of the pertinent data points from her years of using quantitative and qualitative analysis to map the racial, ethnic and...

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Anna Machin on Romance

By Social Science Bites | Published: November 1, 2016

Anna Machin's research combine the study of neurochemistry, dating sites and waist-to-hip ratios to gives us the best understanding of the evolution of love and romance. In this Social science Bites podcast she details her...

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Karenza Moore on Dance Culture

By Social Science Bites | Published: October 3, 2016

Sociologist has studied the dance club scene -- think of the lamented Fabric nightclub as a cultural touchstone -- for years as a 'participant observer.' In this Social Science Bites podcast she talks about the...

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Michael Billig on the Royal Family and Nationalism

By Social Science Bites | Published: September 1, 2016

In his conversation with interviewer David Edmonds, Michael Billig -- the author of landmark book 'Banal Nationalism,' dives deeply into one particular example of nationalism, the British royal family, and what the British themselves think...

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Mirca Madianou on Technology and Everyday Life

By Social Science Bites | Published: June 15, 2016

It's often remarked that technology has made the world a smaller place. While this has been especially true for those with the wherewithal to buy the latest gadget and to travel at will, but it's also...

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Chris Grey on Organizations

Scott Atran on Sacred Values

Whose Work Most Influenced You? A Social Science Bites Retrospective, Part 2

Gary King on Big Data Analysis

Whose Work Most Influenced You? A Social Science Bites Retrospective

Michelle Baddeley on the Herd

Sandy Pentland on Social Physics

Jennifer Hochschild on Race in America

Anna Machin on Romance

Karenza Moore on Dance Culture

Michael Billig on the Royal Family and Nationalism

Mirca Madianou on Technology and Everyday Life

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