National geography-test scores released in the US last week – part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress – revealed […]

Duncan Watts writes in New Scientist that ‘common sense’ can help us make sense of human behaviour – but can […]

A report published by the UK’s House of Lords Science and Technology Sub-committee on behavioural change policy finds that ‘nudges’ […]

As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading social scientists, Russell Schutt talks to socialsciencespace about how he […]

The Campaign for the Public University has posted a response to the UK Government’s White Paper on higher education, arguing […]

A group of prominent leaders from business, government and universities has concluded that the humanities and social sciences are crucial […]

Glenn C. Altschuler reviews ‘The Believing Brain’, a new book by Michael Shermer, on the Huffington Post site. The book […]

Stephen McKeever, vice president for research and technology transfer at Oklahoma State University, writes that the National Science Foundation’s Social, […]

An assessment of the role and impact of universities on wider society in Australia suggests that social science research does  not have […]

A selection of presentations from speakers at the ‘Investigating Academic Impact’ conference at the London School of Economics on 13 […]

In a speech this week in London – against a backdrop of students protesting noisily about government cuts to higher […]

Ricky Rylance writes in the Independent about the value of quantitive methods to social science students. “Mention quantitive methods to […]