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 […]
Launch of Campaign for Social Science in the UK
A campaign to fight for the future of social science in the UK was launched today at the House of Lords. Initiated […]
Ideas and analysis – what politicians want from social scientists
Interview with Chair of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Science & Policy. Kelvin Hopkins is MP for Luton North and Chair of […]
New UK Campaign for Social Science
The Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS) will next week launch a major campaign to promote UK social science and raise its visibility […]
Reform of English laws on free speech
The British government has confirmed that it will introduce a Defamation Bill in the spring, to change the law on libel and […]
Using research to improve policing: an interview with Professor Betsy Stanko of the Metropolitan Police
Taking social science research beyond academia and using evidence to guide public policy is one of the biggest challenges social scientists face. Professor Betsy Stanko is […]
Interview with Richard Bartholomew – Joint head of the Government Social Research Service
It is important that government policy is supported by the best evidence possible, and this is as true in the area of […]
