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Ziyad Marar

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SciFoo18: The Joys of the Unstructured

By Ziyad Marar | Published: June 28, 2018

SAGE's Ziyad Marar describes his recent time at the 2018 SciFoo and some of his impressions mingling with its 330 assembled scientists, technologists, writers and more (the largest ever SciFoo) and compares it to the...

Posted in Communication, Interdisciplinarity, International Debate | Tagged SciFoo | Leave a comment

Building a Foundation on Solid Evidence

By Ziyad Marar | Published: June 11, 2018

Ziyad Marar, the president of global publishing for SAGE, explains how SAGE's values and its mission "to build bridges to knowledge" overlap with the intent of the United Kingdom's Evidence Week, which takes place later...

Posted in Announcements, International Debate | Tagged Evidence Week, Evidence-Based Policy, Sense about Science | Leave a comment

Social Sciences Need a Collective Voice

By Ziyad Marar | Published: September 19, 2013

Social science may be faring better politically in UK than US, says Ziyad Marar, but let's avoid complacency at all costs

Posted in Featured, International Debate | Tagged Adam Afriyie, AERA, Coburn Amendment, COSSA, ESRC, FABBS, National Science Foundation, NSF, Social Science, SSRC, The Guardian, UK, US, What Works Centers | Leave a comment

Nobel Prize Winner Elinor Ostrom Leaves Legacy to Celebrate at a Time of Attacks on Value of Her Discipline

By Ziyad Marar | Published: June 20, 2012

Last week we heard the sad news that Professor Elinor Ostrom has died. Her profound contributions to scholarship have been told often since she became the first woman and the first political scientist ever to...

Posted in Featured, Impact, International Debate, News, Public Engagement, Public Policy | Tagged AAS, ACSS, CASBS, Elinor Ostrom, Elinor Ostrom Prize, FABBS, NSF, Passings, Political Science, Social Science, The British Academy, Ziyad Marar | Leave a comment

A Response to Recent Attacks on Social Science

By Ziyad Marar | Published: May 25, 2012

Across the world in the media, in policy, government discussions, and in our daily lives, there is evidence of social science at work. Whether it’s analysis of a cultural phenomenon like crime, or a major...

Posted in Academic Funding, Impact, International Debate, News | Tagged Academy of Social Sciences, Engagement, Gary Gutting, How Reliable are the Social Sciences, National Science Foundation, NSF, Public funding, Rep. Jeff Flake, Research Funding, SAGE, Social Science, Ziyad Marar | 6 Responses

Why We Have Launched Social Science Space

By Ziyad Marar | Published: February 1, 2011

Over the last year SAGE has devoted time and energy to celebrating the social sciences. We have done so by convening a series of workshops, author panels, conferences and public lectures around the world. Whether...

Posted in Announcements, Communication, International Debate | 14 Responses

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SciFoo18: The Joys of the Unstructured

Building a Foundation on Solid Evidence

Social Sciences Need a Collective Voice

Nobel Prize Winner Elinor Ostrom Leaves Legacy to Celebrate at a Time of Attacks on Value of Her Discipline

A Response to Recent Attacks on Social Science

Why We Have Launched Social Science Space

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