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Campaign for Social Science Report Argues for International Staff Safety Net

By Social Science Space | Published: November 7, 2018

Three out of every 10 academics working in UK universities, finds a new report from the Campaign for Social Science, are nationals or originally from...

Also posted in Bookshelf, International Debates, Public Policy | Tagged Campaign for Social Science, International Staff | Leave a comment

Economist Paul Johnson Says the Known Knowns Are Killing Us

By Social Science Space | Published: November 1, 2018

Paul Johnson had one key theme in his SAGE Publishing lecture for the Campaign for Social Science: Long-term policy needs to be developed across government...

Also posted in Communication, International Debates | Tagged Campaign for Social Science, Economics, Paul Johnson | Leave a comment

How Will Universities Cope With Brexit Britain’s Resurgent Nationalism?

By Daniel Nehring | Published: September 6, 2018

As Brexit Britain appears headed straight for a chaotic exit from the European Union, its universities are raising questions about their future with growing alarm....

Also posted in Higher Education Reform, International Debates | Tagged Brexit, Nationalism | Leave a comment

Why Has Brexit Britain Not Had an Immigration Debate?

By Daniel Nehring | Published: January 18, 2018

The post-referendum public debates in the United Kingdom have been about the future of Britain and British citizens, and questions about the lives and futures...

Also posted in Public Policy | Tagged Immigration | Leave a comment

Social Science Space 2017 Round Up

By Philip Patino | Published: January 10, 2018

Last year Social Science Space presented more than 200 articles on the impact, infrastructure and industry surrounding social and behavioral science and research. Looking back...

Also posted in Academic Funding, Higher Education Reform, Interdisciplinarity, News, Research, Science & Social Science | Tagged Border Criminology, Fake News, Poverty | Leave a comment

Brexit McCarthyism, Universities PLC and the Erosion of Academic Freedom in the UK

By Daniel Nehring | Published: November 6, 2017

Last week the UK academic world was abuzz about Chris Heaton- Harris' letter on Brexit. This week it's not. This lack of lasting public interest...

Posted in Brexit | Tagged McCarthyism | Leave a comment

UK HE: Markets Are Good for Everyone – Except Academics….

By Robert Dingwall | Published: August 4, 2017

So if markets are truly good for English higher education, as many seem to think, should we follow that train of thought to its logical...

Also posted in Career, Higher Education Reform, News, Public Policy, Research | Tagged Brexit, Economics, Policy, REF, Research | Leave a comment

Reimagining the UK Sociology Curriculum: Internationalization, Decolonialization and Employability

By Robert Dingwall | Published: July 13, 2017

How well do sociology departments in the UK teach sociology that originated in the UK? Asking that surprisingly hard question may produce usable insights for...

Also posted in International Debates, News, Public Engagement, Research, Science & Social Science, Teaching | Tagged Economics, Inequality, Social Science, Sociology, Teaching | Leave a comment

Negotiating Brexit – A Clash of Legal Cultures?

By Robert Dingwall | Published: May 7, 2017

Membership in the European Union was a contract, and the differing legal approaches between situational British common law and the more codified French approach helps...

Also posted in International Debates, Public Policy | Tagged Brexit, contract, Culture, experts, law and society, Policy, professions, socio-legal | Leave a comment

New Think Tank Starts Policy Research Critique Series

By Social Science Works | Published: April 13, 2017

Social Science Works, a new German-based international think tank, launches a product to assist decision makers in evaluating the quality of social science research.

Also posted in Impact, International Debates | Tagged Brexit, Social Science Works | Leave a comment

Brexit and British Science: The Cliff Edge Starts to Crumble

By Robert Dingwall | Published: February 12, 2017

The UK science policy establishment has been remarkably sanguine in the face of its government’s plans for Brexit, argues Robert Dingwall.

Also posted in International Debates, News, Public Policy, Research, Science & Social Science | Tagged Brexit, EU, Horizon 2020, phdpostdoc, Policy, science policy | Leave a comment

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