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Campaign for Social Science Report Argues for International Staff Safety Net

By Social Science Space | Published: November 7, 2018
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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...
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Also posted in Bookshelf, International Debate, 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
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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...
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Also posted in Communication, International Debate | 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....
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Also posted in Higher Education Reform, International Debate | Tagged Brexit, Nationalism | Leave a comment

Why Has Brexit Britain Not Had an Immigration Debate?

By Daniel Nehring | Published: January 18, 2018
Immigration interview
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
Herbert Spencer
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...
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Also posted in International Debate, 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
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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...
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Also posted in International Debate, 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.
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Also posted in Impact, International Debate | 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
Cliff edge
The UK science policy establishment has been remarkably sanguine in the face of its government’s plans for Brexit, argues Robert Dingwall.
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Also posted in International Debate, News, Public Policy, Research, Science & Social Science | Tagged Brexit, EU, Horizon 2020, phdpostdoc, Policy, science policy | Leave a comment

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