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Academic Excellence and Other Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

By Daniel Nehring | Published: April 20, 2014

'It's not what you know but who you know' is a trope that's common in many careers but which the academy often claims to avoid....

Also posted in Academic Funding, Career | Tagged Academic Career, Academic Excellence, Career Advancement | Leave a comment

Tamiflu and the Ethics of the British Medical Journal

By Robert Dingwall | Published: April 15, 2014

No one expected Tamiflu to be a wonder drug, but indications are that it's moderately useful in fighting a serious public health threat. But that...

Also posted in Impact, News, Public Policy, Research Ethics, Science & Social Science | Tagged Ethics, Impact, pandemic, Pharmaceuticals, Policy, Sociology of health | 5 Responses

A Postdoc’s Lament: Creativity and Innovation in Academic Sphere

By Daniel Nehring | Published: March 13, 2014

How does the experience of impermanent, precarious employment on the margins of academia affect young scholars’ ability to engage in creative labor? Is such creative...

Also posted in Career | Tagged creativity, Job Anxiety, PhD jobs | Leave a comment

The New Academic Elitism

By Daniel Nehring | Published: December 7, 2013

In academia, elitism seems to be taking root, and privilege seems to matter more and more. Daniel Nehring discusses the consequences.

Also posted in Career, News, Public Engagement | 1 Response

Political science budget cut from NSF, scientists speak up

By Grace Conyers | Published: October 29, 2013

Author’s note: I did this interview and originally published it in the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Member Central blog. The National Science...

Also posted in Academic Funding, News, Science & Social Science | Tagged National Science Foundation | Leave a comment

Introducing Grace Conyers

By SAGE | Published: October 28, 2013

We are thrilled to introduce to you a new blogger to the Social Science Space blogging team, Grace Conyers. We found Grace after she had...

Also posted in International Debates, News | Tagged Grace Conyers | Leave a comment

Sociology Outside Academia

By Daniel Nehring | Published: October 19, 2013

Why academics' misunderstanding of the epistemology and politics of science is leading them to silently and uncritically support the politics of the powers that...

Also posted in Higher Education Reform, International Debates, Public Engagement, Public Policy, Science & Social 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

Also posted in International Debates | 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

Why Social Science Education is as Important as STEM…

By Robert Dingwall | Published: July 26, 2013

A recent Ipsos-Mori survey reveals the crucial role that social science has to play in modern democracy, a role which is frequently sabotaged.

Also posted in Impact, International Debates, News, Public Engagement, Public Policy | Tagged Demography, Immigration, Impact, Ipsos Mori, Kwasi Kwarteng, Policy, Professor Tomaney, Race, Royal Statistical Society, Social Science, Social Science Research | 1 Response

Universities for the Post-Democratic Age

By Daniel Nehring | Published: June 23, 2013

Critical scholarship and intellectual dissent are currently being closed down in favour of a model of academic life that accords scholars a limited role as...

Also posted in Impact, International Debates, News, Public Engagement | Tagged Capitalism, corporate social responsibility, Crisis, Democracy, Disaster Capitalism, Edward Snowdon, markets, neoliberalism, NSA, Philip K. Dick, Post-democratic society, Rationalization, Snowdon, Social Science, Sociology, Teaching, UK, University, US, Whistleblowers | Leave a comment

UK backs Social Science, the World benefits

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: June 13, 2013

Studying ourselves is something the British do exceptionally well: specialists flock here from all over the world seeking answers to fundamental questions from our unique...

Also posted in Academic Funding, Higher Education Reform, International Debates | Tagged Administrative Data Taskforce, AHRC, Birth Cohort, Birth Cohort Studies, British Government, Campaign for Social Science, Coalition, David Willetts, Department of Business, Diana Kuh, Economic and Developmental Demography, employment data, ESRC, FE data, HE data, Heather Joshi, innovation, Longi, Making the Case for the Social Sciences, National Science Foundation, NRC Unit of Lifelong Health and Ageing, Polly Toynbee, SAGE, Social Mobility Transparency Board, Social Science, Universities and Science, Ziyad Marar | Leave a comment

The War We Are (Regrettably) Not Fighting

By American Academy of Political and Social Science | Published: May 29, 2013

The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences recognizes William Julius Wilson for his work on race, stratification, and disadvantage in the U.S.

Also posted in Impact, International Debates, News, Public Policy | Tagged American Academy of Political and Social Science, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Douglas S.Massey, employment, Inequality, Labor, Political Science, Poverty, Race, Social Science, Sociology, William Julius Wilson | 1 Response

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