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Who is influencing public policy and why?
Reposted from Methodspace: a summary of the NatCen Informing Public Policy New Agendas for Social Research Conference (23-24 April 2009) […]
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Impact
Blog posts and resources demonstrating the impact of the social and behavioral sciences in policy , society and academe.
Unequal America: Causes and consequences of the wide—and growing—gap between rich and poor
This is an extract from a post originally published in Harvard Magazine. When Majid Ezzati thinks about declining life expectancy, […]
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It wasn’t social science that caused the economic crisis!
I know the season for frivolous quiz games has passed but do you know who is buried in Westminster Abbey? […]
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Making the Case for the Social Sciences no.2: Ageing
As ‘STEM’ started to become shorthand for ‘the only sort of research work that is of importance to our economy’, […]
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Making the case no.1: Wellbeing
Download a copy of this report from the Academy of Social Sciences Making the Case for the Social Sciences, a […]
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Social science – moving society forward
It is vital not to overlook the need for social science work in supporting other advances in our society and […]
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Statement in respect of Browne Review proposals and CSR announcement on 20th Oct 2010
The Academy has issued the following statement in response to the Browne Review and the Comprehensive Spending Review announcement of […]
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Knowledge Divides – 2010 World Social Science Report
The 2010 World Social Science Report (WSSR) produced by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and co-published by UNESCO was […]
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Making the Case For the Social Sciences no.1: Wellbeing
Making the Case for the Social Sciences, a report by the Academy of Social Sciences, sponsored by the Economic and […]
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SAGE and the British Academy: the Crucial Role of Social Science
A debate held in London on 16th March 2010 as part of the ESRC festival of social science. Co-hosted by […]
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