A space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social and behavioral scientists
Blog posts and resources demonstrating the impact of the social and behavioral sciences in policy , society and academe.
The commentator Nick Cohen argues in an article this week that many academics – specifically in social sciences and humanities – are unable to […]
In the government’s programme of cuts it has become clear that the arts may well be hit the hardest. While […]
Reposted from Methodspace: a summary of the NatCen Informing Public Policy New Agendas for Social Research Conference (23-24 April 2009) […]
This is an extract from a post originally published in Harvard Magazine. When Majid Ezzati thinks about declining life expectancy, […]
I know the season for frivolous quiz games has passed but do you know who is buried in Westminster Abbey? […]
As ‘STEM’ started to become shorthand for ‘the only sort of research work that is of importance to our economy’, […]
Download a copy of this report from the Academy of Social Sciences Making the Case for the Social Sciences, a […]
It is vital not to overlook the need for social science work in supporting other advances in our society and […]
The Academy has issued the following statement in response to the Browne Review and the Comprehensive Spending Review announcement of […]
The 2010 World Social Science Report (WSSR) produced by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and co-published by UNESCO was […]
Making the Case for the Social Sciences, a report by the Academy of Social Sciences, sponsored by the Economic and […]
A debate held in London on 16th March 2010 as part of the ESRC festival of social science. Co-hosted by […]
