Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Making Sense of Society: Lauren White
In the second of a series of essays from ESRC-funded researchers, a young academic describes her examinations of how places such as toilets can be reflective of our practices of privacy and containment of our bodily excretions.
Making Sense of Society: Wilhelmiina Toivo
Social Science Space will publish the winning essays, runners-up and eight shortlisted pieces from the most recent ESRC writing competition in the next few weeks, starting with “Once more, with feeling: life as bilingual,” an essay from psychologist Wilhelmiina Toivo at the University of Glasgow.
‘Ethics Dumping’ and Research on Vulnerable Communities
When researchers from countries where regulation is well developed choose to conduct ethically dubious research in countries where regulation is not as strict, it is known as “ethics dumping.” When it happened to Africa’s San people, they responded.
Canadian Social Science Federation Names New Chief
The Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences of Canada has settled on the sitting public affairs chief of the Canadian Cancer Society as the federation’s new permanent executive director.
Supporting PhD Students in the Social Sciences
Professor Shamit Saggar of the University of Essex discusses the back story of the South East Network for Social Sciences and how it intends to training doctoral students amid a background of rapidly evolving social science.
What Does the Future Hold for the UK’s Oldest Sociology Journal?
The incoming and the outgoing editors of Britain’s oldest sociology journal discuss what the future holds for the journal and what challenges face sociology in current times.
Kenneth Arrow’s Legacy Helps Explain Election Flaws
The late Stanford professor Kenneth Arrow was considered one of the most influential economists in history with monumental and lasting contributions to the field. His work included some explanation for why election results can turn out as they do, not always the way most voters would prefer.
Tips for Writing Case Studies
Ed. note – This post is drawn from two articles that originally appeared at SAGE Connection. Textbook examples certify learning. Cases educate. […]
