Social Science Space

Social scientists need to make a strong case for their worth inside and outside of academia.

Simon Ball, Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Glasgow, discusses the dangers of Gold Route OA to the Humanities and scholarship in general.

Everyone has experience being human, and so findings in social science coincide with something that we have either experienced or can imagine experiencing. The result is that social science all too often seems like common sense.

A quick overview of the Finch Report on Open Access, and useful links.

On May 9, the House of Representatives adopted a provision that would preclude the National Science Foundation (NSF) from supporting research in the field of political science.

Across the world in the media, in policy, government discussions, and in our daily lives, there is evidence of social science at work. Whether it’s analysis of a cultural phenomenon like crime, or a major international concern such how climate change leads to changing lifestyles or inequality, social scientists help us understand cultures and behaviours.

Open Access to academic journal papers is a hot button issue. The UK government is in favour, along with major […]

A response to Sir Simon Jenkins’ article on the value of public universities.

I find it ironic that interesting current debates about sociology’s Eurocentrism and calls for a more truly global sociology take place in journals and books that are likely to be inaccessible at many, many universities around the world.

So the Governor of your state just publicly attacked your college major and declared it useless; what do you do?  […]

Paul Stoller considers the implications of ‘anti-science’ political candidates being elected to high office in the US and the likely […]

An ‘alternative white paper’ has been published this week in the UK setting out an alternative to the Government’s proposed […]