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The Invisible Children in the Seminar Room: Kony 2012 and digital activism.
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March 27, 2012

The Invisible Children in the Seminar Room: Kony 2012 and digital activism.

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Weekly Overview of Social Science News
Communication
March 26, 2012

Weekly Overview of Social Science News

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The Guardian’s Simon Jenkins is completely wrong.
Academic Funding
March 26, 2012

The Guardian’s Simon Jenkins is completely wrong.

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We’re Upgrading!
Announcements
March 20, 2012

We’re Upgrading!

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Working Moms: The Kids Are All Right

Working Moms: The Kids Are All Right

Working mothers tend to be happier and healthier than mothers who stay at home caring for young children, according to recent research. But many of those who work are often haunted by the question: “Am I screwing up my kids?”

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Social science sites of the week

Social science sites of the week

Future for Women on boards: Milestone or Millstone? Annual report from FTSE and Cranfield University. It examines the percentage of women on […]

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Managing Expectations

Managing Expectations

Why do some people hide their light under a bushel while others promise more than they can deliver? In the latest edition of the Journal of Theoretical Politics, Dr René Lindstädt (University of Essex) and Dr Jeffrey Staton (Emory University, USA) have developed a theory to explain the phenomenon.

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Social Science is Changing how to view Policing

Social Science is Changing how to view Policing

Social Science research is changing our understanding of the police and policing. This is raising fundamental questions about how police officers are recruited, trained and organised

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Satan at work in the university…?

Satan at work in the university…?

How an unholy alliance of arrogant scientists and self-interested federal bureaucrats came to widen the net of ethical regulation intended to deal with abuses in medical research to empirical investigation in the humanities and social sciences.

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Help Black Children? Sure! Teens? Not So Much.

Help Black Children? Sure! Teens? Not So Much.

New research finds support for school projects differs according to the race and age of the recipients.

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Myths and Realities 13: Security and Surveillance – has it gone too far?

Myths and Realities 13: Security and Surveillance – has it gone too far?

 Join Professor Bridget Hutter and Drs Kirstie Ball and Peter Fussey at the British Library as they discuss the use of increased surveillance, security […]

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My social science career: Interview with Mike Hogg

My social science career: Interview with Mike Hogg

As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading behavioral and social scientist Mike Hogg, Professor of Social Psychology at Claremont Graduate University, spoke to socialsciencespace about his career and influences in social science.

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