Public Engagement

Engaging Beyond the Academy
Career
April 27, 2012

Engaging Beyond the Academy

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Dumbing up
Featured
April 24, 2012

Dumbing up

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Methamphetamine Markets, Personal Relationships, and Families
Interdisciplinarity
April 19, 2012

Methamphetamine Markets, Personal Relationships, and Families

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Campaign for Social Science: Promoting the Social Sciences to the Public, Media, and Parliament
Featured
April 16, 2012

Campaign for Social Science: Promoting the Social Sciences to the Public, Media, and Parliament

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Adding People to the Climate Change Equation

Adding People to the Climate Change Equation

People’s behavior has been noticeably absent in science on sustainability, but a conference before June’s U.N. summit offers some hint human processes may join natural ones in developing solutions.

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Would Confucius have a Civil Partnership?

Would Confucius have a Civil Partnership?

In a culture where one’s identity is maintained through kinship networks and where the Confucian ideal of filial piety continues to structure family relations and everyday life, marriage is a very big deal.

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My Social Science Career: Interview with Linda Putnam

My Social Science Career: Interview with Linda Putnam

As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading social scientists, Linda Putnam, Chair of the Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, spoke to socialsciencespace about her career.

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Is Conservatism Our Default Ideology?

Is Conservatism Our Default Ideology?

New research provides evidence that, when under time pressure or otherwise cognitively impaired, people are more likely to express conservative views.

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

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

Since its earliest days there has been a great deal of writing about online activism and the possibility of forming active publics via the Internet.

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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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My Social Science Career: Interview with Denis McQuail

My Social Science Career: Interview with Denis McQuail

As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading social scientists, Denis McQuail talks to socialsciencespace about his career in social science and some of the changes that he has witnessed.

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My Social Science Career: Interview with Sandra Ball-Rokeach

My Social Science Career: Interview with Sandra Ball-Rokeach

I’m a sociologist and my primary role at this stage of my career is championing theory-driven research, but also research that you put into action: I’m not just a theorist, or just a researcher, or just an action-person – rather I’m trying to link all of those together.

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