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Washington and Social Science: Might a Wall Shutdown Delay NSF Budget?

By Mark Vieth | Published: December 3, 2018

The threat by Donald Trump to shutdown the U.S. federal government if he doesn't see funding for a border wall could delay the 2019 budget...

Translating Research to Policy: Improving Justice for Women and Girls

By Brooke Stanley | Published: November 18, 2018

A number of scholars drawn from American Society of Criminology's Division on Women and Crime presented their evidence-based suggestions for the improvement of existing policies...

Also posted in Bookshelf, International Debates, Videos | Tagged Criminology, Feminist Criminology | Leave a comment

Reflections on the Centenary of the Armistice

By Robert Dingwall | Published: November 14, 2018

At the 100th anniversary of the end of World War, Robert Dingwall asks how has English sociology asked questions about the experiences and the legacy...

Also posted in International Debates, News | Tagged identity, Masculinity, Sociology, World War I, World War II | Leave a comment

New Report Packages Themes from Evidence Week

By Social Science Space | Published: November 12, 2018

"The question we must therefore ask is: are we all really working to the best available picture of what is going on in the world?”...

Also posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Evidence Week, Evidence-Based Policy, Sense about Science | Leave a comment

Campaign for Social Science Report Argues for International Staff Safety Net

By Social Science Space | Published: November 7, 2018

Three out of every 10 academics working in UK universities, finds a new report from the Campaign for Social Science, are nationals or originally from...

Also posted in Bookshelf, Brexit, International Debates | Tagged Campaign for Social Science, International Staff | Leave a comment

Social Science Data Solving Social Housing Problems

By Farida Mustafazade | Published: November 6, 2018

The ESRC describes Knowledge Transfer Partnerships as a relationship between a company/organization and staff in a knowledge base institution in which the the institution's knowledge...

Also posted in Impact | Tagged Knowledge Transfer Partnership, Social Data | Leave a comment

Extreme Polarization Is Bad But Need Not Be Inevitable

By Jennifer Lynn McCoy | Published: November 3, 2018

Are Americans now stuck in animosity and anger that will undermine democracy, or can the nation pull out of it? Here, Jennifer McCoy shares some...

Also posted in Impact, International Debates | Tagged Polarization, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Nick Adams on Textual Analysis

By Social Science Bites | Published: November 1, 2018

Fake news, whether truly phony or merely unpalatable, has become an inescapable trope for modern media consumers. But apart from its propagandist provenance, misinformation and...

Also posted in Social Science Bites | Tagged Fake News, Nick Adams, Public Editor, Tag Works, Textual Analysis | Leave a comment

Andrew Leigh on Randomistas

By Social Science Bites | Published: October 1, 2018

When Angus Deaton crafted the term 'randomista' to denigrate the rampant use of randomized controlled trials in development economics, Angus Leigh saw an opportunity to...

Also posted in Research, Social Science Bites | Tagged Andrew Leigh, Angus Deaton, Randomised Controlled Trial, Randomista | Leave a comment

Golden Goose Award Recognizes Implicit Bias Work

By Social Science Space | Published: September 14, 2018

U.S. government-funded research that on its face looked only at fame, names and gender turned out to be pioneering work into implicit bias. This year...

Also posted in Academic Funding, Announcements, Impact, News, Recognition | Tagged Anthony Greenwald, Brian Nosek, Golden Goose, IAT, Implicit Bias, Mahzarin Banaji | Leave a comment

Africa Takes Steps in Using Evidence to Inform Policy

By Ruth Stewart | Published: August 20, 2018

Africa has a real challenge when it comes to using academic research and evidence to design policies. "The problem is twofold," says author Ruth Stewart,...

Also posted in International Debates | Tagged Evidence-Based Policy, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Achieving Impact for Early-Career Researchers

By Megan Evans and Chris Cvitanovic | Published: August 15, 2018

For many early-career researchers, the practicalities of how to successfully influence policy processes can be elusive, causing problems. Megan Evans and Chris Cvitanovic provide some practical tips and suggestions...

Also posted in Career, Impact | Leave a comment

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