Social Science Space

The ponderousness, and consequent unnecessary expense, of many legal processes was brought home to me yet again with my recent […]

The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee met with prominent UK social scientists last week to discuss the potential […]

With large impacts on dissemination of research and significant benefits in terms of individual reputations, David McKenzie and Berk Özler, […]

In 2011 the Science and Technology Select Committee published the report Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies, examining the role […]

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE Select Committee Announcement No. 98 (10-12): 9 November 2011 NEW INQUIRY ANNOUNCED The census and social […]

Originally posted to the SAGE Connection blog Last week was the ESRC’s annual festival of social science. This is the […]

With the Olympic and Paralympic Games piquing the public’s interest in sport, the publication of Making the Case for the […]

In a recent Miller-McCune article, Tom Jacobs looks at research by psychologists that links people’s reluctance to protest against Wall […]

During and following the Academy’s conference on the Riots of summer 2011, the speakers were all asked for their thoughts […]

Social Policy Association (SPA) President and former Chief Government Social Researcher Sue Duncan has warned that the UK government risks […]

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

A busy summer means the blog can be overtaken by events. I had intended to write on 11 July about […]