Social Science Space

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 […]

British sociology is relentlessly marching towards excellence. A leading sociology department prides itself in its “international reputation for excellence”, one of the country’s most distinguished journals highlights its “commitment to excellence”

By Jerome L. Singer and Dorothy G. Singer, Yale University One of the greatest developments of the nineteenth century in […]

Empowerment evaluation is designed to help people take control over their own lives and accomplish their dreams.  People learn how […]

Over the last decade the hallowed principle of ‘evidence-based policy-making’ has become cliché in government and policy circles in the […]

Stephen Curry writes on the LSE Impact Blog that the growth of academic blogging is an important new outlet for […]