Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
All hands are tied
Earlier this month, Senator Elizabeth Warren made some riveting remarks in support of the social sciences at the annual COSSA Colloquium in Washington, D.C. Her personal and passionate address reminded the room full of social scientists that there are others outside of academia who champion our work and that there are some on Capitol Hill who utilize it as a valued resource. While reading her words may not depict her tone of urgency and enthusiasm, we are happy to provide a full transcript below.
Sociology Outside Academia
Why academics’ misunderstanding of the epistemology and politics of science is leading them to silently and uncritically support the politics of the powers that be.
The Ethics of Impact
Back in the summer, John Holmwood, the current BSA President, sent me an email about impact and research ethics. Various contingencies have […]
Universities awarded £19.5 million for overhaul of quantitative social science training
Fifteen universities across the UK will receive £19.5 million to overhaul their social science teaching over […]
Speakers’ Corner at the British Library
As part of the British Library’s ‘Propaganda: Power and Persuasion’ exhibition Speakers’ Corner can be found in the Poets’ Circle from the […]
Why Social Science Education is as Important as STEM…
A recent Ipsos-Mori survey reveals the crucial role that social science has to play in modern democracy, a role which is frequently sabotaged.
Social Science Must Change to Realise Its Full Value
Social scientists have nothing to fear from the impact agenda, but must be more willing to talk to “strangers” such as the government in order to realise their full value – a talk by Prof. John Brewer
Nigel Vincent reflects on the Open Access monograph challenge
Monographs are an intrinsically important mode of academic production and must not be sacrificed on the altar of open access, argues Nigel Vincent in Debating Open Access, a new publication from the British Academy.
