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Diversity: Good Intentions Aren’t Same as Evidence
Research
December 8, 2017

Diversity: Good Intentions Aren’t Same as Evidence

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Free Access: The sociology of sexual harassment and assault – a selection of free articles
News
November 29, 2017

Free Access: The sociology of sexual harassment and assault – a selection of free articles

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In Australia, Publicly Funded Research Must Soon Prove Its Impact
Research
November 29, 2017

In Australia, Publicly Funded Research Must Soon Prove Its Impact

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Science’s Uphill Journey Out of Its Credibility Crisis
Research Ethics
November 14, 2017

Science’s Uphill Journey Out of Its Credibility Crisis

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Trick or Treat: It’s a Behavioral Scientist at the Door!

Trick or Treat: It’s a Behavioral Scientist at the Door!

While Halloween is always an exciting time for candy manufacturers, costume sellers and youngsters who are often allowed a small binge in candy consumption, a different group of people also lick their lips in anticipation — behavioral scientists.

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Mitigation: The Best Kind of Rainy Day Savings

Mitigation: The Best Kind of Rainy Day Savings

Mitigation enables people and communities to prevent disasters or at least reduce their impacts on the loss of life and property. And while mitigation is often presented as a mission for engineering, there is a wide scope for social and behavioral preparation explains veteran public policy researcher in a new paper on mitigating flooding catastrophes.

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Ann Sloan Devlin on Timeless and Dynamic Research Design

Ann Sloan Devlin on Timeless and Dynamic Research Design

New technology has, and is, changing a lot of the mechanics of social and behavioral science research, but how much is the underlying enterprise itself changing as a result? This is a key question Ann Sloan Devlin, author of the newly released ‘The Research Experience: Planning, Conducting, and Reporting Research,’ addresses in this interview.

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Political Activism is Not Just for Youngsters

Political Activism is Not Just for Youngsters

David Canter reviews a new range of studies that shows people can be politically active from childhood to old age

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Ig Nobel Aside, Our Gambling Research Was No Croc

Ig Nobel Aside, Our Gambling Research Was No Croc

On the surface studying how gamblers reacted to playing a poker machine while holding a live crocodile sounds, well, silly. But the goal — to learn how to get gamblers to say ‘when’ — is deadly serious business.

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APA Seeks Papers on Nexus of Humans and Technology

APA Seeks Papers on Nexus of Humans and Technology

Researchers and Authors from a variety of fields have an opportunity to share their innovations with a called for papers at the Technology, Mind and Society conference. Authors topics should include but are not limited to artificial intelligence, robotics, mobile devices, and more. Share your innovations here.

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Managing Universities: Dodging the Dead Cat

Managing Universities: Dodging the Dead Cat

Academics have been disengaged, disengaged themselves, or never been engaged with the challenges of working in, and for, very complex organizations, says our Robert Dingwall. Their distaste for administration in its various forms is a liability.

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To Know a Society, Know Its Crime

To Know a Society, Know Its Crime

“Crime is an integrated aspect of any culture.” David Canter reviews how crime influences a society’s actions and illustrates the broader social consequences that crime may have on the individuals in a particular culture.

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