A new study of children diagnosed with autism in the US has found that socioeconomic inequalities in who is diagnosed […]

The General Social Survey is second only to the US Census in being the most frequently analyzed source of social […]

I’m a member of a university (the University of Southampton) which forces its budding social scientists through two courses in […]

David Canter describes being marooned in Narita Airport when the earthquake struck. Having studied people’s actions in major emergencies as […]

As a social scientist I find it interesting to seek out topics for study that no-one else seems to have […]

Reposted from Methodspace: a summary of the NatCen Informing Public Policy New Agendas for Social Research Conference (23-24 April 2009) […]

Reposted from Methodspace: a summary of the NatCen Informing Public Policy New Agendas for Social Research Conference (23-24 April 2009) […]

The British Science Association has announced a series of Media Fellowships, which are intended to raise awareness and understanding of the workings […]

Reposted from Methodspace: a summary of the NatCen Informing Public Policy New Agendas for Social Research Conference (23-24 April 2009) […]

This is an extract from a post originally published  in Harvard Magazine. Across all the disciplines of the social sciences—economics, history, […]

Paul Allin, Deputy Director: Societal Wellbeing, ONS speaking at the SRA Summer Event in July SRA Summer Event Paul Allin

Patrick Sturgis,  University of Southampton, National Centre for Research Methods speaking at the SRA Summer Event in July SRAsummerevent Patrick […]