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Roberto Unger on What is Wrong with the Social Sciences Today?

By Social Science Bites | Published: January 9, 2014

In the latest edition of Social Science Bites, Brazilian philosopher and politician Roberto Mangabeira Unger discusses what is wrong with the social sciences today, arguing...

Also posted in Interview, News, Social Science Bites | Tagged Criticism, Psuedo-science, Roberto Unger | 3 Responses

David Stuckler on Austerity and Death

By Social Science Bites | Published: August 1, 2013

You might assume that deaths increase in a recession, but that doesn't necessarily happen.

Also posted in Communication, Interview, Resources | Tagged austerity, David Stuckler, Death, Recession | Leave a comment

Kate Pickett on the Case for Equality

By Social Science Bites | Published: July 1, 2013

Social epidemiologist Kate Pickett, co-author (with Richard Wilkinson) of The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone, argues that inequality has bad social effects. She...

Also posted in Impact, Interdisciplinarity, Interview, Resources, Social Science Bites | Tagged Equality, Kate Pickett, Well-being | 2 Responses

Angela McRobbie on the Illusion of Equality for Women

By Social Science Bites | Published: June 3, 2013

Has equality for women been achieved? Feminism has apparently achieved many of its aims. But have they? Angela McRobbie from the Department of Media and...

Also posted in Interview, Public Engagement, Resources, Social Science Bites | Tagged Angela McRobbie, Feminism | 2 Responses

Lawrence Sherman on Criminology

By Social Science Bites | Published: May 1, 2013

The latest episode of Social Science Bites is an interview with Lawrence Sherman, professor of criminology at Cambridge University and a keen advocate of experimental...

Also posted in Public Engagement, Resources, Social Science Bites | Tagged Crime, Criminology, Lawrence Sherman, podcast, Social Science | Leave a comment

Ann Oakley on Women’s Experience of Childbirth

By Social Science Bites | Published: April 2, 2013

In this episode of the Social Science Bites podcast sociologist Ann Oakley discusses her research into a range of questions about women's experience of...

Also posted in Impact, Interview, Public Engagement, Research Ethics, Resources, Social Science Bites | Tagged Ann Oakley, Childbirth, Ethics, Pregnancy, Sociology, Women | 1 Response

Sarah Franklin on the Sociology of Reproductive Technology

By Social Science Bites | Published: March 1, 2013

New technologies have dramatically changed choices around reproduction. Sarah Franklin, Professor of Sociology at Cambridge University, discusses her research

Also posted in Communication, Featured, Public Engagement, Resources, Science & Social Science, Social Science Bites | Tagged Cambridge, Reproduction, Reproductive Technology, Sarah Franklin, Social Science, society | Leave a comment

Doreen Massey on Space

By Social Science Bites | Published: February 1, 2013

In honor of the late Doreen Massey, an eminent geographer who died Friday at age 72, we repost her Social Science Bites podcast, which has...

Also posted in Communication, Public Engagement, Resources, Social Science Bites | Tagged Doreen Massey, geography, Social Science and Science, Space | 1 Response

Daniel Kahneman on Bias

By Social Science Bites | Published: January 4, 2013

Thinking is hard, and most of the time we rely on simple psychological mechanisms that can lead us astray. In this episode of the Social...

Also posted in Communication, Impact, Resources, Social Science Bites | Tagged Behavioural Economics, Bias, Daniel Kahneman, Psychology | 2 Responses

Toby Miller on Cultural Studies

By Social Science Bites | Published: December 3, 2012

Toby Miller, author and editor of over 30 books on interdisciplinary topics within the Social Sciences, discusses Cultural Studies in relation to his work on...

Also posted in Communication, Impact, Resources, Social Science Bites | Tagged Cultural Studies, Toby Miller | Leave a comment

Steven Pinker on Violence and Human Nature

By Social Science Bites | Published: November 1, 2012

Is the world getting less violent? It seems unlikely. But Steven Pinker has amassed empirical evidence to show that it is. In this interview with...

Also posted in Communication, Public Engagement, Resources, Social Science Bites | Tagged Communication, Engagement, language, podcast, Social Science, Steven Pinker, Volence | 4 Responses

Jonathan Haidt on Moral Psychology

By Social Science Bites | Published: October 1, 2012

What can psychology tell us about morality? Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind, discusses the place of rationality in our moral judgements in this...

Also posted in Communication, Impact, Resources, Social Science Bites | Tagged Jonathan Haidt, moral psychology, Politics, Psychology | 1 Response

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Roberto Unger on What is Wrong with the Social Sciences Today?

David Stuckler on Austerity and Death

Kate Pickett on the Case for Equality

Angela McRobbie on the Illusion of Equality for Women

Lawrence Sherman on Criminology

Ann Oakley on Women’s Experience of Childbirth

Sarah Franklin on the Sociology of Reproductive Technology

Doreen Massey on Space

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