Interview

A Behavioral Scientist’s Take on the Dangers of Self-Censorship in Science
Interview
February 14, 2024

A Behavioral Scientist’s Take on the Dangers of Self-Censorship in Science

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Jonathan Breckon On Knowledge Brokerage and Influencing Policy
Interview
December 6, 2023

Jonathan Breckon On Knowledge Brokerage and Influencing Policy

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Research for Social Good Means Addressing Scientific Misconduct
Interdisciplinarity
December 7, 2018

Research for Social Good Means Addressing Scientific Misconduct

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Six Principles for Scientists Seeking Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure
Interview
June 11, 2018

Six Principles for Scientists Seeking Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure

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Nick Seaver on Dissecting the Algorithmic Organism

Nick Seaver on Dissecting the Algorithmic Organism

When discussing the nexus of computer science and social science, the transaction is usually in one direction – what can computer scientists do for social scientists. But a recent paper from Tufts University anthropologist Nick Seaver reverses that flow, using the tool of ethnography to interrogate the tools of engineering.

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Gregory Clark on Names

Gregory Clark on Names

What’s in a name? According to economist Gregory Clark, a lot of divine-able information about your family’s past and perhaps a fair bit about your children’s future. In the latest edition of Social Science Bites, David Edmonds talks with Clark about his at-times controversial examination of surnames and their nexus with social mobility.

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Craig Calhoun on Protest Movements

Craig Calhoun on Protest Movements

In the latest edition of Social Science Bites, American sociologist Craig Calhoun discussed the formation of protest movement and the role of social science in addressing and understanding these outputs of social change.

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

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

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 that they have degenerated into a pseudo-­‐science.

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Angus Deaton on Health and Inequality

Angus Deaton on Health and Inequality

Angus Deaton is a social scientist and the author of The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality. His Princeton colleague, the philosopher Peter Singer, argues that aid is vital to combat the terrible mortality rates in some countries. Angus Deaton disagrees..

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David Stuckler on Austerity and Death

David Stuckler on Austerity and Death

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

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Kate Pickett on the Case for Equality

Kate Pickett on the Case for Equality

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

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Angela McRobbie on the Illusion of Equality for Women

Angela McRobbie on the Illusion of Equality for Women

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 Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London, discusses her research on this topic.

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