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The Other Dead of 1918

By Robert Dingwall | Published: May 15, 2018

Although it won't see the memorials and centenary events that the World War I Armistice will, it's worth thinking back to the ravages of the...

Also posted in News, Public Engagement, Public Policy | Tagged Health, influenza, Max Weber, Public Health, World War I | Leave a comment

Analyzing a Canadian Approach to Assessing Impact

By Peter Severinson | Published: January 16, 2018

Efforts to assess scholarly impacts must account for the great diversity of scholarly work and ensure that researchers themselves play a leading role in selecting...

Also posted in Communication, Impact, News, Research | Tagged Arts and Humanities | Leave a comment

Social Science Space 2017 Round Up

By Philip Patino | Published: January 10, 2018

Last year Social Science Space presented more than 200 articles on the impact, infrastructure and industry surrounding social and behavioral science and research. Looking back...

Also posted in Academic Funding, Brexit, Higher Education Reform, Interdisciplinarity, News, Research | Tagged Border Criminology, Fake News, Poverty | Leave a comment

Science vs. 2017: Five Essential Reads

By Maggie Villiger | Published: December 28, 2017

2017 may well be remembered as the year of alternative facts and fake news. Truth took a hit, and experts seemed to lose the public’s...

Also posted in Academic Funding, News, Public Policy | Tagged Budget Cuts, Fake News, public administration | Leave a comment

Close Encounters with Behavioral Economics: Four Essential Reads for 2017

By Bryan Keogh | Published: December 27, 2017

The year 2017 turned out to be the start for mainstream behavioral economics after a leading practitioner in the field won a Nobel prize for...

Also posted in Interdisciplinarity, News, Research | Tagged Behavioral economics, Behavioral Science, Nudge | Leave a comment

Sexual Harassment and Universities

By Robert Dingwall | Published: December 22, 2017

Developing an effective response to sexual harassment in the academic industry -- by no means a new phenomenon, notes Robert Dingwall -- requires us to...

Also posted in Early Career, International Debates, News, Research Ethics | Tagged Ethics, Professional ethics, sexual harassment | Leave a comment

Reimagining the UK Sociology Curriculum: Internationalization, Decolonialization and Employability

By Robert Dingwall | Published: July 13, 2017

How well do sociology departments in the UK teach sociology that originated in the UK? Asking that surprisingly hard question may produce usable insights for...

Also posted in Brexit, International Debates, News, Public Engagement, Research, Teaching | Tagged Economics, Inequality, Social Science, Sociology, Teaching | Leave a comment

Grenfell Tower: The Missing Social Dimension of Fire Regulations

By Robert Dingwall | Published: June 18, 2017

Fire safety is not just an issue for engineers. People build buildings, people live in buildings, and people use (and abuse) buildings. That creates a...

Also posted in News, Public Engagement, Public Policy | Tagged Architecture, Engineering, Fire safety, Grenfell Tower, Health and Safety, regulation, User-centred design | Leave a comment

Brexit and British Science: The Cliff Edge Starts to Crumble

By Robert Dingwall | Published: February 12, 2017

The UK science policy establishment has been remarkably sanguine in the face of its government’s plans for Brexit, argues Robert Dingwall.

Also posted in Brexit, International Debates, News, Public Policy, Research | Tagged Brexit, EU, Horizon 2020, phdpostdoc, Policy, science policy | Leave a comment

Why Chan and Zuckerberg Cannot Cure All Diseases

By Robert Dingwall | Published: September 26, 2016

We often use the metaphor of a war to describe the human struggle against disease. This is a very unhelpful way of thinking, because it...

Also posted in News, Public Policy, Research | Tagged Antibiotic resistance, biomedical science, Chan, evolution, Research Funding, Zuckerberg | Leave a comment

Zika – What Are the Real Lessons from Ebola?

By Robert Dingwall | Published: February 1, 2016

Another disease in the tropics has the World Health Organisation in a lather, and again biomedicine's response will not be all that useful in the...

Also posted in International Debates, News, Public Policy | Tagged Ebola, Policy, Public Health, Social Science, World Health Organization, Zika | Leave a comment

Become an Ask for Evidence Ambassador

By Sense About Science | Published: August 26, 2015

Sense About Science is recruiting six ambassadors to represent the Ask for Evidence campaign and give talks to different groups across society. Ask for Evidence is...

Also posted in Early Career, News | Tagged ask for evidence, campaign, recruitment | Leave a comment

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Science & Social Science

The Other Dead of 1918

Analyzing a Canadian Approach to Assessing Impact

Social Science Space 2017 Round Up

Science vs. 2017: Five Essential Reads

Close Encounters with Behavioral Economics: Four Essential Reads for 2017

Sexual Harassment and Universities

Reimagining the UK Sociology Curriculum: Internationalization, Decolonialization and Employability

Grenfell Tower: The Missing Social Dimension of Fire Regulations

Brexit and British Science: The Cliff Edge Starts to Crumble

Why Chan and Zuckerberg Cannot Cure All Diseases

Zika – What Are the Real Lessons from Ebola?

Become an Ask for Evidence Ambassador

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