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The State of Social Science: only itself to blame?

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: July 11, 2012

Both society and government rely on social science a great deal, and those who criticise it for what they see as its failure to predict events have misunderstood the nature of the knowledge it can produce.

Nobel Prize Winner Elinor Ostrom Leaves Legacy to Celebrate at a Time of Attacks on Value of Her Discipline

By Ziyad Marar | Published: June 20, 2012

Last week we heard the sad news that Professor Elinor Ostrom has died. Her profound contributions to scholarship have been told often since she became the first woman and the first political scientist ever to receive the Nobel Prize for Economics.

Posted in Featured, Impact, International Debate, News, Public Engagement, Public Policy | Also tagged AAS, CASBS, Elinor Ostrom, Elinor Ostrom Prize, FABBS, NSF, Passings, Political Science, Social Science, The British Academy, Ziyad Marar | Leave a comment

Making the Case for the Social Sciences no.2: Ageing

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: January 3, 2011

As ‘STEM’ started to become shorthand for ‘the only sort of research work that is of importance to our economy’, and the cutbacks started to bite, it became apparent that the Academy of Social Sciences had to act decisively and swiftly to defend the role of social science research in providing the evidence base for […]

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Statement in respect of Browne Review proposals and CSR announcement on 20th Oct 2010

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: December 2, 2010

The Academy has issued the following statement in response to the Browne Review and the Comprehensive Spending Review announcement of 20 October 2010: The social sciences make a vital contribution to UK economy and society. As a recent report has noted (BA evidence to Smith review), UK social science research is a world leader. In […]

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Making the Case for the Social Sciences no.2: Ageing

Statement in respect of Browne Review proposals and CSR announcement on 20th Oct 2010

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