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A Founding Father of Behavioral Economics Wins Nobel Prize

By Social Science Space | Published: October 9, 2017

Richard H. Thaler, the University of Chicago economist whose contributions linking psychology to the ‘dismal science’ caught the public’s eye in his co-authored bestselling book Nudge, has received this year’s Nobel Prize in economic sciences.

Posted in Impact, Recognition | Also tagged Behavioral economics, Behavioural Economics, Nobel Prize, Nudge, Richard Thaler | Leave a comment

Do Women Count in Economics?

By Homa Zarghamee, Samuel Bowles and Wendy Carlin | Published: September 20, 2017

By one estimate of U.S. universities, there are about 300,000 fewer women students in the field of economics than there should be if sexism were not so rampant.

Posted in News | Also tagged Gender Gap, Inequality | Leave a comment

UK HE: Markets Are Good for Everyone – Except Academics….

By Robert Dingwall | Published: August 4, 2017

So if markets are truly good for English higher education, as many seem to think, should we follow that train of thought to its logical conclusions?

Posted in Brexit, Early Career, Higher Education Reform, News, Public Policy, Research | Also tagged Brexit, Policy, REF, Research | 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 academic Britain, argues our Robert Dingwall.

Posted in Brexit, International Debates, News, Public Engagement, Research, Science & Social Science, Teaching | Also tagged Inequality, Social Science, Sociology, Teaching | Leave a comment

Economic Forecast: This Year’s Model May Disappoint

By Richard Whittle | Published: February 3, 2017

The value in economics lies not in some magical ability to divine the future. Tell that to the policymakers who expect their fortunes told.

Posted in News | Also tagged The Conversation | Leave a comment

In This Indebted World, Austerity May Be Forever

By Mark Blyth | Published: October 20, 2016

Political economist Mark Blyth argues that in a highly indebted world, austerity – introduced as an ‘emergency’ measure to save the economy, to right the fiscal ship – has becomes a permanent state of affairs.

Posted in News | Also tagged Aeon, austerity | Leave a comment

Why Did Contract Theory Deserve a Nobel Prize?

By Hongyi Li and Anton Kolotilin | Published: October 11, 2016

As technology improves and organizations become more complex, the theory and practice of contract design will only increase in importance. As such, we owe, we owe a great debt to this year's Nobel laureates in economics for giving us powerful tools to structure effective contracts.

Posted in Impact, Recognition, Research | Also tagged Nobel Prize, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Viewing ‘Homo economicus’ Through Prism of Behavioral Economics

By Ken Fireman | Published: May 27, 2016

Behavioral economics as a practice is here to stay, suggests a new report. Whether it remains a separate discipline or is absorbed by the other social sciences remains an open question.

Posted in International Debates | Also tagged Behavioral economics, Homo economicus | Leave a comment

Behavioral Science May Hold Some Keys to Climate Change

By Nadira Faber | Published: February 29, 2016

As we are often reminded, we urgently and drastically need to limit our use of one shared resource – fossil fuels – and its effect on another – the climate. But how realistic is this goal, both for national leaders and for us? Well, psychology may hold some answers.

Posted in Public Policy | Also tagged Climate Change, Psychology, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Social Science’s Impact on Society, Circa 2065: Ian Quigg

By Social Science Space | Published: January 26, 2016

In the final installment of the 10 top essays submitted to the ESRC reflecting on how a social science-influenced world will look in 2015, we present Ian Quigg's ruminations on what capitalism will look like after another half century's buffeting by the 'perennial gale of creative destruction.'

Posted in Early Career, Impact, Recognition | Also tagged ESRC | Leave a comment

What Does Social Science Predict for the Powerball Winner?

By Jay L. Zagorsky | Published: January 13, 2016

The answer sadly, is ruin. But if you've already beaten the odds once, maybe you can do so again ...

Posted in News, Research | Also tagged Gambling, The Conversation | Leave a comment

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Tag: Economics

A Founding Father of Behavioral Economics Wins Nobel Prize

Do Women Count in Economics?

UK HE: Markets Are Good for Everyone – Except Academics….

Economic Forecast: This Year’s Model May Disappoint

In This Indebted World, Austerity May Be Forever

Why Did Contract Theory Deserve a Nobel Prize?

Viewing ‘Homo economicus’ Through Prism of Behavioral Economics

Behavioral Science May Hold Some Keys to Climate Change

Social Science’s Impact on Society, Circa 2065: Ian Quigg

What Does Social Science Predict for the Powerball Winner?

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