Tag: ESRC

Making Sense of Society: Ruben Schneider

By Social Science Space | Published: April 14, 2017

Ruben Schneider, who is ethnographically exploring the interactions of ‘global’ conservation alliances and local communities, describes his passion in this essay for the ESRC.

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Making Sense of Society: Ruth Puttick

By Social Science Space | Published: April 10, 2017

Are we paying enough attention to ostensible philanthropy that influences what goes on in British schools? We should, argues Ruth Puttick in this essay.

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Making Sense of Society: David Pollard

By Social Science Space | Published: April 7, 2017

David Pollard here argues that it would benefit society -- and science -- to seriously study the adolescent brain.

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Making Sense of Society: Siobhan Maderson

By Social Science Space | Published: April 5, 2017

In developing wise policy, we ignore local environmental knowledge at our peril, writes Siobhan Maderson in her essay about the interaction of bees, beekeepers, and government.

Making Sense of Society: Vanessa Hughes

By Social Science Space | Published: April 4, 2017

Concepts of mobility, citizenship and belonging are morphing in a time of widespread immigration. In this essay, Vanessa Hughes uses the case of a specific London resident to explore these themes.

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Making Sense of Society: Sophie Hedges

By Social Science Space | Published: April 3, 2017

In this short-listed essay from a competition sponsored by the ESRC, Sophie Hedges notes that norms about child labor are by no means universal.

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Making Sense of Society: Alison Harper

By Social Science Space | Published: March 30, 2017

Social Science Space will publish the winning essays, runners-up and eight shortlisted pieces from the most recent ESRC writing competition in the next few weeks. Here we present "Better healthcare with deep data,” an essay from Alsion Harper detailing some of the concepts she's observed with the use of endoscopy in a retirement hotspot.

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Making Sense of Society: Elo Luik

By Social Science Space | Published: March 29, 2017

Social Science Space will publish the winning essays, runners-up and eight shortlisted pieces from the most recent ESRC writing competition in the next few weeks. Here we present "A meeting in New Delhi: An ethnography of a dangerous miracle,” an essay from Elo Luik at the University of Oxford.

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Making Sense of Society: Max Gallien

By Social Science Space | Published: March 28, 2017

In the third of a series of essays from ESRC-funded researchers, a young academic explains why studying ‘informal cross-border trade’ is important to understanding society itself today.

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Making Sense of Society: Lauren White

By Social Science Space | Published: March 27, 2017

In the second of a series of essays from ESRC-funded researchers, a young academic describes her examinations of how places such as toilets can be reflective of our practices of privacy and containment of our bodily excretions.

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Making Sense of Society: Wilhelmiina Toivo

By Social Science Space | Published: March 23, 2017

Social Science Space will publish the winning essays, runners-up and eight shortlisted pieces from the most recent ESRC writing competition in the next few weeks, starting with “Once more, with feeling: life as bilingual,” an essay from psychologist Wilhelmiina Toivo at the University of Glasgow.

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How Will Big Data Affect Evolution of Social Science?

By Social Science Space | Published: December 2, 2016

How will social science research and teaching evolve to meet the challenges and opportunities big data creates? How can we bring down barriers to make this new computational social science accessible for all social researchers? That was the subject of a panel discussion at last month's ESRC Festival of Social Sciences 2016.

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