Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
December 15, 2015
Social Science’s Impact on Society, Circa 2065: Elizabeth Houghton
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10 Stories of Social Science’s Impact on Society, Circa 2065
Over the next 10 weeks Social Science Space will present the 10 shortlisted essays written by young social scientists look at how social science might change the world in the next half century. The overall winner was James Fletcher of King’s College London, whose essay “CITY Inc,” imagines what the London of 2065 will look like. His vision – a city transformed into a fifth state by the impact of social sciences and finance.
Nurse Review Offers a Federal Future for UK Research
A new report sought by Britain’s government argues that quality research from the UK’s seven research councils should itself be “at the heart of government” — and to achieve that those councils should be run by a single organization that has much stronger input from government than at present..
ESRC Recognizes Researchers Who Make a Difference
A professor of politics who reached millions with his and his team’s analysis of the Scottish independence referendum, a psychologist who helped […]
Campaigning for Social Science: Public Sociology and ‘Public Sociologists’
The arrival of a report calling for the British government to better support social science has raised questions about the role, responses and responsibilities of a ‘public sociology.’
Sociologist Jane Elliott In Place at Head of ESRC
As announced earlier in the year, sociologist Jane Elliott took the reins of Britain’s Economic and Social Research Council on October 1. […]
Help ESRC Find the 50 Biggest Social Science Achievements
In honor of its 50th anniversary next year, Britain’s social science research council wants you to help it identify 50 signal achievements made possible by social science.
Quantophrenia is Back in Town
Many social scientists find themselves members of a cult of quantification, argues Robert Dingwall, in love with numbers for their own sake even when those numbers produce no useful knowledge.
UK Social Science Readies its Case Before 2015 Elections
A major new effort to present social science’s best evidence-based case for value and impact to British policymakers has been unveiled. In an interview with Social Science Space, the project’s chair discusses how backers hope it influences the public conversation before next year’s general election.
