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Will Social Science Research Cuts Affect the Human Rights Situation in the U.S.?

By Joseph Wronka | Published: March 20, 2013

On social science, the sequester, and the need for a Human Rights Culture.

Posted in Featured, Impact, International Debates, Public Engagement, Public Policy | Also tagged American Association for the Advancement of Science, Convention on the Elimination Against Women, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Funding, Human Rights Culture, Joseph Wronka, National Science Foundation, NSF, Research Funding, Social Science, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights | 2 Responses

Would Confucius have a Civil Partnership?

By sharifmowlabocus | Published: April 3, 2012

In a culture where one's identity is maintained through kinship networks and where the Confucian ideal of filial piety continues to structure family relations and everyday life, marriage is a very big deal.

Posted in Featured, International Debates, News, Public Engagement | Also tagged Beijing Film Academy, China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Civil Partnerships, Cui Zi’en, Equality, Europe-China LGBT Exchange Network, Gay Marriage, Guangtong, LGBT, LGBT Activism, Li Yinhe, Sharif Mowlabocus, Social Science, Taiwan | 2 Responses

TAKING CRAP TO COURT

By David Canter | Published: December 22, 2011

The ponderousness, and consequent unnecessary expense, of many legal processes was brought home to me yet again with my recent appearance as an expert witness in the hallowed halls of the Royal Courts of Justice. In a curious turn of the tables some prisoners were bringing the Ministry of Justice to trial on the grounds […]

Posted in Featured, Impact, Interdisciplinarity, International Debates, Public Engagement, Public Policy | Also tagged Court, Expert Witnesses, Forensics, Law, Social Science | Leave a comment

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