Leiden Statement Emphasizes Importance of Social Science, Humanities
A network of coalitions of research universities from around the world have come out with a strong statement stressing the importance of social science and humanities in the academy and among policymakers.
The Scottish Referendum: Social Science and National Identity
As the independence vote moves from all-consuming question to historical incident, what are the lessons that Scottish universities and in particular Scottish social scientists should take away?
Who Takes Humanities Courses? A Lot of Social Scientists
Parsing federal education statistics, it turns out that prospective social scientists are the most avid consumers of humanities courses as undergrads (not counting humanities majors themselves, that is).
Is Doctor Who a Sociologist?
Doctor Who’s sobriquet implies he’s earned a doctorate in something. The Doctor’s not telling what he might have studied, but his actions and attitudes make a strong case for one discipline …
Humanities and the Liberal University: Calls to Action
Beyond the funding fears experienced by the social science, the humanities have those kinds of worries and their cyclic existential crisis.
Social Science Left Behind as China Embraces Open Access
China’s apparent reluctance to publish it social science and humanities scholarship openly is less about what it lets out, argues Michael Hockx, and more about what opening up might let in.
OA in Britain: We Have a Rule, Now Let’s Get Some Data
The landscape for open access in Britain’s social science and humanities fields is very different and very similar to the better studied STEM fields, a new report from the British Academy finds.
Measuring Impact Via Influence, Not Bank Balance
A new project from the British Academy sets down the calculator in the latest attempt to tot up the value of the social sciences and humanities.
