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Don’t Sideline Social Science in Mad Dash for Innovation

By Elizabeth Kendall | Published: December 10, 2015

As Australia's government focuses on innovation and commercializing research in its academic agenda, it should not forget about the humanities, arts and social sciences.

Posted in Impact, Public Policy | Also tagged STEM | Leave a comment

Open Letter on Innovation Urges Real Support for Basic Research

By Social Science Space | Published: June 23, 2015

More than 250 universities and scholarly groups and the CEOs of 10 corporations have released an open letter urging American policymakers to “heed the warnings” about the nation's waning commitment to basic research.

Posted in Public Policy | Also tagged Basic Research | Leave a comment

Antibiotic Resistance – Missing the Point?

By Robert Dingwall | Published: May 18, 2015

There is no point in improving the innovation pipeline for antibiotics, argues Robert Dingwall, if the drugs that come out at the end all fall into the same chaotic patterns of use as today.

Posted in International Debate, News, Public Policy, Research, Science & Social Science | Also tagged Antibiotic resistance, Health, Policy, Public Health | 2 Responses

Defensive Political Science Responds Defensively to an Attack

By The Monkey Cage | Published: July 23, 2013

I have studied racial profiling, and I can assure you that this work is not about the claim “that people are racially biased.” I can also assure you that, whatever it is we have learned, it’s not true that “everyone knows” it.

Posted in International Debate | Also tagged Nicholas Christakis, Political Science, Racism, Researh, Social Science, The Monkey Cage | Leave a comment

UK backs Social Science, the World benefits

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: June 13, 2013

Studying ourselves is something the British do exceptionally well: specialists flock here from all over the world seeking answers to fundamental questions from our unique series of cohort birth studies, and no one else has anything quite like them.

Modernizing Universities?

By Robert Dingwall | Published: April 8, 2013

Universities are starting to look like the behemoths of the US auto industry of the 1980s, with highly-paid CEOs buried in their offices looking only at numbers.

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