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A Founding Father of Behavioral Economics Wins Nobel Prize
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October 9, 2017

A Founding Father of Behavioral Economics Wins Nobel Prize

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Why Social Science? It Is in the National Interest
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October 3, 2017

Why Social Science? It Is in the National Interest

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Why Social Science? It Makes Computing Work for People
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September 29, 2017

Why Social Science? It Makes Computing Work for People

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Why Social Science? To Improve the Public’s Health
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September 26, 2017

Why Social Science? To Improve the Public’s Health

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Is Academe Now Privileging Click-bait Over Rigor?

Is Academe Now Privileging Click-bait Over Rigor?

Portia Roelofs and Max Gallien cite Bruce Gilley’s defense of colonialism paper published earlier this month to illustrate how deliberately provocative articles have the capacity to hack academia, to privilege clicks and attention over rigor in research.

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NSF Spotlights Social Science in Dealing with Disaster

NSF Spotlights Social Science in Dealing with Disaster

A new video from the National Science Foundation concisely emphasizes the role that social science has in preparing for and reacting to natural disasters.

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Ig Nobel Aside, Our Gambling Research Was No Croc

Ig Nobel Aside, Our Gambling Research Was No Croc

On the surface studying how gamblers reacted to playing a poker machine while holding a live crocodile sounds, well, silly. But the goal — to learn how to get gamblers to say ‘when’ — is deadly serious business.

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Does Australia’s Nudge Unit Need Its Own Nudge?

Does Australia’s Nudge Unit Need Its Own Nudge?

Evidence shows that the Australian government’s ‘nudge unit’ may be the wrong way to address major problems like inequality, argue Andrew Frain and Randal Tame.

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A Parent of Evaluation: Daniel Stufflebeam, 1936-2017

A Parent of Evaluation: Daniel Stufflebeam, 1936-2017

One of the founding fathers of the field of evaluation, Daniel L. Stufflebeam of Western Michigan University, has died at age 80.

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Sociologist of the Spiritual: Peter Berger, 1929-2017

Sociologist of the Spiritual: Peter Berger, 1929-2017

Peter Berger, a sociologist of religion, unlikely culture warrior and founder of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs on Boston University, has died at age 88.

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The Theorist of Mass Communication: Denis McQuail, 1935-2017

The Theorist of Mass Communication: Denis McQuail, 1935-2017

Denis McQuail, the British social scientist and foundational theorist in mass communication both through his scholarship and his hugely influential textbook ‘McQuail’s Mass Communication Theory,’ died at age 82.

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Archived Webinar: Presenting Data Effectively

Archived Webinar: Presenting Data Effectively

Crystal clear graphs, slides, and reports are valuable – they save an audience’s mental energies, keep a reader engaged, and make you look smart. This webinar covers the science behind presenting data effectively and will leave viewers with direct, pointed changes that can be immediately administered to significantly increase impact.

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