Social Science Research

The BBC, North Korea and the Culture of Impunity
International Debate
April 16, 2013

The BBC, North Korea and the Culture of Impunity

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Engaging Beyond the Academy
Career
April 27, 2012

Engaging Beyond the Academy

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Working Moms: The Kids Are All Right
Career
March 20, 2012

Working Moms: The Kids Are All Right

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Satan at work in the university…?
Higher Education Reform
March 15, 2012

Satan at work in the university…?

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Polar Bears and the Ethics of Representation

Polar Bears and the Ethics of Representation

There was a stir in some sections of the UK media just before Christmas when it was revealed that a sequence of […]

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Learning to Be Illegal

Learning to Be Illegal

“Learning to Be Illegal: Undocumented Youth and Shifting Legal Contexts in the Transition to Adulthood,” published in the August 2011 issue of […]

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Boredom can fuel hostility toward outsiders

Boredom can fuel hostility toward outsiders

In a recent article in Miller-McCune Magazine, Tom Jacobs discusses new research that explains how feelings of boredom can both strengthen solidarity […]

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Understanding the Pursuit of Happiness in Ten Major Cities

Understanding the Pursuit of Happiness in Ten Major Cities

Kevin M. Leyden, Abraham Goldberg and Philip Michelbach published “Understanding the Pursuit of Happiness in Ten Major Cities” online before print in […]

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Strong social bonds promote health, belonging — and torture

Strong social bonds promote health, belonging — and torture

Tom Jacobs describes a recent study regarding the relationship between social bonds and dehumanization. It was no surprise when a recent meta-study […]

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Research ethics and the ‘News of the World’

Research ethics and the ‘News of the World’

I was going to write about last week’s decision by the UK Information Commissioner to force the University of East Anglia to […]

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Be careful what you wish for…

Be careful what you wish for…

I was rather saddened last week by the comment from a Pakistani colleague who wanted to know how to set up an […]

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NSF-Funded Research in 2011

NSF-Funded Research in 2011

The National Science Foundation’s director, Subra Suresh, recently met with various scientific societies and universities to discuss the future of the NSF […]

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