Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
How Generations Make Travel Decisions
When it comes to travel decision-making, how do Baby Boomers, Gen X, and Gen Y compare? The answer is crucial for marketing […]
Weekly Overview of Social Science News
Re-establishing economics as a realist and relevant social science, the use of social science in court, and more in this weekly overview of Social Science News
Round-up of recent social science research (from SAGE Insight)
Can ‘Neds’ or ‘Chavs’ be non-delinquent, educated or even middle class?: Examining the cultural stereotypes From Sociology The heightened risk of immigrants developing schizophrenia […]
Social science sites of the week
Happy New year! Time to set your new year resolutions. the American Psychoplogical Association website has a section on will power and […]
Daniel Kahneman on Bias
Thinking is hard, and most of the time we rely on simple psychological mechanisms that can lead us astray. In this episode of the Social Science Bites podcast, the Nobel-prizewinning psychologist Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, talks to Nigel Warburton about biases in our reasoning.
OA and the UK Humanities & Social Sciences
The opportunity for H&SS to reach much wider audiences who appreciate the value of their work generally, and to reach those specific people who will make important use of it is enormous.
Race, Gender, and Communication in the Workplace
Whether a manager is black or white, male or female, the stereotypes that persist in today’s workplace can affect perceptions of managerial […]
What Really Drives the Research Design?
Kwok, Linchi (In press). “Exploratory-triangulation design in mixed methods studies: A case of examining graduating seniors who meet hospitality recruiters’ selection criteria.” […]
