Tag: Social sciences

Global problems need social science

Posted on January 20, 2020 (November 25, 2021) by Connie Tang

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00064-x First posted by Hetan Shah in Nature.com on January 15, 2020. Hetan Shah is the soon to be chief executive of the Royal Society (UK). He writes how all the major issues the world faces cannot be addressed by statistics, data, and STEM disciplines alone. Among other things, Hetan Shah states: – Epidemics are […]

Posted in PerspectivesTagged Social sciences

Knowledge Transfer Activities in Social Sciences and Humanities: Explaining the Interactions of Research Groups with Non-Academic Agents

Posted on July 13, 2015 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

Olmos-Penuela, J., Castro-Martinez, E., & D’Este P. (2014). Knowledge transfer activities in social sciences and humanities: Explaining the interactions of research groups with non-academic agents. Research Policy, 43(4), 696-706. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2013.12.004 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733313002230 Abstract The aim of this research is to achieve a better understanding of the processes underlying knowledge transfer (KT) in social sciences and humanities (SSH). The paper addresses: […]

Posted in ArchivedTagged Humanities, Knowledge exchange, Social sciences

Engaged Social Science in New Zealand / Des sciences sociales engagées en Nouvelle-Zélande

Posted on August 14, 2013 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

David Phipps, RIR-York David Phipps (RIR-York) is a little obsessed with international aspects of knowledge mobilization. He blogged about his trip to the UK. He blogged about international examples of knowledge mobilization arising from a tweet chat. Here he writes about engaging the social sciences in New Zealand, which was absent from earlier writing. David […]

Posted in ArchivedTagged Aboriginal research, International, New Zealand, Social sciences

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