Category: Social Science Issues

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Economics for Social Infrastructure

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In 2013 Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz argued Australia is overly focused on debt without putting this into international context.

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Social Function of Storytelling

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Did you know that the single most common social activity across tribal societies is storytelling?

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Music Literacy and Social Mobility

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A study published in Social Science Quarterly shows that music lessons outside of school have a positive effect on literacy and math.

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Corporate Activism

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A study by sociologist Sarah Soule and another follow up study co-authored with Professor of Business Mary-Hunter McDonald, find that activists who buy shares as a way of pressuring companies to be more environmentally responsible, have great outcomes.

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Why the Media Gets Social Science So Wrong

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June 2014 was a bad month for media stories about social science. First, a study examined how gendered expectations affect the public’s interpretation of severe weather warnings about hurricanes. Second, a story rebounded around the world that wrongly associated domestic violence to marital status.

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