Social Science Quote of the Week: Human Rights
This week’s Social Science Quote comes from human rights activist, Hina Jilani. Continue reading Social Science Quote of the Week: Human Rights
Category: Social Science Quotes
Social Science Quote of the Week: Global Change
This week’s Social Science Quote comes from sociologist, Robert Schaeffer. “We live in a time of global change. But people experience change in different ways. Global change… affects some people more than others, and it can have different consequences – … Continue reading Social Science Quote of the Week: Global Change
Social Science Quote of the Week: Political Equality
Your Social Science Quote of the Week is by Sociology Professor Professor Danielle Allen. In Beyond Integration: Building a Connected Society, Allen argues that political equality is founded upon economic justice and social equality, which she defines as “connected institutions and services” informed by social science. Continue reading Social Science Quote of the Week: Political Equality
The Goal of Social Science
Ruth Benedict said that the job the social scientist is to analyse how nations ‘analyse their own outlook upon the world.’ The goal is ‘a world made safe for differences.’* Read the quote in full context below. ‘It is not possible to depend entirely upon what each nation says of its own habits of thought and action. Writers in every nation have tried to give an account of themselves. But it is not easy. The lenses through which any nation looks at life are not the ones another nation uses. It is hard to be conscious of the eyes through … Continue reading The Goal of Social Science
Human Potential
“If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognise the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse gift will find a fitting place.” … Continue reading Human Potential
Quote of the Week: Look Beyond Gender Stereotypes
Your Social Science Quote of the Week is about looking beyond gender narratives. Writing for Slate, psychology PhD student Jane Hu called out poor media reporting of social science research. She shows that it can adversely affect girls and women, … Continue reading Quote of the Week: Look Beyond Gender Stereotypes
Social Science Quote of the Week: Failure and Learning
Your Social Science Quote of the Week comes from Jennifer Riel, associate director of the Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking at the University of Toronto. Riel writes: “We fail to create, because creativity brings with it the chance of failure, and failure is bad. It is dangerous to our ego and our livelihood. Yet, we know failure is crucial to learning – the key to embracing failure is to build opportunities for failure, and revision, into the innovation process as early as possible. Build rough prototypes and get testing, rather than waiting late into the process. The earlier you fail, the … Continue reading Social Science Quote of the Week: Failure and Learning
Social Science Quote of the Week: Diversity
This week’s Social Science Quote comes from Sociology Professor Martin Ruef. Ruef has studied why some small businesses succeed while others fail. Looking at historical data, he finds that two variables matter most to business success: social support and diversity. Diversity … Continue reading Social Science Quote of the Week: Diversity
We Want Great Leaders
“If your success is defined as being well adjusted to injustice and well adapted to indifference then we don’t want successful leaders. We want great leaders – who love the people enough and respect the people enough to be unsought, … Continue reading We Want Great Leaders
Social Science Quote of the Week: Sustainability
Your Social Science Quote of the Week comes from The United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Continue reading Social Science Quote of the Week: Sustainability
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