The Role of Public Dialogue in Conflict Management
The Role of Public Dialogue in Conflict Management
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Social Science for Clients
Social Science for Clients
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Social Science Tackling Big Data
Social Science Tackling Big Data
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Ageing Positively: How Technology Can Help
Western societies have dramatically changed the way we see ageing. Getting older once meant prestige: a special status and social influence within a community. This has declined in modern times, as societies became increasingly obsessed with youth. As advanced societies face an increasingly older age structure, we have started to look for social policy solutions to improve “positive ageing.”
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Social scientists are trained to think critically. This doesn’t mean in the colloquial sense. This is about learning a suite of scientific methodologies for framing questions, collecting and analysing evidence and making recommendations.
Continue reading “Innovation Through Social Science”How Social Science Fights Racism
Here’s one account of how Social Science has helped Jaya Gajparia manage the daily racism she has experienced growing up in the UK. She says that sociology has provided her a range of tools to have a dialogue with others … Continue reading How Social Science Fights Racism
How Can Social Science Help Governments Manage Social Media?
Social science offers sophisticated methods for governments to better understand social media. Social scientists are using established research techniques to improve meaningful collection of social data via social media. The London School of Economics & Political Science argues that social … Continue reading How Can Social Science Help Governments Manage Social Media?
Social Science of Crowds
Social policy makers can benefit from ongoing applied research into the social behaviour of crowds. This is partly about planning, such as management of landscapes, improving infrastructure, decreasing traffic congestion and so on. This is also because local communities need to improve social service delivery.
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