TISS to give record 109 PhDs, majority in social science
Mumbai: Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) will see a record number of 109 PhD candidates get their degrees at their convocation on Friday.
Xinhua Silk Road: Jiangcun Academy, a new highland for rural revitalization and social science research under construction in E. China’s Suzhou
The educational project Jiangcun Academy aimed at inheriting and promoting the scholarly spirit of Chinese renowned ...
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UI approved for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences program changes
The University of Iowa was approved to restructure and terminate multiple programs within the College of Liberal Arts and ...
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Four Liverpool University Academics Honored as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
Four University of Liverpool academics have been elected to the prestigious Academy of Social Sciences, the most of any ...
Research proposes theory to model interplay of personal and social beliefs
The beliefs we hold develop from a complex dance between our internal and external lives. Our personal-level cognition and ...
Moving as one: Discovering how synchronous movements strengthen social bonds
Sharing stories over a cup of coffee; dancing in a group; cheering a football game in a crowd: these everyday rituals are ...
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Simple Science: Weathering the social media storm
Many people will turn to social media to cope with this change, but how does this impact the online climate? Research has ...
Cameron’s Social Sciences Department asks, ‘Have we outgrown the Constitution?’ for Constitution Day
Constitution Day, a day where universities across the country observe, learn, and discuss the document that binds our nation ...
Teens could be banned from using social media, warns Science & Tech Secretary after Australia announces crackdown
A SOCIAL media ban for teens could happen in the UK, the Science and Technology Secretary admitted today. Peter Kyle told The ...
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It’s Time for the Humanities To Learn Some Science
At Harvard and beyond, we’re overlooking the need for exposure to STEM among students in non-STEM fields, with serious ...
South African universities need to rethink how they evaluate research: social impact counts too
Quantitative indicators fall short of recognising and rewarding the many aspects on which a healthy scholarly ecosystem ...
Brain science called it: This is the best way to learn anything new. Here’s how
Social learning helps encode the information more robustly in the brain and makes us feel more motivated to act.