Sentences with phrase «for social science research»

JAMES WITTE, a Harvard Ph.D., is the Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Social Science Research at George Mason University.

It is important however that you never just copy any example resume for social science research assistant or entry level research assistant applications as they will not reflect your personal skills or target the job that you are applying to.

Re # 513 (John Mashey): I'm all for social science research (with or without quotation marks), but it seems very likely to me that some of these posters are bright 12 year olds playing games, some are paid provocateurs, and some wouldn't tell you the truth to save their lives (and maybe a couple are sincere and don't know how to use an index or search engine).

The study was conducted by the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Alabama.

The conclusion of 13 out of 14 randomized controlled trials — the gold standard for social science research — is that school choice programs raise participating students» academic performance, and increase their likelihood of graduating high school and enrolling in and graduating from college.

While not terrible R - squared values for social science research, these are horrific values for a model used to make individual level predictions at the teacher or school level with any degree of precision.

When it became available for social science research, functional neuroimaging — which enables scientists to observe the brain in action — immediately appealed to social psychologists, and it immediately started to yield robust results.

Another nongovernment source of funding in decision sciences is the Russell Sage Foundation, which is both a research center and a source of funding for social science research generally.

Field Mapping: An Archival Protocol for Social Science Research Findings Principal Investigator: Frank Bosco, Virginia Commonwealth University Co-Investigator: Piers Steel $ 250,000

Not exact matches

The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)-- Insight Development Grant (2 grants), Standard Research Grant and funding for Sustainable Prosperity Research Network and the Alberta Climate Change Dialogue CURA.

The committee, organized by the Social Science Research Council, will then announce a call for papers and issue grants to fund the rResearch Council, will then announce a call for papers and issue grants to fund the researchresearch.

The IRRC Institute ensures the availability of its funded research through the sponsorship of the Social Science Research Network's Corporate Governance Network that serves as an online repository for thousands of research papers and abresearch through the sponsorship of the Social Science Research Network's Corporate Governance Network that serves as an online repository for thousands of research papers and abResearch Network's Corporate Governance Network that serves as an online repository for thousands of research papers and abresearch papers and abstracts.

And reams of social science research show that strong unions do much more than that: They bolster regional economies, increase democratic participation, and even strengthen the social safety net for non-unionized workers.

When it comes to user personas, I have seen some of the best design and experience firms require a minimum of 6 months apprenticeship, for individuals with degrees in the social sciences, before qualifying to conduct qualitative research.

A role that uses existing and new social science methods combined with that of developing social buyer personas to create an interface for the research.

At the same time, however, this tradition of research has created serious problems for social science and social policymaking.

(For discussion of this and other ideas in American historiology, see J. H. Randall and G. Haines, Controlling Assumptions in the Practice of American Historians (Social Science Research Council Bulletin 54 [1946], p. 25.)

For those who are interested, a draft version of my new article, «Of Human Dignities,» is now available on the Social Science Research Network site.

Atran and social psychologist Jeremy Ginges co-authored a study in the journal Science on the need for more scientific research into religion.

Because of the vast amount of research in the social sciences, American universities are especially well equipped to become great centers for the study of the history of religions.

Again, in the life sciences and in the social sciences much knowledge has been accumulated, but the function of such knowledge is not to extinguish the demand for research but rather to provide the basis for vast new explorations into the questions suggested by such knowledge.

Contributors: Members of the writing committee for this paper were Peter Brocklehurst (professor of perinatal epidemiology, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU), University of Oxford; professor of women's health, Institute for Women's Health, University College London (UCL)-RRB-; Pollyanna Hardy (senior trials statistician, NPEU); Jennifer Hollowell (epidemiologist, NPEU); Louise Linsell (senior medical statistician, NPEU); Alison Macfarlane (professor of perinatal health, City University London); Christine McCourt (professor of maternal and child health, City University London); Neil Marlow (professor of neonatal medicine, UCL); Alison Miller (programme director and midwifery lead, Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH)-RRB-; Mary Newburn (head of research and information, National Childbirth Trust (NCT)-RRB-; Stavros Petrou (health economist, NPEU; professor of health economics, University of Warwick); David Puddicombe (researcher, NPEU); Maggie Redshaw (senior research fellow, social scientist, NPEU); Rachel Rowe (researcher, NPEU); Jane Sandall (professor of social science and women's health, King's College London); Louise Silverton (deputy general secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)-RRB-; and Mary Stewart (research midwife, NPEU; senior lecturer, King's College London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery).

In this slim volume, Tough pulls together decades of social science research on the impacts of poverty and trauma on kids» brains and behavior, and makes a cogent, convincing argument for why this research should lie at the center of any discussions about reform.

Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant for a conference on «Reconceiving Midwifery: The New Social Science of Midwifery in Canada,» with papers presented by the contributors to Reconceiving Midwifery: The New Canadian Model of Care, edited by Ivy Bourgeault, Cecilia Benoit, and Robbie Davis - Floyd, Toronto, Canada, July 17 - 18, 1999.

Much of contemporary social science and policy research is concerned with fathers» impacts on children's socioemotional development.1, 2 Yet material contributions made by fathers («breadwinning») remain central to an array of impacts on children, 3 including with respect to children's educational attainment and prospects for social success.

As well as bringing together all ESRC - funded research and key online resources such as the Social Science Information Gateway and the UK Data Archive, non-ESRC resources are included, for example the Office for National Statistics.

Besides the «data for policy» community, there are two important research trends shaping the field: 1) computational social science; and 2) the emergence of politicised social bots.

Computational social science (CSS) is an new interdisciplinary research trend in social science, which tries to transform advances in big data and data science into research methodologies for understanding, explaining and predicting underlying social phenomena.

These questions barely scratch the surface, because the complex interplay between general advancements of computational social science and hovering satellite topics like political bots will have an enormous impact on research and using data for policy.

Building relationships, raising the profile of social science research and identifying opportunities for collaboration will be the main focus of a new Retail Knowledge Navigator Team.

One of the main problems that I was confronted with on - site, and one which many social scientists encounter too, is that «traditional» Western theory and methodology adequately prepare undergraduate and graduate students for carrying out research in their own societies, but neither prepare them for dealing with difficult research circumstances, nor do they train students for conflict areas in post-traumatic societies.Such history (and political science) courses seem to be functional and have roots in European reality.

Greg Clark, the Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities, has appointed Professor Judith Squires as a new Council member for the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

The Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts MP, has announced the release of # 14 million to fund the second phase of the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) investment in Big Data.

Charities struggling to raise money for their cause should be making better use of their army of volunteers, according to research presented at the 2014 ESRC Festival of Social Science.

Delaying infrastructure decisions is no longer simply inconvenient, it's a matter of life and death for people in countries most affected by the adverse consequences of climate change, Mr Clarke will claim in a debate to be held during the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science

Chair: Dr Philip Smith, Chairman, Global Utilities Ltd, Pulse Group Holdings Ltd, and Chair of Milton Keynes Leaders» Forum Speakers: Keith Clarke CBE, former CEO of Atkins Global and Chairman of Forum for the Future Evan Davis, broadcaster and Visiting Professor at The Open University Business School The Festival of Social Science is run by the Economic and Social Research Council and takes place from 2 - 9 November 2013.

The research project is the springboard for a workshop on LGBT equalities, which will take place in London on November 6 as part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social research project is the springboard for a workshop on LGBT equalities, which will take place in London on November 6 as part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science.

David Willetts, the Minister for Universities and Science, has appointed Mr Martin Rosenbaum as a new council member to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

His research interests include cross-national participation; developing tools for working with big data in social science; internet activism and participation; social network analysis; and election fraud.

As well as bringing together all ESRC - funded research (formerly accessible via the Regard website) and key online resources such as the Social Science Information Gateway and the UK Data Archive, non-ESRC resources are included, for example the Office for National Statistics.

For the first time, researchers and practitioners from across the UK are coming together to discuss CLO as well as rural health and community resilience in other parts of the world at an event during the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Festival of Social Science.

As part of the event at the House of Commons Terrace Pavilion, Minister for Universities, Science and Cities The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP will reflect on how the social sciences have developed since the council was granted its Royal Charter in 1965, when it was known as the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), and what a difference the research has made to sosocial sciences have developed since the council was granted its Royal Charter in 1965, when it was known as the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), and what a difference the research has made to soSocial Science Research Council (SSRC), and what a difference the research has made to Research Council (SSRC), and what a difference the research has made to research has made to society.

Their stories have been collected as part of a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and will be heard for the first time at an event as part of the Festival of Social Science.

At 9 a.m., Approximately 900 specialists from a variety of scientific, psychological, social service and educational communities will gather at The Egg, Center for the Performing Arts Hart Theatre to consider promising research on how, through understanding the emerging connections between trauma and the science of brain development, children can overcome the long - term consequences of extreme trauma and adversity.

Social science research questions often transcend national borders and so it is important for these projects to have an international perspective right from the inception.

As evidenced by the social science research referenced in the pending legislation, those slurs have negative consequences for groups targeted by the epithets.

His leadership and guidance led to the establishment of a world center that serves as a home for scholars and fellows, from both the humanities and the sciences, to pursue interests in education and research on ethical and policy issues in the life and social sciences, in medicine and in the professions.

AAAS was a co-organizer of the event, with the Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research; the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science; the U.S. Department of State; and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development.

Randolph Nesse and Kent Berridge, psychiatric investigators with the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, reported in Science that medicine may never win the war against drug addiction because «it is rooted in the fundamental design of the human nervous system.»

As part of the project, DoSER is producing a series of booklets that explore the social context for science engagement and provide an overview of best science communication practices, including for engagement with religious publics, drawing on established guidelines and the latest peer - reviewed research.