Sentences with phrase «of the social sciences are»

Even atheists who have an understanding of the social sciences are pointing out the problems with this study.

Lenin expressed this thought when he said that «the transfer of biological concepts into the field of the social sciences is a meaningless phrase.»

The... findings of social sciences are important tools in understanding the contemporary situation.

The research methods of the social sciences are quite capable of providing very substantial insight, if not definitive answers, to this question.

The Festival of Social Science is run by the Economic and Social Research Council and takes place from 2 - 9 November 2013.

LM: Of course you're right, elements of the social sciences are arguably in the grip of what Sheldon Wolin in the late 1960s identified as a limiting «methodism».

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 Festival of Social Science is organised by the Economic and Social Research Council, and runs from March 6th to 15th, alongside National Science and Engineering Week.

Further information at: http://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk/dementia-institute/ The Festival of Social Science is run by the Economic and Social Research Council and takes place from 2 - 9 November 2013.

The Festival of Social Science is run by the Economic and Social Research Council.

This, in my view, is why most of the social sciences are irrelevant to I.P.C.C. — along with the fact that most of what those fields study is politically charged.

Finally, and this is a big issue that I'll only touch on here — I'm not sure to what extent the proper role of the social sciences is to do research that is user - needs - driven by public officials and designed to help «decisionmakers» solve problems.

One exciting consequence of this use of social science is the possibility that social scientific measures might help guide law schools in developing curriculum and assessment reforms that fit better with law practice on the ground.

In fact, McClelland had chaired a panel of the Social Science Re, search Council that found that less academically successful students were not necessarily poorer performers in life.

Not exact matches

Projecting the future, or future - casting, is the work of combining social science, research, technical data, economic trends and, yes, even science fiction, to model a prediction of the future.

«Women are trained to keep their attention on themselves,» she said, an assertion that's backed by some of the latest social science.

If you go to an Ivy League school, «there are prestigious companies that will take a chance on you even if you majored in classics or medieval history,» he writes, but «the problem is that while we need lots and lots of people with humanities and social science backgrounds, in today's increasingly anti-intellectual climate, majoring in philosophy is becoming a risk that fewer and fewer people can afford to take.»

MIT's Alex «Sandy» Pentland is the leading prophet of relationship science, which he calls «social physics.»

I do miss some for sure, but even if it's something as small as an «awesome» or a «Like» — that totally makes a huge difference,» he explained on our Science of Social Media podcast.

«Based on evidence gathered from focus groups and interviews conducted in U.S. coal communities, we argue that coal communities that have experienced mine closures have already begun an economic and social transition, one that is based on reshaping their culture and sense of identity,» wrote professors of Indiana University in a paper published in the March issue of Energy Research and Social Scsocial transition, one that is based on reshaping their culture and sense of identity,» wrote professors of Indiana University in a paper published in the March issue of Energy Research and Social ScSocial Science.

Meanwhile, social media was buzzing after images emerged of Trump placing his hands on a glowing orb at the inauguration ceremony of a new center for combating extremist ideology — instigating comparisons from fantasy epics to science fiction.

Today, Flocabulary has a library of more than 550 educational hip - hop videos that explore a wide range of subjects, including math, science, social studies, language arts, and current events, which are used by teachers in 20,000 schools across the country.

Mind their metrics Collecting metrics on social impact isn't a perfect science, and nearly one - third of accelerators don't even bother.

Art Markman, PhD is a professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin and Founding Director of the Program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations, which brings the humanities, social and behavioral sciences to people in business.

While recipients come from a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, fine arts, history, social justice, computer science, and mathematics, the selection criteria is a bit of a mystery.

One patient in the trial, Alan Hoffman, a professor emeritus of social science education at Georgia State University, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1997.

A lot of recent social - science research suggests that reminders like these, nudges like these, are pretty effective.

Successful applicants will have a background in Asia - related research in a variety of fields, including (but not limited to) social sciences, humanities, business, education, statistics, and natural sciences, and will be based on excellence and fit with the Foundation's research priorities (energy and the environment; trade and investment; education; and sub-national relations with Asia.)

In 2011 he was appointed Frances Perkins Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

I cant even quantify the number of social science books I have read that are essentially doing the exact same thing.

RocketHub is primarily for art, business, science, and social projects, though there are many subcategories that live under each of the broader headings.

But Liang Zhongtang, a demographic expert with Shanghai Academy of Social Science, doubts the policy change will alter this trajectory, saying there may be a baby boost from the policy change but not a baby boom.

The pace of change in healthcare and the life sciences sector has been accelerating, creating a demand for professionals who can navigate the strategic, economic, political, and social undercurrents that are changing the face of this global structure.

We know from various studies done in the social sciences in the past forty years, as well as from fifteen plus years of my being involved with personas, the trio of users / buyers / customers makes decisions based on much more than just content or information.

It is apt to note that the social sciences of ethnography and anthropology must become more foundational to buyer personas due to the order of magnitude shift we are seeing in social behaviors, interactions, and goals related to the social age.

Now in the social age, the science of buyer personas must be emphasized even more so than ever.

Narratives have long been an interpretative component of the social sciences as a way of presenting as well as recasting research findings.

Bringing Science To Early Stage Investing Social Starts is a $ 60M + venture capital partnership with a uniquely data - driven approach to investing in moment - of - inception and Series A financing rounds.

The type of research needed to uncover deep behavioral and cultural percepts are those closely associated with participant - observation methods aligned with anthropology and the ethnographic research techniques commonly utilized by this social science.

Buyer persona development must be coupled with the techniques of the social sciences of social and business anthropology to develop a new role and framework for being of value to strategy within organizations.

It is worth reiterating that buyer persona research, since its origins, is meant to be coupled with social science research methods of anthropology and ethnography.

It has long been established in the disciplines of the social sciences that individual and team motivation to achieve a goal or set of goals are powerful drivers influencing choices and decisions.

MaRS is thrilled to announce that Dr. Ilse Treurnicht has been invited to speak about the MaRS model of integrating social innovation alongside science and technology innovation.

It's environmentally and community friendly: A recent story in the LA Times focused on the growing body of social science indicating that «women consistently (highly) rank values strongly linked to environmental concern — things such as altruism, personal responsibility and empathy.»

Therefore, we need to be cautious about pronouncements about the answers to the riddles of the social science of investing.

The second is to make a contribution towards advancing buyer behavior understanding through the social science of Buyerology.

One constant, research in the social sciences have proven, is the acts of buying and selling are by and large goal - directed activities and behaviors.

«The «surprising» finding here for us was the high level of entrepreneurial activity in the social sciences and humanities since these disciplines are not typically associated with such work.»

«There is a high level of entrepreneurial activity happening at the University of Calgary and this activity is spread almost equally across health, science and engineering, and social science and humanities disciplines,» explains Saunders.

Adapting to the new social world and taking a leap of faith, I will be devoting the next twelve weeks to elaborating on the new science of understanding buyer behaviors I call Buyerology.