Sentences with phrase «role of the social scientist»

But what is the role of the social scientist, as distinct from the natural scientist, in characterizing the climate change problem and connecting it to societal decisionmaking?

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Levitt has worked tirelessly to build development studies as a multi-disciplinary field of scholarly endeavour, in which development economics plays an essential role but must be complemented by essential contributions from other social scientists and historians.

She does not tell us whether she has come to identify fully with this version of Christianity, but she makes clear that in this book she writes as a social scientist who in this role can not make statements about the ultimate validity of the Evangelical experience of God.

These social scientists have not yet, to my knowledge, turned their attention to the role (s) played by theologians in helping to form the attitudes of clergy and laity.

While for the social scientist empirical data form the major source for his or her understanding and evaluation of a phenomenon, for the religious practitioner empirical data are just one source of determinative information, and often fill a secondary role behind other sources such as personal experience, intuition, and religious tradition.

As one of the authors (Barth) discusses in detail in an article in the latest volume of The Future of Children, developmental scientists have put together conclusive evidence that parenting plays a pivotal role in children's social, emotional, health, and intellectual development.

Non-cognitive skills, as social scientists call them (the rest of us call them personality traits)-- persistence, grit, curiosity, self - control, delayed gratification, conscientiousness — play a crucial role in life's outcomes.

The conference will bring policy makers, researchers and natural scientists together with EGN social scientists for an event featuring lectures, debates, workshops and exhibitions on the roles of genomics in society.

In the long term, the results of the survey are expected to influence ongoing global conversations about the roles and responsibilities of scientists and engineers in society, help clarify public expectations of scientists and engineers, lead to the development of materials for the education of scientists and engineers, and provide empirical data for consideration when developing specific recommendations on the nature and scope of the social responsibilities of scientists and engineers.

That work, in which social scientists play important and diverse roles, requires fluency in a wide range of skills and disciplines.

Also worked on the atom bomb, a role that prompted him to help found a journal, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, devoted to science and social responsibility.

Previous research had found methylation differences in the brains of insect queens and workers — making many scientists believe these differences cause the animals to take on different social roles.

Evolution and its discontents: A role for scientists in science education (2008) American Association of Physics Teachers, American Astronomical Society, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Biological Sciences, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, American Physiological Society, American Society for Investigative Pathology, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Society of Human Genetics, Biophysical Society, Consortium of Social Science Associations, Geological Society of America, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, National Academy of Sciences, National Science Teachers Association and Society for Developmental Biology, The FASEB Journal, Vol.

All of this suggests that circadian clocks can be cued by social roles and that the rhythms can be much more complicated than scientists thought, the team reports online today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. «People seem to think about daily activity patterns as something that's more or less fixed in a species,» Kempenaers says.

Using an animal model of this syndrome, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that mutations in PTEN affect the assembly of connections between two brain areas important for the processing of social cues: the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with complex cognitive processes such as moderating social behavior, and the amygdala, which plays a role in emotional processing.

Better communication from the public and policymakers can provide scientists with clearer signals regarding the public's concern and science's role in addressing them,» said Fischhoff, the Howard Heinz University Professor of Social and Decision Sciences and Engineering and Public Policy.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA — 87 % of scientists believe they and their peers should take an active role in public policy debates, according to a Pew Research Center report presented by Lee Rainie of the Pew Internet and American Life Project during «Scientists Engaging with Reporters, the Public, and Social Media: Survey Findings,» a session yesterday at the annual meeting of AAAS, which publishes Sciencscientists believe they and their peers should take an active role in public policy debates, according to a Pew Research Center report presented by Lee Rainie of the Pew Internet and American Life Project during «Scientists Engaging with Reporters, the Public, and Social Media: Survey Findings,» a session yesterday at the annual meeting of AAAS, which publishes SciencScientists Engaging with Reporters, the Public, and Social Media: Survey Findings,» a session yesterday at the annual meeting of AAAS, which publishes Science Careers.

Annet Abenakyo Mulema, social scientist in gender at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), intends to apply some of the same methods to help rural families understand household and community gender dynamics and their role in managing the families» goats, sheep, and other livestock.

3) understand the role of central players, such as government, social institutions, scientists and doctors

Though scientists are unsure of why Northern Residents are the only orcas to have such a defined behavior, they believe the rubbing beaches and the consequent body - rubbing behavior have significant roles in the Northern Resident orca's social structure and culture.

Social scientists have a key role in convincing policy makers that, in the new context of the Anthropocene, geopolitics now has to be about sharing a crowded world rather than trying to dominate a divided one.

And social scientists continue to research the role of consensus messaging.

The importance and imminence of sustainability problems at local and global scales, the dominant role that the Human System plays in the Earth System, and the key functions and services the Earth System provides for the Human System (as well as for other species), all call for strong collaboration of earth scientists, social scientists, and engineers in multidisciplinary research, modeling, technology development, and policymaking.

Traditional IT roles still exist, but they have been joined by a plethora of new experts including social media managers, user experience designers, data scientists, business intelligence analysts and, increasingly, specialists in mobile digital technologies.