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One of the most important things we can learn from China is vocabulary [PDF]
In this essay the Author argues that definitions in social sciences are the subject of heated discussions, and that the debates are ultimately unresolvable because the things social scientists describe with their terms are themselves constantly changing.
Salvatore Babones
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Science policy or social policy? [PDF]
Computational Social Choice is an interdisciplinary research area involving Economics, Political Science, and Social Science on the one side, and Mathematics and Computer Science (including Artificial Intelligence and Multiagent Systems) on the other ...
Rossum, W. van
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Preferences and constraints: the value of economic games for studying human behaviour [PDF]
As economic games have spread from experimental economics to other social sciences, so too have critiques of their usefulness for drawing inferences about the ‘real world’. What these criticisms often miss is that games can be used to reveal individuals'
Anne C. Pisor+3 more
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COVID-19 Lockdown and Social Capital Changes Among Youths in China [PDF]
Social capital refers to the effective functioning of social groups through networks of relationships. The lockdown measures due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may change the social capital among youths.
Miyang Luo+5 more
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Scaling Up: Citizen Science Engagement and Impacts Beyond the Individual
As the application of citizen science expands to address increasingly complex social problems (e.g., community health), there is opportunity to consider higher-order engagement beyond that of individual members of a community.
Mary Clare Hano+3 more
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Quel rôle jouent les sciences sociales dans les processus d'expertise ? Dans le sillage de grands scandales sanitaires (en France, sang contaminé, hormone de croissance, amiante, etc.), la place laissée à ces disciplines n'a cessé de croître, tant sous la pression des autorités publiques qu'à l'initiative des agences d'évaluation des risques ...
Borraz, Olivier, Henry, Emmanuel
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Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on individuals, insights from the social and behavioural sciences can be used to help ...
J. V. Bavel+42 more
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Missed Opportunities? Covid-19, Biosecurity and One Health in the United Kingdom
Whatever we read about Covid-19, the word unprecedented is not far away: whether in describing policy choices, the daily death tolls, the scale of upheaval, or the challenges that await a readjusting world.
Gareth Enticott, Damian Maye
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Online Shopping platforms have prompted vital changes in several aspects of the digital market, yet the reasons why consumers buy online are still not clear.
Joemariz Abella+2 more
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