Constructing Sustainability A Study of Emerging Scientific Research
... of the collective good. Science has, on the one hand, brought many environmental problems to the world’s attention, including ozone depletion, acid rain and climate change, which have in turn become the subject of normative and political concern. On the other hand, science, in offering objective an ...
... of the collective good. Science has, on the one hand, brought many environmental problems to the world’s attention, including ozone depletion, acid rain and climate change, which have in turn become the subject of normative and political concern. On the other hand, science, in offering objective an ...
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/cronin/citationprocess.pdf
... selected journals. Journals covered by the index are chosen by advisory boards of experts in each of the topics represented and by large-scale citation analyses.’ (Garfield, 1970 : 669) ...
... selected journals. Journals covered by the index are chosen by advisory boards of experts in each of the topics represented and by large-scale citation analyses.’ (Garfield, 1970 : 669) ...
United Nations Research Laboratories: a dead end - Hal-SHS
... The "laissez faire" might solve a lot of problems for scientific cooperation, but only regarding Western demands. An international organization of science is an absolute necessity for the less-advanced countries and for the war-devastated zones.8 Unesco had to help first those who needed help, and s ...
... The "laissez faire" might solve a lot of problems for scientific cooperation, but only regarding Western demands. An international organization of science is an absolute necessity for the less-advanced countries and for the war-devastated zones.8 Unesco had to help first those who needed help, and s ...
• “Letting the Genie Out of Its Bottle: Contemporary Population
... “Race by the Book: Depictions of Human Difference in American Textbooks, ...
... “Race by the Book: Depictions of Human Difference in American Textbooks, ...
Introduction to Qualitative Research
... explore their world within the whole of their life context. Researchers with this worldview believe that understanding human experiences is as important as focusing on explanation, prediction and control. The interpretive/descriptive model has a long history, from its roots in the nineteenth century ...
... explore their world within the whole of their life context. Researchers with this worldview believe that understanding human experiences is as important as focusing on explanation, prediction and control. The interpretive/descriptive model has a long history, from its roots in the nineteenth century ...
Transdisciplinary research (TDR)
... the inherent complexity of nature and society; the desire to explore problems and questions not confined to a single discipline; the need to solve societal problems; and the power of new technologies. In recent decades the growth of scientific knowledge has prompted scientists, engineers, social sci ...
... the inherent complexity of nature and society; the desire to explore problems and questions not confined to a single discipline; the need to solve societal problems; and the power of new technologies. In recent decades the growth of scientific knowledge has prompted scientists, engineers, social sci ...
Book of Abstracts
... teleological path inherent in the idea of progress, how else did it develop? If social scientists were not guided by the ideal of progress anymore, what else did they believe in? What or who directs science and scholarship after the demise of this idea, as a norm and even more important: in reality? ...
... teleological path inherent in the idea of progress, how else did it develop? If social scientists were not guided by the ideal of progress anymore, what else did they believe in? What or who directs science and scholarship after the demise of this idea, as a norm and even more important: in reality? ...
Mobilising Swedish Social Science Research on Sustainability
... Environmental Protection Agency, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and the Swedish Research Council. The evaluation has been performed against the background of the rapid rise in funding and is intended to provide the funding bodies with guidance on decisions on future funding activities in this area. An in ...
... Environmental Protection Agency, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and the Swedish Research Council. The evaluation has been performed against the background of the rapid rise in funding and is intended to provide the funding bodies with guidance on decisions on future funding activities in this area. An in ...
The Epistemology and Methodology of Exploratory Social Science
... Popper (2002) and Carl Hempel (1966), confirmatory research proceeds deductively, by testing hypotheses. The great advantage of proceeding in such a way lies in the clear and well-structured research process that such an approach is able to secure. Mental models, ideas, or theories, are compared to ...
... Popper (2002) and Carl Hempel (1966), confirmatory research proceeds deductively, by testing hypotheses. The great advantage of proceeding in such a way lies in the clear and well-structured research process that such an approach is able to secure. Mental models, ideas, or theories, are compared to ...
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... Another objective for social simulation could be to understand the influence of signals and social networks in determining biases in the reviewing process. We know that the so-called "old-boyism" is strongly affected by the social embeddedness of scientists and we also know that gender and other sign ...
... Another objective for social simulation could be to understand the influence of signals and social networks in determining biases in the reviewing process. We know that the so-called "old-boyism" is strongly affected by the social embeddedness of scientists and we also know that gender and other sign ...
R-Words: Refusing Research
... The costs of a politics of recognition that is rooted in naming pain have been critiqued by recent decolonizing and feminist scholars (Hartman, 1997, 2007; Tuck, 2009). In Scenes of Subjection, Sadiya Hartman (1997) discusses how recognizing the personhood of slaves enhanced the power of the Souther ...
... The costs of a politics of recognition that is rooted in naming pain have been critiqued by recent decolonizing and feminist scholars (Hartman, 1997, 2007; Tuck, 2009). In Scenes of Subjection, Sadiya Hartman (1997) discusses how recognizing the personhood of slaves enhanced the power of the Souther ...
a Critical Reconsideration of the Ethos and autonomy of Science
... the ethic of communalism in the life sciences especially is becoming dramatically reorganized as commercial interests have come to be important forces (Thackary 1998; Krimsky 2003; Shorett, Rabinow, and Billings 2003). Private ownership affects not only the final application of knowledge, but also t ...
... the ethic of communalism in the life sciences especially is becoming dramatically reorganized as commercial interests have come to be important forces (Thackary 1998; Krimsky 2003; Shorett, Rabinow, and Billings 2003). Private ownership affects not only the final application of knowledge, but also t ...
A Science of Context: The Qualitative Approach as Fundamental to
... The modern American military tradition is techno-scientific to the extreme. In practice this means that the American tradition is chiefly defined by its “systemic application of science and technology,” as a way to gain “complete predictability and centralized control over armed conflict . . . .” (B ...
... The modern American military tradition is techno-scientific to the extreme. In practice this means that the American tradition is chiefly defined by its “systemic application of science and technology,” as a way to gain “complete predictability and centralized control over armed conflict . . . .” (B ...
PDF version of this article - Issues In Educational Research
... we can only experience the world through our personal perceptions which are coloured by our preconceptions and beliefs. In other words, interpretivism rejects the methodological monism of positivism and refuses to view the pattern set by natural sciences as an ideal for a rational understanding of r ...
... we can only experience the world through our personal perceptions which are coloured by our preconceptions and beliefs. In other words, interpretivism rejects the methodological monism of positivism and refuses to view the pattern set by natural sciences as an ideal for a rational understanding of r ...
1 CHAPTER FOUR: THE LINEAR MODEL AS SCIENCE AND
... established on a modern basis, in accordance with the last word in science." Thus, in the early years of the USSR, the planning of science was perceived to be commensurate with social planning. Since science ostensibly produced new technology in its wake, which transformed society by building the ma ...
... established on a modern basis, in accordance with the last word in science." Thus, in the early years of the USSR, the planning of science was perceived to be commensurate with social planning. Since science ostensibly produced new technology in its wake, which transformed society by building the ma ...
Uncle Sam Wants You!: - Saint Mary`s College
... Information that was coded included the branch each poster represented, the race and gender of a character in the poster, the words used as propaganda and whether there were any national symbols. The national symbols that were coded for were the colors red white and blue, which was defined as an use ...
... Information that was coded included the branch each poster represented, the race and gender of a character in the poster, the words used as propaganda and whether there were any national symbols. The national symbols that were coded for were the colors red white and blue, which was defined as an use ...
A NEW SILK ROAD: SCIENCE AND SOCIETY IN ASIA AND EUROPE
... Rather than submitting his article directly to a journal, he sent it to Darwin with a covering letter. Why? Why send the very best idea that you have ever had to another scientist who you hardly know? I believe that some of the answer lies in the system of trust and communication prevalent in 19th ...
... Rather than submitting his article directly to a journal, he sent it to Darwin with a covering letter. Why? Why send the very best idea that you have ever had to another scientist who you hardly know? I believe that some of the answer lies in the system of trust and communication prevalent in 19th ...
Why is integration so difficult? Shifting roles of ethics and
... realities. The paper assumes that the call for integration rests on some normative diagnosis that calls into question traditional modes of conducting research. However, because we lack unifying and clearly articulated alternatives, there is no unified or clearly articulated analysis of the deficienc ...
... realities. The paper assumes that the call for integration rests on some normative diagnosis that calls into question traditional modes of conducting research. However, because we lack unifying and clearly articulated alternatives, there is no unified or clearly articulated analysis of the deficienc ...
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... gigabytes…) velocity (global society generates trillions of gigabytes every day…) and variety (transactional, relational, structured and unstructured) ▶ The scientific potential for new insight from big data for astronomy, medicine, climatology, oceanography is clear ...
... gigabytes…) velocity (global society generates trillions of gigabytes every day…) and variety (transactional, relational, structured and unstructured) ▶ The scientific potential for new insight from big data for astronomy, medicine, climatology, oceanography is clear ...
Philosophy of Science: Values in science
... Longino’s approach differs from Solomon’s approach in that it does not assume that scientific communities are capable of realizing the ideal of objectivity without assigning epistemic rights and obligations to individual scientists. The four norms imply epistemic rights and obligations for individua ...
... Longino’s approach differs from Solomon’s approach in that it does not assume that scientific communities are capable of realizing the ideal of objectivity without assigning epistemic rights and obligations to individual scientists. The four norms imply epistemic rights and obligations for individua ...
FORUM : QUALITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH SOZIALFORSCHUNG
... possibility of the radically heterogeneous" (p.105, original emphasis). I am not arguing that researchers dispense with these processes, but I am arguing against the forgetting of the ethical consequences of analysis and representation. I am critical of the moves which create the illusion that we ha ...
... possibility of the radically heterogeneous" (p.105, original emphasis). I am not arguing that researchers dispense with these processes, but I am arguing against the forgetting of the ethical consequences of analysis and representation. I am critical of the moves which create the illusion that we ha ...
Learning Science: The Very Idea
... acknowledged that, unlike the natural sciences, much of educational research was not progressive. For a short time and within a particular community, successive studies build on previous ones, Brown maintained. However, after brief interludes of ‘progress,’ new theoretical perspectives take over, ac ...
... acknowledged that, unlike the natural sciences, much of educational research was not progressive. For a short time and within a particular community, successive studies build on previous ones, Brown maintained. However, after brief interludes of ‘progress,’ new theoretical perspectives take over, ac ...
- LSE Research Online
... theoretical framework that could support the conceptualisation of an interdisciplinary ethos. OPAALS researchers did not take interdisciplinarity for granted. The definition and attainment of research objectives according to each discipline’s respective priorities and principles of scholarship was r ...
... theoretical framework that could support the conceptualisation of an interdisciplinary ethos. OPAALS researchers did not take interdisciplinarity for granted. The definition and attainment of research objectives according to each discipline’s respective priorities and principles of scholarship was r ...
Hubris or Hybrids
... integrated into business networks and managed by corporate executives and their “civil servants” in governmental and intergovernmental bodies means that scientific and technological development has largely come to be governed and controlled by its sponsors, or funders. As a result, the changes that ...
... integrated into business networks and managed by corporate executives and their “civil servants” in governmental and intergovernmental bodies means that scientific and technological development has largely come to be governed and controlled by its sponsors, or funders. As a result, the changes that ...
History of military technology
The military funding of science has had a powerful transformative effect on the practice and products of scientific research since the early 20th century. Particularly since World War I, advanced science-based technologies have been viewed as essential elements of a successful military.World War I is often called ""the chemists’ war"", both for the extensive use of poison gas and the importance of nitrates and advanced high explosives. Poison gas, beginning in 1915 with chlorine from the powerful German dye industry, was used extensively by the Germans and the British ; over the course of the war, scientists on both sides raced to develop more and more potent chemicals and devise countermeasures against the newest enemy gases. Physicists also contributed to the war effort, developing wireless communication technologies and sound-based methods of detecting U-boats, resulting in the first tenuous long-term connections between academic science and the military.World War II marked a massive increase in the military funding of science, particularly physics. In addition to the Manhattan Project and the resulting atomic bomb, British and American work on radar was widespread and ultimately highly influential in the course of the war; radar enabled detection of enemy ships and aircraft, as well as the radar-based proximity fuze. Mathematical cryptography, meteorology, and rocket science were also central to the war effort, with military-funded wartime advances having a significant long-term effect on each discipline. The technologies employed at the end—jet aircraft, radar and proximity fuzes, and the atomic bomb—were radically different from pre-war technology; military leaders came to view continued advances in technology as the critical element for success in future wars. The advent of the Cold War solidified the links between military institutions and academic science, particularly in the United States and the Soviet Union, so that even during a period of nominal peace military funding continued to expand. Funding spread to the social sciences as well as the natural sciences, and whole new fields, such as digital computing, were born of military patronage. Following the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, military funding of science has decreased substantially, but much of the American military-scientific complex remains in place.The sheer scale of military funding for science since World War II has instigated a large body of historical literature analyzing the effects of that funding, especially for American science. Since Paul Forman’s 1987 article “Behind quantum electronics: National security as a basis for physical research in the United State, 1940-1960,” there has been an ongoing historical debate over precisely how and to what extent military funding affected the course of scientific research and discovery. Forman and others have argued that military funding fundamentally redirected science—particularly physics—toward applied research, and that military technologies predominantly formed the basis for subsequent research even in areas of basic science; ultimately the very culture and ideals of science were colored by extensive collaboration between scientists and military planners. An alternate view has been presented by Daniel Kevles, that while military funding provided many new opportunities for scientists and dramatically expanded the scope of physical research, scientists by-and-large retained their intellectual autonomy.