Assessing policy and practice impacts of social science research: the application of the Payback Framework to assess the Future of Work programme

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Klautzer ◽  
S. Hanney ◽  
E. Nason ◽  
J. Rubin ◽  
J. Grant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Payback Framework ◽  
Future Of Work ◽  
The Future ◽  
Work Programme

Tsugaru Gaku as Area Studies: Research plasticity and researcher hybridity

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Rausch
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Area Studies ◽  
The Future ◽  
Social Science Researcher ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Social Scientific

This review essay speaks to the crisis of Area Studies, offering a view from the field in the form of a review of Tsugaru Gaku (Tsugaru Studies) as a specific Area Studies research case. After presenting an overview of the work of social science researchers working in Japan, both foreign and Japanese, the essay turns to major questions articulated in the literature of Area Studies regarding the purpose, character and future of Area Studies. By reviewing the multi-dimensional and combinative implications in the process and dissemination of his own social science research work together with consideration of the work of Japanese social scientists conducting research in rural Japan and publishing in Japanese, the author positions such ‘domestic,’ place-based sociological and anthropological research as a vital contribution to the future of Area Studies. Capitalizing on social scientific research that can contribute to Area Studies research requires a view of the ‘plasticity of research.’ Further, recognition of the ‘hybridity of the Area Studies researcher,’ both as the trained Area Studies specialist as well as a ‘domestic social science researcher’ capable of theory, methodology and analysis, as well as dissemination of Area Studies research originating in a specific place and in a specific language, is vital to the future of Area Studies research.

Introduction: Themed Section on Evidence-Based Policy as a concept for Modernising Governance and Social Science Research

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam E David
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technological Developments

The concept of evidence-based policy and practice has many origins but its relation to the growth of the social sciences is arguably the most important. The uses of the social sciences for both understanding and transforming social policies and political systems has come to be assumed – complex and problematic though these may be. The concept is also closely linked with the concepts of globalisation, technological developments, and the ‘knowledge economy’. Thus the notions of ‘evidence’ and social science research have often been elided with political movements for social and economic change. In other contexts, these notions have been contextualised, so that ‘evidence’ and research are not deemed to be the same. Indeed, it is possible to argue that the notion of legal ‘evidence’ illustrates just how ideological it can be, how it can be used to marshal particular arguments and sustain a specific case rather than present it in a dispassionate manner.

The e-Social Science research agenda

2010 ◽  
Vol 368 (1925) ◽  
pp. 3761-3778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Halfpenny ◽  
Rob Procter
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
National Centre ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Uk

In this paper, we use the experience of the first 5 years of the UK Economic and Social Research Council’s National Centre for e-Social Science as a basis for reflecting upon the future development of the e-Social Science research agenda.

Children in the Vanguard of the U.S. Welfare State: A Review of Janet Currie's The Invisible Safety Net and Jane Waldfogel's What Children Need

2007 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 1011-1023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Smolensky
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The U.S

Policy driven social science research intended to influence the future of the U.S. welfare state has, during the past decade, emphasized improving the life-chances of children, particularly children disadvantaged at birth by the socioeconomic status of their parents. This essay samples that literature, discussing in detail the contents and implications of two recent largely synthetic volumes from this genre.

scholarly journals Mainstreaming the social sciences in conservation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Bennett ◽  
Robin Roth ◽  
Sarah C. Klain ◽  
Kai M. A. Chan ◽  
Douglas A. Clark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Conservation Policy ◽  
Conservation Science ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Social

Despite broad recognition of the value of social sciences and increasingly vocal calls for better engagement with the human element of conservation, the conservation social sciences remain misunderstood and underutilized in practice. The conservation social sciences can provide unique and important contributions to society's understanding of the relationships between humans and nature and to improving conservation practice and outcomes. There are 4 barriers—ideological, institutional, knowledge, and capacity—to meaningful integration of the social sciences into conservation. We provide practical guidance on overcoming these barriers to mainstream the social sciences in conservation science, practice, and policy. Broadly, we recommend fostering knowledge on the scope and contributions of the social sciences to conservation, including social scientists from the inception of interdisciplinary research projects, incorporating social science research and insights during all stages of conservation planning and implementation, building social science capacity at all scales in conservation organizations and agencies, and promoting engagement with the social sciences in and through global conservation policy‐influencing organizations. Conservation social scientists, too, need to be willing to engage with natural science knowledge and to communicate insights and recommendations clearly. We urge the conservation community to move beyond superficial engagement with the conservation social sciences. A more inclusive and integrative conservation science—one that includes the natural and social sciences—will enable more ecologically effective and socially just conservation. Better collaboration among social scientists, natural scientists, practitioners, and policy makers will facilitate a renewed and more robust conservation. Mainstreaming the conservation social sciences will facilitate the uptake of the full range of insights and contributions from these fields into conservation policy and practice.

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