SCAR open science conference 2014. Report on the session ‘Connecting the past-present-future: studies and methods in history for Antarctic research and science’

Polar Record ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 692-693
Author(s):  
Ursula Rack ◽  
Andrew Atkin
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Expert Group ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Antarctic Research ◽  
Science Conference

On 26 August 2014 as part of the SCAR open science conference held in New Zealand, a panel session and discussion forum was conducted for humanities researchers, science communicators, social scientists, archivists, curators and artists with interests in interdisciplinary research. Most of the 30 attendees were members of the SCAR history expert group and the SCAR social sciences action group.

The Problem

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats Alvesson ◽  
Yiannis Gabriel ◽  
Roland Paulsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Prestigious Journal ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Wide Gap

This chapter introduces ‘the problem’ of meaningless research in the social sciences. Over the past twenty years there has been an enormous growth in research publications, but never before in the history of humanity have so many social scientists written so much to so little effect. Academic research in the social sciences is often inward looking, addressed to small tribes of fellow researchers, and its purpose in what is increasingly a game is that of getting published in a prestigious journal. A wide gap has emerged between the esoteric concerns of social science researchers and the pressing issues facing today’s societies. The chapter critiques the inaccessibility of the language used by academic researchers, and the formulaic qualities of most research papers, fostered by the demands of the publishing game. It calls for a radical move from research for the sake of publishing to research that has something meaningful to say.

A Reorientation of Niche Theory in Human Ecology

1986 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia A. Broussard ◽  
Gerald L. Young
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Complex Systems ◽  
Human Ecology ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Niche Theory ◽  
Species Problem ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

Symptomatic of social forces is the character of the relationship between the individual and society; study of that relationship is central to sociology, a part-whole problem shared with other social sciences. A number of sociological concepts have been developed at least in part to examine this relationship. In the past couple of decades, sociologists and other social scientists have borrowed from niche theory in biological ecology, applying niche in a number of ways. In this article, the Hutchinsonian revolution in niche theory is stressed to establish that adaptations of niche into sociological human ecology are based on misleading analogies and are derived from a failure to recognize the implications of changes in niche theory. The difficulties issue in part from “the species problem” and from unclear differentiation between niche and more established sociological concepts, particularly role and status. These differences are specified and clarified prior to a radical reorientation of niche in human ecology. The reorientation resolves the species problem, updates and reinforces ties with biological ecology, and enlarges the potential for study of the linkages between individual and society and between micro and macro in complex systems.

scholarly journals Toward a Better Understanding of Climate of the Past Million Years: Quaternary Climate: From Pole to Pole-EPICA Open Science Conference; Venice, Italy, 10-13 November 2008

Eos ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (7) ◽  
pp. 55-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Barbante ◽  
Hubertus Fischer ◽  
Valerie Masson-Delmotte ◽  
Thomas Stocker ◽  
Claire Waelbroeck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Science ◽  
The Past ◽  
Quaternary Climate ◽  
Science Conference

Empowering farmers for increased resilience in uncertain times

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 843 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Nettle ◽  
M. Ayre ◽  
R. Beilin ◽  
S. Waller ◽  
L. Turner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Dairy Farm ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
Research Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Level Of Activity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Designs

As farmers continue to face increasingly uncertain and often rapidly changing conditions related to markets, climate or the policy environment, people involved in agricultural research, development and extension (RD&E) are also challenged to consider how their work can contribute to supporting farmer resilience. Research from the social sciences conducted in the past decade has focussed on adaptability or adaptive capacity as a key attribute for individuals and groups to possess for managing resilience. It is, therefore, timely to ask the following: do current ways of doing and organising RD&E in the dairy sector in New Zealand and Australia contribute to supporting farm adaptability? This paper reports on results from an examination of case studies of challenges to resilience in the dairy sector in Australia and New Zealand (i.e. dairy farm conversion, climate-change adaptation, consent to farm) and the contribution of dairy RD&E in enhancing resilience of farmers, their farms and the broader industry. Drawing on concepts from resilience studies and considering an empowerment perspective, the analysis of these cases suggest that, currently, agricultural RD&E supports adaptability in general, but varies in the strength of its presence and level of activity in the areas known to enhance adaptability. This analysis is used to generate principles for dairy scientists and others in the RD&E system to consider in (1) research designs, (2) engaging different farmers in research and (3) presenting research results differently. This represents a significant shift for the science and advisory communities to move to methods that acknowledge uncertainty and facilitate learning.

American History in Comparative Perspective

1977 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-44
Author(s):  
Walter Hugins
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
American History ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Past Century ◽  
World War ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Past ◽  
States History

Comparative history is as old as Herodotus, but only in the past quartercentury has it come into its own as an academic discipline. Yet historians, scholars of American history in particular, have generally fallen behind their colleagues in the other social sciences in developing and applying comparative methodology or models which could illuminate their teaching or open new vistas in their research. As a result, teaching and scholarship in United States history tend to be characterized by parochialism, ethnocentricity and an emphasis upon American uniqueness or “ exceptionalism.” Political scientists, sociologists and economists have increasingly studied the process of development and modernization since the end of World War II, doing more to stimulate comparative studies than all of their predecessors during the past century. While many of these social scientists have demonstrated only a superficial knowledge of history, leading them often to deal statically with the societies they are studying, some of them have at least made the effort, avoided by most American historians, to apply the comparative method to American history.

Sociology, political science and anthropology: institutionalization, professionalization and internationalization in Argentina

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 227-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Murmis
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Political Science ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
National Level ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Military Interventions ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

Full institutionalization of sociology, anthropology and political science occurred in Argentina in the late 1950s. While sociology started out as an established field having radically broken with the past of the discipline, both anthropology and political science established linkages with traditional versions of their fields. Although there were differences between them, the three disciplines evolved through a process of frequent crises, resulting mostly from military interventions at the national level. Institutionalization brought with it an expansion of the labor market and the opportunities for obtaining research funds, thus generating growing professionalization. This expansion as well as the response of social scientists to repression in universities was strongly related to links with foreign foundations and international organizations. Until 1983, the dramatic history of the social sciences was marked by disappearances (desapariciones) and exile. In recent years the three disciplines have grown and diversified.

AAA Committed to Greater Role for Anthropology in Public Policy

1979 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-30
Author(s):  
Louis Cimino ◽  
Don Zies
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Programs ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
Active Interest ◽  
Basic And Applied Research

An indisputable characteristic of the development of the social sciences over the past two decades has been the growing federal involvement in many aspects of research and application. Whether we measure by the proportion of federal funding for basic and applied research, or by regulation of the research enterprise, or by development of substantive social programs, the, federal government has emerged as a (if not the) major patron of social science in the United States. In response, social scientists have begun to take an active interest in federal decision-making, and many new opportunities are emerging for social science input into the policy-making process.

scholarly journals Design laboratories: interdisciplinary research centers of 21st century

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Füsun Curaoğlu ◽  
Ahmet Başkan
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Design Studies ◽  
Laboratory Environment ◽  
The Past ◽  
Interdisciplinary Design ◽  
Information Generation

In the 21th century; which is accepted as the information age, the pace of information generation and multiplication is incredible, yet it is impossible to control the rate of information parmeation, although it was important to generate, multiplicate and publicate the information until the late years of 20th century.We know that in the past centuries, it is accepted that only the studies in natural sciences can be conducted in a laboratory environment. Since design discipline is able to create mutual associations with all fields of natural and social sciences; which has been disregarded for decades, design studies have always been located in the background. Currently design laboratories are being re-structured in order to generate and multiply creative ideas.The aim of this study is to investigate Design Labs as a new structure for interdisciplinary design studies, and to discuss on the new opportunities they create within the discipline.Keywords: Design Labs, interdisciplinarity, design researchs, industrial design, multidisciplinarity

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