Categoriesby Mafalda Sandrini Science Criticism By Mafalda Sandrini and Kata KatzLeave a comment on Exploring the many Facets of Failure in AcademiaExploring the many Facets of Failure in Academia Posted onJanuary 17, 2022September 18, 2023 By Mafalda Sandrini and Kata KatzMost of the people working in academia who watched The Chair, which aired this summer, were probably filled with a … Continue ReadingExploring the many Facets of Failure in Academia
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory Populism By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Taking people seriously: a new approach for countering populism and furthering integrationTaking people seriously: a new approach for countering populism and furthering integration Posted onMay 11, 2017September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandIn our deliberative democracy and integration projects[i] we treat our participants – natives as well as migrants – as citizens, … Continue ReadingTaking people seriously: a new approach for countering populism and furthering integration
Categoriesby Sarah Coughlan Science Criticism Uncategorized By Sarah CoughlanLeave a comment on The Limits Of Survey Data: What Questionnaires Can’t Tell UsThe Limits Of Survey Data: What Questionnaires Can’t Tell Us Posted onMarch 7, 2017September 18, 2023 By Sarah CoughlanAll research methodologies have their limitations, as many authors have pointed before (see for example Visser, Krosnick and Lavrakas, 2000). … Continue ReadingThe Limits Of Survey Data: What Questionnaires Can’t Tell Us
Categoriesby Asaf Leshem Unkategorisiert Urban Sociology and Tourism By Asaf LeshemLeave a comment on Yolocaust, Austerlitz & Uploading Holocaust: Dark Tourism Goes PublicYolocaust, Austerlitz & Uploading Holocaust: Dark Tourism Goes Public Posted onFebruary 9, 2017December 28, 2020 By Asaf LeshemTo many travellers, the act of visiting a tourist site, where death, tragedy or atrocity are presented in some way … Continue ReadingYolocaust, Austerlitz & Uploading Holocaust: Dark Tourism Goes Public
Categoriesby Christian Kipp Science Criticism Uncategorized By Christian KippLeave a comment on Keeping Social Science Relevant: Society Needs Clear ProseKeeping Social Science Relevant: Society Needs Clear Prose Posted onSeptember 14, 2015September 18, 2023 By Christian KippIf somebody were to ask me what I do all day as a student of the social sciences, my answer … Continue ReadingKeeping Social Science Relevant: Society Needs Clear Prose
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Science Criticism Uncategorized By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on What Do Education Scholars Know?What Do Education Scholars Know? Posted onAugust 4, 2015September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandSome time ago Martin Spiewak stated in the German quality-weekly Die Zeit that an awful lot of undisputed knowledge existed … Continue ReadingWhat Do Education Scholars Know?
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Science Criticism Uncategorized By Hans Blokland1 Comment on Are There Too Many PhDs?Are There Too Many PhDs? Posted onJuly 15, 2015September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandIn all OECD countries, but in particular in Germany, there seems to be an enormous overproduction of PhDs – in … Continue ReadingAre There Too Many PhDs?
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Science Criticism Uncategorized By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Academic Conferences Should Be OutlawedAcademic Conferences Should Be Outlawed Posted onJuly 7, 2015September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandIt’s conference season! Thousands and thousands of social scientists are flying around to visit conferences. The American Sociological Association gathers … Continue ReadingAcademic Conferences Should Be Outlawed
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Science Criticism Uncategorized By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Economists Looking For GodEconomists Looking For God Posted onJune 22, 2015September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandA science is not called a discipline by coincidence: its students are actively and deliberately disciplined to think and behave … Continue ReadingEconomists Looking For God