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Palgrave authors Alicia Phillips and Laura Kaschny discuss a newly developed Toolkit to achieve the #JustTransition using the Energy Justice Framework in this new #socialsciencematters blog post.
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Harnessing Energy Justice as a Toolkit for Just Transition Policy
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July 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Why the Social Sciences matter now more than ever? On the 10th anniversary of #SocialScienceMatters, ten of our authors reflect on why social science research is essential for understanding our complex world and addressing urgent challenges. bit.ly/49EflAN. #SocSky #AcademicSky #ResearchPublishing
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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The 1st episode of our podcast mini-series #SocialScienceMatters was released today. This episode tackles the fundamental question: What is social science & why does it matter for marine research?
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Social Science Matters 01 - What is Social Science and Marine Social Science? | You, Me & HIFMB - Stories of Science and the Sea
Episode overview This episode tackles the fundamental question: What is social science, and why does it matter for marine research? We first (try to) define social science, discussing the various disc...
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February 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Check out the #SocialScienceMatters blog by Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist & David Jackson-Perry, editors of The Palgrave Handbook of Research Methods and Ethics in Neurodiversity Studies, to retrace how the field evolved. ➡️spklr.io/63321ByqvT
Colorful blocks with "SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTERS" text from Palgrave Macmillan, promoting the importance of social science with its brand.
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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#SocialScienceMatters no. 3 is out: “Before You Go Anywhere! Practical Concerns and the Matter of Ethics”
This podcast covers the whole range from project planning, the specific time and cost framework, risk, health + safety aspects through to ethical principles + procedures.
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You, Me & HIFMB - Stories of Science and the Sea
Every two weeks, a new guest takes a seat across from Jan-Claas Dajka and talks to him about current research projects, curious anecdotes as well as paths, detours and companions in the (not only) sci...
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March 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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🎙️ Ready for #SocialScienceMatters #2? Let's shift our focus to how we might start to think about social worlds in our research. How we look at the world is crucial to our start points in research & drives the kind of questions we might ask about the world.
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Social Science Matters 02 - How to Start Thinking About Social Worlds | You, Me & HIFMB - Stories of Science and the Sea
Episode overview This episode shifts our focus to how we might start to think about social worlds in our research. It outlines that how we look at the world – the assumptions we hold about it (what ex...
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February 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
cpetracca.bsky.social
Check out the #SocialScienceMatters blog by Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist and David Jackson-Perry, editors of The Palgrave Handbook of Research Methods and Ethics in Neurodiversity Studies, to retrace how the field of #NeurodiversityStudies evolved over the years. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/2htjxry4
September 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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T. Schrecker & C. Bambra, authors of How Politics Makes Us Sick: Neoliberal Epidemics, connect the economic and social impacts of neoliberalism. They show that political choices matter, and cures exist. 🛟 Read the #SocialScienceMatters blog here: bit.ly/4q1Gmnv.
Announcement for new author blog for Palgrave's Social Science Matters campaign, showing the title f the blog, 'How Politics Makes Us Sick: Social Science and Health Inequalities', and headshots of both authors.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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#SocialScienceMatters: 'bridging the knowledge gap in men’s mental health.' Challenges the view that social sciences lack rigor, arguing that narrow models of masculinity limit understanding of men’s mental health and calling for more balanced, evidence-based approaches. bit.ly/4dybQha #PsycSci
Social Science Matters: bridging the knowledge gap in men’s mental health
Prof Richard Feynman is widely hailed as a genius. That may be true, but what about when he said that “Social science is an example of a science which is not a science... They haven’t found out anything”?
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March 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM
mestefan.bsky.social
This research found that affluent Americans are more likely to attribute economic success to personal traits—like intelligence and hard work—and, in the case of the top 1%, even to genetic factors.

h/t John B. Holbein (on X)

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Ideology of Affluence: Explanations for Inequality and Economic Policy Preferences among Rich Americans | The Journal of Politics: Vol 83, No 1
As economic inequality increases, so does the importance of understanding affluent perspectives on the problem. We examine whether affluent Americans are more likely than others to hold individuals re...
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August 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Why the Social Sciences matter now more than ever? On the 10th anniversary of #SocialScienceMatters, ten of Palgrave Macmillan's authors reflect on why social science research is essential for understanding our complex world and addressing urgent challenges: spklr.io/63326BkEHj
December 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM