Register now for the Campaign for Social Science Annual SAGE Lecture 2021 with Will Hutton
The 2021 Campaign for Social Science Annual SAGE Lecture will take place on 7th December at 16:30pm (GMT) and will be held online. Will Hutton, the new President of the Academy of Social Sciences will give this years lecture, bringing together theory, evidence & practice to point the way to the moralisation of capitalism. This year’s response will be given by Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. There is still time to register. Click the button below and sign up via Eventbrite.
As we approach this years lecture it’s a good chance to look back into the archives. You can watch the recordings of the 2020 and 2019 lectures below featuring Professor Trish Greenhalgh and BBC News Home Editor Mark Easton.
In an engaging and highly topical presentation, Professor Trish Greenhalgh addressed how social science can help us survive the post-truth pandemic in the 2020 Campaign for Social Science Annual SAGE Lecture. Drawing from scientific methodology to philosophical understanding of truth and persuasion, Professor Trish provided concrete examples of how different disciplines interact with each other and with the media. She analyzed the relationship between theory and methodology and proposed ways for researchers and scientists to navigate this tricky communication environment. Dr. Milly Zimeta was the lecture’s respondent and she expanded on concepts that explain our relationship with epistemology while looking at the possibilities of new data and digital technologies. The talk was moderated by Campaign for Social Science Chair, Bobby Duffy who lead a lively Q&A session covering how we can improve our relationship with the media, how to deal with trolls, and how we can better prepare for future bouts of misinformation.
Award-winning journalist and BBC News Home Editor Mark Easton spoke on identity in the context of the Brexit referendum at the Campaign for Social Science Annual SAGE Lecture on 4th February 2020. Mark highlighted the role of social science in helping us identify and understand the core beliefs associated with people’s voting preferences, and in helping us to identify what ‘healing’ a divided nation could look like. Mark’s analysis, drawing on 2020 IPSOS Mori and 2018 YouGov data, highlighted how the Brexit debate had forced people to consider their core values and choose a the sort of the country they wanted to live in. Professor Maria Sobolewska from the University of Manchester delivered a response.