Research chat: Scholarship and blogging “across the pond”; the view from LSE
An excerpt from a 2012 blog posting about research communications, by the London School of Economics’ “Impact of Social Sciences” site.
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Misinformation and fact-checking: Research findings from social science
2012 New America Foundation report on cognitive and psychological phenomena that make the task of journalistic corrections difficult.
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Global malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010: A systematic analysis
2012 meta-study from the University of Washington and the University of Queensland on estimates of global malaria mortality rates over the past three decades.
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End of the segregated century: Racial separation in America’s neighborhoods, 1890-2010
2012 report by the Manhattan Institute on the historical evolution in the racial segregation of neighborhoods in the United States.
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Psychological costs of war: Military combat and mental health
2011 study by the Georgia State and San Diego State on the psychological costs associated with PTSD in service members returning from the post-9/11 conflicts.
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Beyond the classroom: Using Title IX to measure the return to high school sports
2010 paper by the University of Michigan for the National Bureau of Economic Research examining the effect in later life of girls’ participation in sports.
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U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
2012 United Nations panel report on human rights violations by the Syrian government and military.
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Women in the Labor Force: A Databook
2012 publication by the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on women in the workplace, 1979-2010.
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Gender gap in executive compensation: The role of female directors and CEOs
2012 study from the University of Illinois on the relationship between female representation in compensation committees, the presence of female CEOs, and the reduction of gender wage disparities.
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Non-communicable health risks during mass gatherings
A 2012 metastudy published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on risks associated with large public events such as stress-related cardiac episodes, heatstroke and stampedes.
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