Category Archives: Research

Handbook of Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Posted on August 26, 2017 by

This Handbook of Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship compiles the outstanding expertise of leading researchers in the fi eld of innovation and entrepreneurship. Such a project inevitably goes back to Schumpeter, and we adopt the motivation of his entrepreneur as our starting point. … Continue reading →

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Crowdsourced Science: Sociotechnical Epistemology in the e-Research Paradigm

Posted on February 17, 2017 by

Recent years have seen a surge in online collaboration between experts and amateurs on scientific research. In this article, we analyse the epistemological implications of these crowdsourced projects, with a focus on Zooniverse, the world’s largest citizen science web portal. … Continue reading →

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UNESCO – Challenging Inequalities: Pathways to a Just World

Posted on December 15, 2016 by

Never before has inequality been so high on the agenda of policy-makers worldwide, or such a hot topic for social science research. More journal articles are being published on the topic of inequality and social justice today than ever before. … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness and Ethnography

Posted on December 1, 2016 by

Asking the right questions is critical to design thinking. A cornerstone of the design thinking approach involves ethnographic research, spending time observing and interacting with people in their everyday lives. The generating of ethnographic information about customers relies on a … Continue reading →

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The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing

Posted on May 3, 2016 by

The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing is a groundbreaking resource that offers emerging and experienced scholars from all disciplines a comprehensive review of the essential elements needed to craft scholarly papers and other writing suitable for submission to academic … Continue reading →

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Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age

Posted on January 12, 2016 by

Technology, and particularly the Internet, has caused many changes in the realm of politics. Mainstream media no longer has a monopoly on political commentary as social media, blogs, and user-generated video streaming sites have emerged as an outlet for citizens … Continue reading →

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Human Rights Podcast – exploring new perspectives

Posted on December 13, 2015 by

There has never been a more important time to talk about human rights! And talk about it is what I plan to do, not in a lecture hall, not at a conference with other academics, but in a podcast series. … Continue reading →

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Peering at Open Peer Review

Posted on December 11, 2015 by

Peer review is an essential part of the modern scientific process. Sending manuscripts for others to scrutinize is such a widespread practice in academia that its importance cannot be overstated. Since the late eighteenth century, when the Philosophical Transactions of … Continue reading →

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New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research

Posted on December 3, 2015 by

Interest in social innovation continues to rise, from governments setting up social innovation ‘labs’ to large corporations developing social innovation strategies. Yet theory lags behind practice, and this hampers our ability to understand social innovation and make the most of … Continue reading →

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Social Science Parks: Society’s New Super Labs

Posted on November 18, 2015 by

This paper introduces a practical innovation in facilitating interdisciplinary social science research and its application: the Social Science Research Park (SPARK). Over the past decade, there has been increasing interest in developing interdisciplinary research that addresses societal problems and so-called … Continue reading →

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