About Social Science
Social science is a category of academic disciplines concerned with society and the relationships among individuals within a society.
Cardiff University student hassled for fees after rape
... The university said advisors " are not therapists or councillors" but have a " relevant first degree in a health related or Social Science discipline" or experience " working with victims of domestic or sexual violence"...
Omicron: Do travel bans work against new Covid variants?
... Research published in the journal Nature, in December 2020, said they worked very early on, A study by the WZB Berlin Social Science Center in Germany last October looking at travel restrictions and death rates in more than 180 countries last year reached similar conclusions, adding: the biggest impact was when countries banned travel before recording 10 or more deaths quarantine for all travellers was more effective than entry bans (which in some cases exempted returning nationals) targeted restrictions on particular countries had more impact than blanket bans on all foreign travelResearch on the early days of the pandemic in the UK when there were few travel restrictions found the virus had been introduced over a thousand times, The new Omicron variant - originally identified in South Africa - has now been found in a growing list of countries...
Omicron: Do travel bans work against new Covid variants?
... Research published in the journal Nature, in December 2020, said they worked very early on A study by the WZB Berlin Social Science Center in Germany last October looking at travel restrictions and death rates in more than 180 countries last year reached similar conclusions, adding: the biggest impact was when countries banned travel before recording 10 or more deaths mandatory quarantine for all travellers was more effective than entry bans (which in some cases exempted returning nationals) targeted restrictions on particular countries had more impact than blanket bans on all foreign travellersResearch which looked at the early days of the pandemic in the UK when there were few travel restrictions found the virus had been introduced over a thousand times, The new Omicron variant has been identified in at least a dozen countries so far, and the list is growing...
Coronavirus: the good that can come out of it, an upside-down world
... This is a finding that keeps re-emerging in the Social Sciences: people with an indication of approach to thrive in a world of interdependence...
Russia professor arrested after woman's arms found in bag
... Prof Sokolov s apartment, where Ms Yeshchenko s decapitated body was found, has been sealed off Prof Sokolov was also a member of France s Institute of Social Science, Economics and Politics (Issep), which on Saturday said it had removed him from his position on its scientific committee...
Rent control: Does it work?
... Susanne Marquardt, from the Berlin Social Science Centre, told the BBC that rent control and stronger rights for tenants had balanced the needs of landlords and tenants for decades and helped encourage long-term thinking by both landlords and renters...