Diversity: Energy studies need social science

Supporting Diversity in Science through Social Networking

Citation Guerrero-Medina, Giovanna, Mónica Feliú-Mójer, Wilson González-Espada, Greetchen Díaz-Muñoz, Marcos López, Samuel L. Díaz-Muñoz, Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, Jacqueline Flores-Otero, David Craig, and Daniel A. Colón-Ramos. 2013. “Supporting Diversity in Science through Social Networking.” PLoS Biology 11 (12): e1001740. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001740. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pb...

Reflection on Diversity Science in Social Psychology

Political diversity will improve social psychological science.

Psychologists have demonstrated the value of diversity--particularly diversity of viewpoints--for enhancing creativity, discovery, and problem solving. But one key type of viewpoint diversity is lacking in academic psychology in general and social psychology in particular: political diversity. This article reviews the available evidence and finds support for four claims: (1) Academic psychology...

Serious games for energy social science research

Dementia studies: a social science perspective

There is much knowledge about dementia from the social sciences and one way of organising it is to see it as part of professional learning. This book is such a text: it provides social scientists with an insight into dementia knowledge and for those with practice experience it provides illustrations of how the social sciences can help to make sense of this work. There is room for such a text in...