Peter Mühlhäusler is the Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Adelaide, and Supernumerary Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. He has taught at the Technical University of Berlin and in the University of Oxford. He is an active researcher in several areas of linguistics, including ecolinguistics, language planning, and language policy and language contact in the Australian-Pac...

BACKGROUND Can political controversy have a "chilling effect" on the production of new science? This is a timely concern, given how often American politicians are accused of undermining science for political purposes. Yet little is known about how scientists react to these kinds of controversies. METHODS AND FINDINGS Drawing on interview (n = 30) and survey data (n = 82), this study examines ...

In this wide-ranging interview Andrew Sayer discusses how he became a realist and then the development of his work over subsequent decades. He comments on postdisciplinary approach, early economy its influences, came to write Method in Social Science transition Realism normative critical social science moral economy. The concludes with discussion three most recent books themes that connect them...