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En los últimos años organismos nacionales e instituciones científicas abogan por la cultura y difusión de la ciencia, siguiendo la legislación en materia de ciencia y tecnología. Este trabajo analiza la presencia de la ciencia en los medios de comunicación, centrándose en los dos periódicos regionales más importantes de Extremadura: el diario Hoy y El Periódico Extremadura. La dimensiones cuantitativas analizadas son (1) Producción de noticias científicas; (2) Evaluación de noticias científicas en el periodo objeto de estudio, 2011; (3) Noticias científicas recuperadas por descriptores de búsqueda y (4) Clasificación de las noticias científicas por campos temáticos de la ANEP (Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva de España). Los resultados muestran la escasa repercusión que tienen las noticias científicas en los periódicos Hoy y Periódico de Extremadura, lo que refleja la limitada cultura científica en la sociedad extremeña. ; In recent years, national agencies and scientific institutions advocate scientific culture and dissemination, following the legislation of science and technology. This paper analyzes the presence of science in the media, focusing on two major regional newspapers in Extremadura: the Hoy and El Periódico Extremadura. The quantitative dimensions analyzed are (1) Production of scientific news; (2) Evaluation of scientific news in the period under review, 2011; (3) Science news descriptors retrieved by search and (4) Classification of scientific news into the thematic fields of the ANEP (National Evaluation and Foresight of Spain). The results show the negligible impact of scientific news in the newspapers Hoy and Periódico de Extremadura, reflecting the limited scientific culture in the society of Extremadura

This book presents the results of a joint meeting organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences where renowned international scholars discussed the importance of education in an increasingly globalized world. The papers cover a wide range of topics, including immigration, education in developing countries, knowledge transfer, social, economic, cultural, and political conditions in global education, technology, communication, access to information and knowledge, as well as, bio-anthropological issues.

En établissant une causalité entre les activités des sociétés humaines et la transformation des phénomènes biophysiques globaux, la notion d'Anthropocène a imposé des approches systémiques et transdisciplinaires, seules à même de saisir l'ampleur des enjeux soulevés. Le dialogue proposé par cet article s'inscrit dans la lignée de ces travaux récents. Il rassemble deux collectifs de jeunes chercheurs, l'un en sciences sociales, l'autre en sciences de la modélisation qui, à travers une interaction croisée, explorent les défis pratiques de l'analyse des risques systémiques globaux. Les échanges tenus soulignent les apports mutuels des sciences dures et sociales et illustrent la pertinence de la modélisation pour tester ou valider des trajectoires de transition écologique, tout en exposant ses propres limites épistémologiques et méthodologiques. Enfin, ce dialogue étend la notion de transdisciplinarité « forte », dans laquelle les interactions entre disciplines auraient lieu à chaque étape du processus de création scientifique, en opposition à une transdisciplinarité « faible », où les échanges seraient cloisonnés à certains temps précis.

This book examines how and why autonomy matters in contemporary social science research. It considers how autonomy impacts upon the individual researcher, the cultures and values of the university, and research motivation and sponsorship. The authors provide a better understanding of the interplay between individual and institutional autonomy, the issues arising from this interplay, and the value of an independent academic sector to the external community. Successive chapters consider: the variation in social scientists understanding of academic freedom; the researchers view on academic autono

Over the last two decades there has been a great deal of research into nonlinear dynamic models in economics, finance and the social sciences. This book contains twenty papers that range over very recent applications in these areas. Topics covered include structural change and economic growth, disequilibrium dynamics and economic policy as well as models with boundedly rational agents. The book illustrates some of the most recent research tools in this area and will be of interest to economists working in economic dynamics and to mathematicians interested in seeing ideas from nonlinear dynamics and complexity theory applied to the economic sciences.

The EU‐FORA Fellowship Programme 'Integration of tools and social science into food safety risk assessments' was proposed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), the government department responsible for food safety in the UK. The working programme was organised into four modules, covering different areas of risk assessment, including microbiological risk assessment, chemical risk assessment, exposure assessment, risk prioritisation and the integration of risk assessment with social science. During this period, the fellow had the unique opportunity to gain experience in different fields of risk assessment, namely how to conduct a systematic review, to assess the risk of microbiological and chemical hazards, to make use of modelling tools for exposure assessment and risk prioritisation, to write scientific reports for committees and networks at the national level and to understand the role of social science in risk assessment. In addition, the fellow was able to attend several meetings, seminars, courses and workshops that helped him to gain further insight in the field of food science. The complete programme enabled a fast learning curve that allowed the fellow to have an overview of the different tools that can be employed in the wide field of food safety risk assessment, in order to acquire skills and competences that can be used in his future career.

Over the past three decades, China's fast economic development has induced considerable changes in China's university and research institution landscape, research financing and academic career incentives. This paper argues that these changes have affected the motivation and the ways in which Chinese scholars engage in international research cooperation. Most recently it has been observed that strong pressures on scholars and scientists - especially at leading academic institutions - to excel in international publications while simultaneously fulfilling their obligation to generate income for their institutions can lead to a dilemma with regard to international research cooperation: Those institutions and scholars most interesting for foreign scholars to cooperate with may be the ones with the least amount of both incentive and time to enter into serious cooperation. This article invites us to reflect on the implications of these changes in the incentive structure for cooperation in social science research on China. (JCCA/GIGA)

Science and religious faith are two of the most important and influential forces in human life, yet there is widespread confusion about how, or indeed whether, they link together. This book describes this combination from the perspective of one who finds that they link together productively and creatively.

This article reports on the evaluation of political science research internships & considers their costs & benefits for a political science education. Students indicated high levels of appreciation of the inaugural Political Science Research Internship Unit at the U of Western Australia in terms of its contribution to their personal development & work experience. A substantial number of interns gained insights into the policy process through this form of experiential learning. Many came to appreciate the contingency & the normative dimensions of knowledge in the policy process. Whereas about half of the students found the transition from the seminar room to the policy world difficult, the other half were more successful in applying their theoretical knowledge to practical experiences. The article also indicates how this evaluation informs future course design. 10 References. Adapted from the source document.