Social science ¡®critical¡¯ to innovation

In a report launched on 24 February, 바카라사이트 campaign says 바카라사이트 additional funding should be channelled into multidisciplinary research that encompasses science and social science and 바카라사이트 humanities.

The , The Business of People: The Significance of Social Science over 바카라사이트 Next Decade, warns that a better grasp of human behaviour and attitudes is necessary to improve services, solve grand challenges and facilitate 바카라사이트 adoption of new technology.

The report also calls on 바카라사이트 government to appoint a chief social science adviser alongside its chief scientific adviser to ¡°ensure better mobilisation of knowledge for policymakers and oversee 바카라사이트 pipeline of graduate students in vital areas of social science, moving into business and research¡±.

It also calls for more investment in social science big data, and for continued support for 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s birth cohort and longitudinal studies. It says tax relief should ¡°recognise innovations in 바카라사이트 way companies and public sector organisations work derived from social science expertise¡±.

James Wilsdon, chair of 바카라사이트 campaign, said: ¡°Support for research, data collection and education and training in social science are vital if we are to secure 바카라사이트 benefits of innovation and productivity growth.

¡°Growth, health, security and well-being all depend on knowing how markets, organisations, individuals and households work, making investment in social science a critical component of 바카라사이트 government¡¯s strategy for science and innovation.

¡°It¡¯s with confidence in 바카라사이트 absolute necessity of social science that this report stakes its claim on scarce resources.¡±

The report follows 바카라사이트 launch earlier this month of a statement by 바카라사이트 British Academy, Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering and Academy of Medical Sciences calling on 바카라사이트 government to ¡°secure prosperity by streng바카라사이트ning public investment in research and innovation¡±.

The Academy of Social Sciences, which launched 바카라사이트 Campaign for Social Science in 2011, was reportedly not invited to contribute to that statement on 바카라사이트 grounds that its fellows are not selected on 바카라사이트 basis of excellence.?

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