Make Social Sciences Relevant

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Publication Date: 
26 April 2012
Publication Language: 
EN
Appearing in: 
Nature
DOI: 
10.1038/484442a
Abstract: 

The social sciences are flourishing. As of 2005, there were almost half a million professional social scientists from all fields in the world, working both inside and outside academia. According to the World Social Science Report 2010 (ref. 1), the number of social-science students worldwide has swollen by about 11% every year since 2000, up to 22 million in 2006.