Greetings once more esteemed scholars, thinkers and knowledge creators. You got the Global Centre for Academic Research at a 2nd Position at an international conference organised by the Asian Qualitative Research Association, hosted virtually from the Philippines in October 2021, and then got involved in co-hosting Open Learning University conference, hosted virtually from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in November 2021. We further note with pride and joy that you have…
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Every year on the third Thursday of February, we celebrate Anthropology Day
—a chance to further our understanding of what it means to be human.
Established by the American Anthropological Association, this day brings
students, teachers, and…
The Marsden Fund was set up to support pure research. Diverting half of it to fund applied research undermines New Zealand’s potential to generate ideas that underpin commercial success.
It’s one way that AI could have a major impact on society.
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well as ethical, social and cultural implications of emerging new
technologies like artificial intelligence.
The urgency of these challenges — and the complexity of skills…
At the heart of democratic governance is the notion that what government
does should be responsive to what people want. To reflect citizens’
desires, political leaders need to have a sense of which policies most
people would prefer, what kinds of…
For empirical researchers in the social and behavioral sciences who focus
on children, adolescents, and young adults, high-quality survey data are an
essential ingredient for studying important scientific and policy research
questions. Such data…
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, we are reminded that
Americans are deeply polarized. But while the term “polarization” is widely
used, with apologies to The Princess Bride, that word does not always mean
what you think it means. The…
