How Fake Science Websites Hijack our Trust in Experts to Misinform and Confuse
Fake science websites are learning to appear equally rigorous in order to trick their audiences into believing fringe, debunked and bogus theories.
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Rapid Evidence Review: The Effectiveness of Selected Interventions for Tackling Public Health Misinformation
Read moreWe are keen to hear from people who are interested in this subject and would like to know more about our work as it progresses.
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The 2022 monkeypox outbreak: considerations for public policy and social science research
Read moreSocial science questions related to Monkeypox can be addressed through both the synthesis of contextually relevant knowledge, as well as the conducting of new, primary research. In order to facilitate a discussion and to encourage future work to be useful for policymakers, the International Public Policy Observatory, in collaboration with the Economic and Social Research Council, convened an online roundtable on the 10th August 2022, and conducted 1-2-1 interviews with experts in the field. Participants came from both within and outside the social sciences. They included epidemiologists and behavioural scientists who are...
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Lessons from research: what can cities do to help young people move into and sustain decent work?
Read moreIn advance of our hybrid event in Manchester on Young people’s urban futures: what is insecure work like and what can cities do? on Thursday, 8th September at 4 pm BST, Fiona Christie of Manchester Metropolitan University’s Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre discusses findings from her research projects about young people and work. The two projects were based in Greater Manchester in the UK and discuss what the extraordinary shock of Covid-19 meant for young people’s lives. They set out what can be learnt from this unique period for future social...
