What is social science?

'It is the pinnacle of the hierarchy of sciences. It's about man and society, of understanding people' - Mark Easton, BBC News Home Editor

'Social science helps us understand our social world, it helps us understand how it works' - Theo Farrell, Kings College London

'It's a very important subject to study because it tells us whether there are patterns in people's behaviour and how people react to policies' - Sascha Becker, University of Warwick

What is #socialscience, and what is its impact on #society? Hear different viewpoints from the academic, political and media communities in this video.

0:16 📊 Mark Easton, BBC News Home Editor
0:33 📊 Tim Leunig, London School of Economics
0:46 📊 Theo Farrell, Kings College London
1:10 📊 Sascha Becker, University of Warwick
1:39 📊 Emma Duncan, Deputy Editor of The Economist
2:09 📊 David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science

Let’s connect!

Twitter 🔗   / esrc  
LinkedIn 🔗   / econ.  .
YouTube 🔗    / theesrc  
Instagram 🔗   / esrc_  

We think you’ll like…

What is social science? An animated overview
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiLj3...

What is social science? (Part 1)
▶️    • What is social science? | Part 1 #Soc...  

Celebrating the social sciences
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDley...

ABOUT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ESRC)

ESRC is the UK’s largest funder of economic, social, behavioural and human data science.

Find out more ▶️ https://www.ukri.org/councils/esrc/

#ESRC #SocialScience #SocialResearch #Economics