social science

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Opinion: A Defence of Merit or a Case for Sustaining the Biases in Science?

Debdutta Paul 12/06/2023

A paper published in the Journal of Controversial Ideas...

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When Scientists Used Machine Learning to Spot Bad Lines in 700 Bollywood Films

Sayantan Datta 21/12/2021

Bollywood is no stranger to misogynistic dialogues – but...

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How the Social and Behavioural Sciences Can Help Us Beat the Pandemic

Gowri Iyer and Nanda Kishore Kannuri 11/04/2020

As the coronavirus spread wider through India, it’s important...

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Retrospective: The Wire Science in 2019

Vasudevan Mukunth 26/12/2019

In 2019, The Wire Science published stories that interrogated...

Payal Tadvi, caste discrimination, political action, Occupy UGC, Pinjra Tod, JNU sedition, Jawaharlal Nehru University, May 1968 agitations, MM Kalburgi, Govind Pansare, Gauri Lankesh, Indian Medical Association, neoliberalism, student protests, BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 2019 Lok Sabha elections, social science, Tata Institute of Social Sciences,

How Neoliberalism Fragmented Our Universities and Staved off Student Unrest

Malhar 05/06/2019

What better way to steer clear of mass student...

Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, AWSAR, BJP, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, authority, expertise, ivory tower, social science, humanities, scientific literacy, scientific temper, gau mutra, braid cutting, Vedic school board, Gauri Lankesh, R&D, Statue of Unity, higher education, Science Day, CV Raman,

Five Reflections on National Science Day

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/02/2019

C.V. Raman won a Nobel Prize for discovering the...

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Infinite in All Directions: Academia’s #MeToo, Moonmoons, Sophistry v. Knowledge

Vasudevan Mukunth 12/10/2018

If we're to minimise sexual harassment in academia, piecemeal...