Dan the don in real life
Behavioural economist Dan Ariely draws on his own life experiences to show just how personal social science can be, as Matthew Reisz discovers
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What's Luck Got to Do with It? The History, Mathematics, and Psychology of the Gambler's Illusion
What makes Exchequers, poker players and other punters go for broke? Chris Howls gets a tip sheet
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The Kurdish Conflict: International Humanitarian Law and Post-Conflict Mechanisms
The world's 40 million or so Kurds are routinely referred to as "the largest group of stateless people in the world". Their homeland straddles one of the most explosive geopolitical regions - the...
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Popular Ghosts: The Haunted Spaces of Everyday Culture
Ever considered the link between Lenin and cyborgs? Or the "haunting tourism" associated with prisons as haunted houses? Then this is a book for you. With its premise that the ghost is part of our "...
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Bullfighting: A Troubled History
Felipe Fernández-Armesto laments an 'ignorant' attack on a threatened but precious fighting tradition
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Spinoza and the Specters of Modernity: The Hidden Enlightenment of Diversity from Spinoza to Freud
Spinoza's metaphysical and political thought has always fascinated his readers. His Ethics has been interpreted in countless different ways and, since his death in 1677, Spinozism has been associated...
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Global Journalism Ethics
A lifetime's exposure to human suffering in locations as diverse as Finland and Vietnam persuaded Martha Gelhorn that journalism could not make the world good. The reporter's job, she concluded, was...
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Published this week
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES- The Future of Decision Making: How Revolutionary Software Can Improve the Ability to DecideBy Roger C. Schank, executive director and founder, Engines for Education...
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Grant winners
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTRESEARCH PROGRAMME GRANTSHUMANITIESAward winner: Joanna StoryInstitution: University of LeicesterValue: £1,370,418The impact of diasporas in the making of Britain: evidence,...
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Blogconfidential: Body, not mind
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Body, not mind
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Appointments
Anglia Ruskin UniversityShirley PickfordA lecturer from Anglia Ruskin University has netted a flexible working award for her online learning course. Shirley Pickford, who runs the university's BA in...
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Top countries in ENGINEERING
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 2000–April 2010 CountryPapers CitationsImpact1Denmark4,368 31,725 7.262Switzerland10,00971,8337.183Belgium8,66453,7016...
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Islands of excellence should not drain funding streams
Internationally prestigious research must take priority, Dame Nancy Rothwell tells Paul Jump
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Great Danes dominate engineering citations
Denmark's engineering research is the strongest in the world, while England fails to make the top 10, according to a citations analysis.Thomson Reuters examined the average number of citations per...
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Bossing the relationship
Scholar offers insights to bolster communications between leaders and led. Cat Davies reports