Risks, predictions and other optical illusions: rethinking the use of science in social decision-making

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Developments have emphasized the importance of energy forecasting, risk analysis and other mandated science in decision-making regarding the desirability of new technology developments and projects. Thus, a process of policy learning which uses mandated science in the context of a larger decision-making that allows expression of different views needs to be developed. This may be achieved through the mutual learning of scientists, policy-makers and the public.

Social aspects, Usage, Social policy, Science

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Social science research isolation and Tajikistan

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Researchers engaged in the social and political sciences tend to examine issues of identity using singular approaches, eschewing an interdisciplinary method. Classical research approaches have direct connections with the structure of human consciousness that serve as the framework for the empirical methods of classification and understanding, and many connections exist between and within the approaches in various scientific disciplines.

Science & research, Tajikistan, Research, Social science research, Social isolation

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Rethinking trauma healing as part of post-conflict reconstruction strategies: the value of local practices

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Psychological research among the victims of the war in Mozambique shows most effective healing when mind and body are regarded as equally important. Victims of El Salvador's civil war are treated for the somatic symptoms of psychological stress.

Mozambique, El Salvador, Psychological aspects, Care and treatment, Wars, War, Social conflict, Psychic trauma, Trauma (Psychology)

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