Today, companies often take stances on social issues. A professor of brand responsibility compares ally brands with advocates.
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Sierra Leone has declared a national emergency to combat rape and sexual violence.
Despite high profile child abuse cases in Rochdale, Rotherham and Telford, lessons are not being learned and the failings of those investigations are being repeated.
A new regulation makes it easier for the government to contract local NGOs.
Just like with Cold War-era red-baiting, there’s an apparent effort to discredit and undermine critics of the US government.
Four scientists talk through the ways they now build outreach into their work as a way to spread their research’s impact – something that wasn’t the norm for past generations of academics.
President Trump’s first year was a rough one for scientists and others who value truth and expertise. Many rallied to the cause, while others used research to make the case for the value of science.
Science isn’t cold, hard facts uncovered by emotionless robots. Acknowledging how and where values play a role promotes a more realistic view and can advance science’s reputation for reliability.
Scientists who engage with the public may have goals about influencing policy or behavior. But they also need to think about the short-term objectives that will help get them there.
New survey data show that Muslim Americans are the most negatively perceived religious group in the US and are often victims of Islamophobic attacks. How are they responding? By getting organized.
When the wealthy become unlikely allies in the fight against inequality, they often take similar steps. It all starts with acknowledging their own privileges.
Green groups fighting Trump’s anti-environmental agenda should heed precedents from the Reagan and George W. Bush administrations. They can also learn from the Australian experience.
The research community tends to assume advocacy doesn’t mix with objectivity. One study suggests there’s room for scientists to make real-world recommendations without compromising their trusted status.
Much social good can come from mass involvement – and research shows that includes online activism. The bigger picture takes in all those people who care but are at risk of doing nothing.
The relationship between advocacy organisations based in Western capitals and their marketed constituency of marginalised and disadvantaged African groups is tenuous. What then, is the goal?
The relationship between social science research and advocates and policymakers is undermined if they cherry-pick evidence that supports their goals, ignoring the wider field.
NGO journalists can cover issues that go underreported by cash-strapped newsrooms. But are they more likely to violate journalistic principles?
I gave my first news media interview in 1976, after publishing a paper in the Medical Journal of Australia about the elderly making up the lion’s share of psychotropic drug use. In the 39 years since…
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Senior Lecturer in Human Development, Massey University
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Director, Earth System Science Center, Penn State
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Ellis N. Brandt Professor of Public Relations, Michigan State University
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Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior, University of Virginia
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Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Law, QUT, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Journalism and Communication and Director of the Master's Program in Brand Responsibility, University of Oregon
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Lecturer in International Development, University of Bath
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Professor of Environmental Law, University of Maryland
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Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Washington
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Chair of Public Policy, Professor of Business, and Director of Saunders College Institute for Business Ethics, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Academic Initiatives (University of Michigan Law School) | Visiting Lecturer (University of Chicago Law School) | Visiting Lecturer (UCLA School of Law), University of Michigan
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Professor of Psychology; Faculty Fellow Institute for Policy Research; Professor of Management and Organizations, Northwestern University
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Professor, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies | School of Political Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
