Humanities & Social Sciences
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'How can we ensure that innovation does not undermine customer protection?' ⚖️ From 'Emerging Legal Frontiers in Insurance: Digital Transformation, Cross-Border Challenges, and Market Innovation', edited by Pierpaolo Marano 📖🔓. bit.ly/4pv3QQw #LawSky #BookSky @springer.springernature.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
'How can we ensure that innovation does not undermine customer protection?' ⚖️ From 'Emerging Legal Frontiers in Insurance: Digital Transformation, Cross-Border Challenges, and Market Innovation', edited by Pierpaolo Marano 📖🔓. bit.ly/4pv3QQw #LawSky #BookSky @springer.springernature.com
'Why did some states emerge as democracies, while others became various forms of dictatorship?' 🌏Read Decolonization and Regime Change in Asia: Historical Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship by Yuko Kasuya. bit.ly/4juaULM @yukokasuya.bsky.social #BookSky #AcademicSky
January 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM
'Why did some states emerge as democracies, while others became various forms of dictatorship?' 🌏Read Decolonization and Regime Change in Asia: Historical Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship by Yuko Kasuya. bit.ly/4juaULM @yukokasuya.bsky.social #BookSky #AcademicSky
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'On working across disciplinary boundaries: PFAS as state-facilitated corporate environmental crime.' 🛟 Shows how a criminological lens helps explain how PFAS pollution emerged and how responsibility is still shifted onto affected communities.🔗 bit.ly/3N8OJyF #AcademicSky
January 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'On working across disciplinary boundaries: PFAS as state-facilitated corporate environmental crime.' 🛟 Shows how a criminological lens helps explain how PFAS pollution emerged and how responsibility is still shifted onto affected communities.🔗 bit.ly/3N8OJyF #AcademicSky
'Longitudinal Data Infrastructures in Europe', an #OpenAccess book, explores panels, infrastructures, open science, and the opportunities they offer. bit.ly/3NhTeH7 #DataScience #BookSky #AcademicSky
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM
'Longitudinal Data Infrastructures in Europe', an #OpenAccess book, explores panels, infrastructures, open science, and the opportunities they offer. bit.ly/3NhTeH7 #DataScience #BookSky #AcademicSky
Why do novelists write about themselves? 'Literary Autobiography', by @melissaschuh.bsky.social, explores the narrative strategies developed by novelists as they cross generic boundaries of fiction and non-fiction. bit.ly/49wLjOP #BookSky #ReserachPublishing
January 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Why do novelists write about themselves? 'Literary Autobiography', by @melissaschuh.bsky.social, explores the narrative strategies developed by novelists as they cross generic boundaries of fiction and non-fiction. bit.ly/49wLjOP #BookSky #ReserachPublishing
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Can We Disrupt the “Climate-Debt Doom Loop” in U.S. Cities?' The authors outline governance reforms and disclosure tools to strengthen municipal resilience. 🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4aJvoxO. #ClimateChange #ResearchPublishing
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Can We Disrupt the “Climate-Debt Doom Loop” in U.S. Cities?' The authors outline governance reforms and disclosure tools to strengthen municipal resilience. 🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4aJvoxO. #ClimateChange #ResearchPublishing
Check out our latest! 'Social Media in Society' is about the role that social media plays in the lives of individuals, societies, economies, and polities. bit.ly/4bnKsRZ @dhutchman.bsky.social #BookSky #SocSky
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Check out our latest! 'Social Media in Society' is about the role that social media plays in the lives of individuals, societies, economies, and polities. bit.ly/4bnKsRZ @dhutchman.bsky.social #BookSky #SocSky
🔍 Discover the mystery behind a #microbe that shaped #medicine and #mysticism. 'The Mystery in the Rye,' by Frank Petersen, traces the cultural and scientific journey of the ergot fungus—from medieval poisonings to the birth of LSD and psychopharmacology. bit.ly/4jtvKLo #BookSky #MedSky
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🔍 Discover the mystery behind a #microbe that shaped #medicine and #mysticism. 'The Mystery in the Rye,' by Frank Petersen, traces the cultural and scientific journey of the ergot fungus—from medieval poisonings to the birth of LSD and psychopharmacology. bit.ly/4jtvKLo #BookSky #MedSky
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'The "Stela Effect" of bright and dark narcissism on educational innovation in higher education: exploratory psychometric validation.' This research has a story, like all research. And it is, above all, a human story, like all of them. 🔗 bit.ly/4q1os3X #EducationResearch
January 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'The "Stela Effect" of bright and dark narcissism on educational innovation in higher education: exploratory psychometric validation.' This research has a story, like all research. And it is, above all, a human story, like all of them. 🔗 bit.ly/4q1os3X #EducationResearch
'Place, Alterity, and Narration in a Taiwanese Catholic Village', by @marcolazzarotti.bsky.social, introduces a simple idea: when we tell a story, we tell a story and at the same time create the world where this story takes place. bit.ly/3YOp296 #BookSky #PhilSci #STS #EduSky
January 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
'Place, Alterity, and Narration in a Taiwanese Catholic Village', by @marcolazzarotti.bsky.social, introduces a simple idea: when we tell a story, we tell a story and at the same time create the world where this story takes place. bit.ly/3YOp296 #BookSky #PhilSci #STS #EduSky
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'The Culture Dividend: Why measurement matters for culture as infrastructure.' Museums and heritage function as economic and social infrastructure, support long-term economic stability, yet remain undervalued by GDP-centric metrics. 🔗 bit.ly/4qve9Vs #EconSky #AcademicSky
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'The Culture Dividend: Why measurement matters for culture as infrastructure.' Museums and heritage function as economic and social infrastructure, support long-term economic stability, yet remain undervalued by GDP-centric metrics. 🔗 bit.ly/4qve9Vs #EconSky #AcademicSky
Deliberate fire-making by humans in the UK may date to more than 400,000 years ago, according to evidence in @natureportfolio.nature.com. The findings predate previous evidence for the deliberate lighting of fires by around 350,000 years. bit.ly/4pdIiaZ 🏺 🧪
January 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Deliberate fire-making by humans in the UK may date to more than 400,000 years ago, according to evidence in @natureportfolio.nature.com. The findings predate previous evidence for the deliberate lighting of fires by around 350,000 years. bit.ly/4pdIiaZ 🏺 🧪
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Strengthening evidence for the health of justice-involved people.' 🛟 Health & Justice has launched 3 new OA collections on health equity, behavioural care, and ethical methodologies to strengthen evidence & reform practice. 🔗 bit.ly/4jhu0o8 @bmc.springernature.com #SocSci
January 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Strengthening evidence for the health of justice-involved people.' 🛟 Health & Justice has launched 3 new OA collections on health equity, behavioural care, and ethical methodologies to strengthen evidence & reform practice. 🔗 bit.ly/4jhu0o8 @bmc.springernature.com #SocSci
'Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Violations' explores the role, limitations, and internal fragmentation of social activism for corporate accountability across Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. bit.ly/44K45j8 #HumanRights #BookSky #OpenAccess
January 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM
'Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Violations' explores the role, limitations, and internal fragmentation of social activism for corporate accountability across Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. bit.ly/44K45j8 #HumanRights #BookSky #OpenAccess
🛟 'Ten practical tips to help get your research in front of policymakers'—from understanding policy cycles to building relationships and communicating clearly. bit.ly/4j9qNHi #PolicySky #ResearchPublishing #ECR
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🛟 'Ten practical tips to help get your research in front of policymakers'—from understanding policy cycles to building relationships and communicating clearly. bit.ly/4j9qNHi #PolicySky #ResearchPublishing #ECR
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Can data analytics stop credit card fraud before it happens?' A Latin America study shows that segmenting merchants by size and using unsupervised prevention rules plus supervised alerts can prevent much fraud in payment gateways.🔗Read here: bit.ly/4sgOlOP. #AcademicSky
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Can data analytics stop credit card fraud before it happens?' A Latin America study shows that segmenting merchants by size and using unsupervised prevention rules plus supervised alerts can prevent much fraud in payment gateways.🔗Read here: bit.ly/4sgOlOP. #AcademicSky
'Adam Smith’s Theory of Society' by Vernon L. Smith clarifies and contextualizes Adam Smith's work, making it more approachable for modern readers. bit.ly/4s8gpUx #BookSky #EconSky
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'Adam Smith’s Theory of Society' by Vernon L. Smith clarifies and contextualizes Adam Smith's work, making it more approachable for modern readers. bit.ly/4s8gpUx #BookSky #EconSky
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Could our Oceans Escape from Becoming a Warm Soup: Rethinking the Miocene with Coccolith Clumped Isotopes.' 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/4qerktY. @natureportfolio.nature.com #EarthSky
#AcademicSky #ClimateSky
#AcademicSky #ClimateSky
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Could our Oceans Escape from Becoming a Warm Soup: Rethinking the Miocene with Coccolith Clumped Isotopes.' 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/4qerktY. @natureportfolio.nature.com #EarthSky
#AcademicSky #ClimateSky
#AcademicSky #ClimateSky
'Science and the Other', an #OpenAccess book, examines how scientific universalism naturalises the exploitation of both human and non-human nature. bit.ly/3YDusnc #BookSky #LawSky #EduSky
December 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
'Science and the Other', an #OpenAccess book, examines how scientific universalism naturalises the exploitation of both human and non-human nature. bit.ly/3YDusnc #BookSky #LawSky #EduSky
Law consists of a body of binding rules regulating the behaviour of citizens in their interactions with one another. ⚖️ Exploring comparative method and legal culture in 'Traversing Legal Traditions'—Second Edition by G. Mousourakis. bit.ly/49tgCJt #BookSky #EduSky
December 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Law consists of a body of binding rules regulating the behaviour of citizens in their interactions with one another. ⚖️ Exploring comparative method and legal culture in 'Traversing Legal Traditions'—Second Edition by G. Mousourakis. bit.ly/49tgCJt #BookSky #EduSky
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'The question is not whether SSRIs are universally good or bad, but how best to support maternal mental health.' It’s not whether SSRIs are good or bad, but how to best support maternal mental health during pregnancy. 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/4qo1DY5. #MedSky #HealthSky
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'The question is not whether SSRIs are universally good or bad, but how best to support maternal mental health.' It’s not whether SSRIs are good or bad, but how to best support maternal mental health during pregnancy. 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/4qo1DY5. #MedSky #HealthSky
'The Palgrave Handbook of Internationalization of Language Education' provides a systematic overview of language education from the perspective of #Internationalization. bit.ly/3Y9LLfD #EduSky
#AcademicSky #LanguageSky
#AcademicSky #LanguageSky
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'The Palgrave Handbook of Internationalization of Language Education' provides a systematic overview of language education from the perspective of #Internationalization. bit.ly/3Y9LLfD #EduSky
#AcademicSky #LanguageSky
#AcademicSky #LanguageSky
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'People-First Liver Charter: insights from the Global Think-tank on Steatotic Liver Disease.' This blog introduces the People-First Liver Charter, a global effort to replace stigma with person-centred language in liver health care.🔗Read more here: bit.ly/4aTFUTa. #MedSky
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'People-First Liver Charter: insights from the Global Think-tank on Steatotic Liver Disease.' This blog introduces the People-First Liver Charter, a global effort to replace stigma with person-centred language in liver health care.🔗Read more here: bit.ly/4aTFUTa. #MedSky
We wish all our colleagues, authors, editors, reviewers, customers, and followers around the globe every #happiness for this Holiday Season and throughout the upcoming year! 🌟 #HolidaySeason #HSS
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We wish all our colleagues, authors, editors, reviewers, customers, and followers around the globe every #happiness for this Holiday Season and throughout the upcoming year! 🌟 #HolidaySeason #HSS
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Introducing: Social Science Matters.' Social Science Matters is a campaign from the team at Palgrave Macmillan that aims to increase the visibility and impact of the social sciences. 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/4j19nwo. #BookSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Introducing: Social Science Matters.' Social Science Matters is a campaign from the team at Palgrave Macmillan that aims to increase the visibility and impact of the social sciences. 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/4j19nwo. #BookSky #AcademicSky #EduSky