Sociology, Philosophy & Anthropology
Welcome to the research outputs of the University of Exeter Department of Sociology and Philosophy, part of the College of Social Sciences and International Studies
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The concealed middle? An exploration of ordinary young people and school GCSE subject area attainment
(ESRC Centre for Population Change, 2014)In Britain school examination results are now an annual newsworthy item. This recurrent event illustrates, and reinforces, the importance of school level qualifications. The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) ... -
The relationship between educational outcomes and family socioeconomic position in Scotland: the role of low birthweight and child development
(The Scottish Longitudinal Study Development & Support Unit (SLS-DSU), 2017-04-18)There is a long-standing association between family socioeconomic position and educational outcomes. This study seeks to explore whether variation in low birthweight and child development by family background explain these ... -
The role of administrative data in the big data revolution in social science research
(Elsevier, 2016)The term big data is currently a buzzword in social science, however its precise meaning is ambiguous. In this paper we focus on administrative data which is a distinctive form of big data. Exciting new opportunities for ... -
Between the NEET and the tidy - Exploring ‘middle’ outcomes in Scottish school qualifications
(ESRC Centre for Population Change, 2016)Despite changes in the education system the qualifications that are gained at school remain important for young people’s pathways and trajectories. This paper is an element of a wider on-going programme of theoretically ... -
Parental socioeconomic influences on filial educational outcomes in Scotland: patterns of school-level educational performance using administrative data
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2016-05-16)© 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.In Britain there have been manifest changes in the management and organisation of education, but despite these developments there are ... -
The concealed middle? An exploration of ordinary young people and school GCSE subject area attainment
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2015-07-20)© 2015 Taylor & Francis.The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is the standard qualification undertaken by pupils in England and Wales at the end of year 11 (age 15–16). GCSEs continue to play an important ... -
Scottish social survey data, past, present and future – does Scotland need its own data strategy?
(Radical Statistics Group, 2008)The UK now has a National Data Strategy. In this paper we explore whether or not in addition Scotland needs its own specific data strategy. This paper is intended to be a ‘think piece’ or critical essay, the motivation ... -
Administrative social science data: The challenge of reproducible research
(SAGE Publications, 2016-12-01)Powerful new social science data resources are emerging. One particularly important source is administrative data, which were originally collected for organisational purposes but often contain information that is suitable ... -
Musical Worlds and the Extended Mind
(University of California, Irvine, 2016-12-08)4E cognitive science portrays minds as embodied, embedded, enacted, and even extended beyond the head. Proponents argue that we routinely “offload” cognitive processes onto body and world. For example, we use gestures, ... -
Individualism and the medical: what about somatic externalism?
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Digitalising the Korean cosmos: representing human–nonhuman continuity and filiality through digital photography in contemporary South Korea
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2016)Since the 1990s, visual anthropology and sociology scholarship has highlighted the radical change that digital technologies have brought to empirical – let alone ethnographic – research in the social sciences. In ... -
Biomedical Knowledge Production in the Age of Big Data
(Swiss Science and Innovation Council SSIC, 2017-09-01)Introduction Big data are widely seen as a game-changer for social relations, communication and governance around the world. The emergence of big data also promises to revolutionise the production of knowledge within and ... -
Global Data Quality Assessment and the Situated Nature of "Best" Research Practices in Biology
(Ubiquity Press, 2017-06-22)This paper reflects on the relation between international debates around data quality assessment and the diversity characterising research practices, goals and environments within the life sciences. Since the emergence of ... -
Data Management and Best Practice for Plant Science
(Springer Nature, 2017-06-06)Plant research produces data in a profusion of types and scales, and in ever-increasing volume. What are the challenges and opportunities presented by data management in contemporary plant science? And how can researchers ... -
Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Wissensgeschichte
(J.B. Metzler / Springer Verlag, 2017-03-27)No abstract -
Der Westen und die Wissenschaftliche Revolution
(J.B. Metzler / Springer Verlag, 2017-03-27)No abstract -
Verfahrensweisen der Naturgeschichte nach Linné
(Böhlau Verlag / De Gruyter, 2017-03-13)Die Naturgeschichte in der Frühen Neuzeit ist sowohl gelehrte Liebhaberei als auch exakte Wissenschaft. Ausgehend von diversen Akteur*innen beleuchtet der Band eine Vielfalt naturhistorischer Verfahrensweisen. -
Microbial Suicide: Towards a Less Anthropocentric Ontology of Life and Death
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Occupying the Ontological Penumbra: Towards a Postsecular and Theologically Minded Anthropology
(MDPI, 2017-04-28)In the wake of the postsecular turn, we propose to reappraise both the religious as studied in anthropology and how anthropologists who have religious or spiritual interests can contribute to an emerging postsecular ...