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2024 APN and Next Gen African University Seminar Series, September 18 – September 19, 2024
Machakos County, Kenya The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) program of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), in partnership with the Peace and Development Researchers Association (PADRA), held the African University Seminar Series, Kenya (AUSS-K) at Machakos University Hotel and Conference Centre in Machakos County, Kenya. PADRA, which is the off-shoot of AUSS-K, is composed of current and former Kenyan SSRC’s APN and Next Gen scholars and supported by the APN and Next Gen Program and organized by the Local Organizing Committee (LOC). The seminar was held, in partnership with the School …
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Are We Doing Social Science Backwards? An Integrative Approach to Experimental Research
Are We Doing Social Science Backwards? An Integrative Approach to Experimental Research
In this Research to Solve Problems lecture, Duncan J. Watts (University of Pennsylvania) will explore some of the challenges faced by social and behavioral scientists in reconciling conflicting findings, or findings from studies conducted in different contexts, and consider whether those challenges are rooted in the traditional approach to the research process. He will outline an alternative approach, “integrative experimental design,” which puts generalizability considerations first in the process of experimental design, and illustrate this approach using an example from research on teams.