Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

The World In 2020, Simon Baptist

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Simon Baptist, the Chief Economist from The Economist Intelligence Unit, shared the global economic outlook in 2020:

• The outlook for the global economy and prospects for ASEAN in 2020
• The key risks, how they might play out, and what these scenarios mean
• The impact on the business environment

The World In 2019, Vaibhav Sahgal

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The speaker shared the key themes that will shape the world in 2019. Some of the themes include the economics of artificial intelligence (AI), central macroeconomics forecast drivers, country outlooks of important countries in Asia / ASEAN region and major global forecast risk in 2019.

Zine 2018: A Look At The Past Year, Smu Libraries

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The file contains digitized pages from SMU Libraries’ zine-making activity. Pages are individual contributions from staff members reflecting their 2018 SMU journey.

Health-Y Sharing Of Human Data, Sarah Olesen

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Data from research with humans is not published or shared at the same rate as other disciplines. But as more funding agencies and journal publishers, including those responsible for human studies, encourage and incentivise researchers to publish these data, more are seeking to do so. Human data often include personal and sensitive information that makes them subject to privacy laws and the human research ethics standards that govern research institutions. In many cases, human data can be published and shared safely and ethically with great success when it is planned for, participants are informed, and privacy is maintained by confidentialising …

Mapping The Social Sciences Landscape: A Way Forward, David A. Pendlebury

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The use of bibliometric data for the analysis of research performance in the social sciences presents significant challenges, especially in some fields whose publication patterns differ markedly from the sciences. For example, the book literature is a more important vehicle for scholarly communication in many social sciences fields than it is in the sciences and, therefore, should not be excluded from examination. A brief review of this and other issues will be presented as well as those that affect attempts to map research activity in the social sciences. Mapping the specialty and higher-level structure of scholarly research and detecting changes …

Research Data Management: Challenges And Opportunities, Daniel C. Tsang

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This talk addresses the next big challenge for academic and libraries, data sharing of research data – not necessarily tied to journal publication. Addressing the international research landscape where funding agencies have begun to require research data management plans, the talk discusses what steps an academic institution can begin taking, the stakeholders who need to be at the table, the challenges faced, and the lessons learned thus far. The talk will also discuss what toolkits are available as well as free online resources (including courses) to help institutions move ahead toward making research data more accessible. Practical examples, including those …