Year: 2014
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Subfields of Sociology. A quantitative analysis
These are, judging by the XVIII ISA World Congress statistics, the top 20 subfields of sociology:
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Secondary data source for well-being related indexes
I find great this OECD statistic source on well-being across countries and regions. Here is a brief description of the whole project: “There is more to life than the cold numbers of GDP and economic statistics – This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as…
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“¿Cómo la sangrienta historia de España dio lugar a la mayor concentración de ascensores del mundo?”
Cuando uno piensa en España lo que primero se le viene a la cabeza es la palabra ascensor, ¿o puede que no?. Pues bien, lo cierto es que razones no faltan. Como se puede observar en el siguiente gráfico, el número de ascensores por cada mil habitantes es clara y comparativamente más alto en España…
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“How Spain’s bloody history gave it the world’s highest concentration of elevators?”
(Original source: MATT PHILLIPS Oct 14, 2014. Quartz) When you think about Spain, the first thing that pops into mind is undoubtedly one word: Elevators. No? Well, maybe it should be. Compared to other countries, Spain’s elevator supply looks remarkably, well, elevated. At face value, there’s a pretty simple reason why. Spaniards are some of the world’s…
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Sofja Kovalevskaja Award #ResearchFundingOpportunities
Description of Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Submit an application if you are a successful top-rank junior researcher from abroad, onlycompleted your doctorate with distinction in the last six years, and have published work in prestigious international journals or publishing houses. The Sofja Kovalevskaja Award allows you to spend five years building up a working group and working…
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Alexander von Humboldt “We support people, not projects” #ResearchFundingOpportunities
We promote academic cooperation between excellent scientists and scholars from abroad and from Germany. Our research fellowships and research awards allow you to come to Germany to work on a research project you have chosen yourself together with a host and collaborative partner. If you are a scientist or scholar from Germany you can profit…
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Reflections on Inequality and large cities
Interesting article on megacities and inequality entitled “Do cities widen the gap between rich and poor?” By Kristian Behrens and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud in World Economic Forum Yet one pattern has gone largely unnoticed: inequality is especially strong in large cities. At least one-quarter of the increase in earnings inequality in the US during 1979-2007 is explained by…