Humanities

Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the time. Today, the humanities are more frequently defined as any fields of study outside of professional training, mathematics, and the natural and sometimes social sciences.The humanities use methods that are primarily critical, or speculative, and have a significant historical element—as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences, yet, unlike the sciences, it has no central discipline. The humanities include …

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ETF: European Training Foundation · 18 November 2024 English

From Awareness to Action: Engaging Youth in the Green Economy and Climate Action From Awareness to Action: Engaging Youth in the Green Economy and Climate Action 2 On 11 March …

Rushton, E. 2022. Education Review International Humanities Review for environmental sustainability and the


Science Europe · 18 November 2024 English

ITEM X: Global Research Council update and feedback from the European Regional Meeting

European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA), “the academic system is currently not


UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 15 November 2024 English

UC Berkeley Professor Timothy Tangherlini discusses the vital role that storytelling plays in many cultures around the world, and how it can influence belief, for good and for bad. The …


PCNS: Policy Center for the New South · 14 November 2024 English

González Urrutia representing forcefully the voice of the opposition in international forums and going abroad to make the case against the regime was certainly a plus for the opposition, but …

Morocco. He served as Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and then as Vice President


IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 13 November 2024 English

Education systems seeking to improve outcomes must attract, develop, and retain highly effective teachers. A critical challenge is making the teaching profession appealing to talented youth. This paper presents evidence …

Baseline, based on Personality Questionnaire Area: Humanities Indicator variable indicating whether the student


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 13 November 2024 English

This report assesses how Indian ADB-backed projects to construct and upgrade some 45,000 km of rural roads are improving connectivity, opening socioeconomic opportunities, and transforming communities.

in Sagar District. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention. 8. No. 2. 2019


Amnesty International · 12 November 2024 English

The report discusses the findings of research conducted in Denmark on the Danish government’s use of fraud control algorithms to inform the distribution of social benefits through: (a) a public …

Copenhagen Business School (Department of Business, Humanities and Law), University of Copenhagen, Brunel University


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 7 November 2024 English

The Trump Administration's tariffs created a wedge between mutually beneficial trades between China's producers and U.S. consumers. Moving production to nearby Vietnam allows firms to jump the tariff wall. Within …

acknowledges the funding support from the NUS Humanities and Social Sciences Seed Fund (HSSF-2302-P03)


World Bank Group · 6 November 2024 English

/ Development of Qualification Standards for humanities IDA / 65420 1 – Improving the Quality As surance


TEPP: Théorie et Evaluation des Politiques Publiques · 6 November 2024 French

Pour un taux de réponse de 65%, il est possible de détecter, au seuil de risque de 5%, un écart de 10 points de pourcentage dans les taux de réponses …

through a field experiment in amateur sport. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8(1), 1-8


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