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SAGE publishes major new report calling for £470m annual increase in UK's social science and innovation budget over the next Parliament

London, UK –  SAGE, a leading independent academic publisher, and strong advocate for the social sciences, today published a major new report, written by the Campaign for Social Sciences (CfSS) highlighting the value of social sciences to the UK economy and society.

The Business of People: The Significance of Social Science over the Next Decade calls for at least a 10 per cent increase in real terms of the £4.7 billion annual budget for science and innovation over the next parliament.




Other governments should align with California climate change initiatives, governor says

Los Angeles, London - California Governor Jerry Brown says that climate change must take centre stage in the civic dialogue of America, and could prove a key issue in the 2016 US presidential elections. A long-term advocate for environmental initiatives, Brown explores the economics of curbing greenhouse gases, the challenges of gaining support to achieve this from Republicans and religious leaders, and the significance of California’s high-speed rail project in an exclusive interview with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE


Emotional baggage? Dirty occupation – Don’t taint our profession

London - Social scientists suggest that we view workers in distasteful professions who do our “dirty work” as tainted – physically, socially or morally. Now researchers have named emotion as a fourth form of dirt and explain why professions dealing with difficult or threatening emotions are stigmatised by society.


SAGE launches streaming video collections to support pedagogical, curricular and research needs

Los Angeles, CA. Independent academic and professional publisher SAGE today announces the launch of SAGE Video, streaming video collections designed to support a range of needs across higher education, including pedagogical use in undergraduate teaching and learning and higher-level academic study and research. Celebrating 50 years as a social and behavioral science publisher in 2015, the first three collections of video content – available now – include Education, Communication and Media Studies, and Counseling and Psychotherapy.





Men over 60 who pay for sex use less protection and purchase more sex as they age

Los Angeles, CA- A new study published today in the American Journal of Men’s Health (a SAGE journal) surveyed American men between the ages of 60 and 84 who pay for sex and found that the older they were, the more frequently they paid for sex and the more likely they were to have experienced unprotected sexual intercourse multiple times with their favorite commercial sex providers.



SAGE Publishing titles honored by ALA’s RUSA and Choice

Los Angeles, CA- Choice and the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) have recognized eight SAGE resources as outstanding resources of 2015. Six reference titles and one digital resource were recognized on Choice’s Outstanding Academic Title list, and one reference title was listed on RUSA’s Outstanding Reference Sources for adults.


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