Research—Or Stay Behind!

Publish or Stay Behind and Perhaps Perish: Stability of Publication Practices in (Some) Social Sciences

Zusammenfassung: Obwohl neue technische Entwicklungen das schnelle und hinsichtlich der Länge problemlose Veröffentlichen ermöglichen, werden elektronische Medien in manchen Wissenschaften nur langsam – wenn überhaupt – akzeptiert und benutzt. Auf der Grundlage eines kulturhistorischen Ansatzes der dritten Generation argumentiere ich, dass sich die Stabilität von Veröffentlichungspraktiken (in ...

What’s behind meaning?

The paper addresses the main questions to be dealt with by any semantic theory which is committed to provide an explanation of how meaning is possible. On one side the paper argues that the resources provided by the development of mathematical logic, theoretical computer science, cognitive psychology, and general linguistics in the 20th Century, however indispensable to investigate the structur...

Does Having a Migrant Parent Reduce the Risk of Undernutrition for Children Who Stay Behind in South-East Asia?

Many parents from South-East Asia who go overseas to work are motivated by a desire to secure a better future for their children, yet the health consequences for children who stay behind are poorly understood. This study is the first cross-country comparison to explore the relationships between parental migration and the risk of undernutrition (stunting) for primary school-aged children. The an...

Parental migration and the mental health of those who stay behind to care for children in South-East Asia

The international migration of parents from the global south raises questions about the health impacts of family separation on those who stay behind. This paper uses data collected in 2008 and 2009 for a project on Child Health and Migrant Parents in South-East Asia (CHAMPSEA) to address a largely neglected research area by investigating the mental health of those who stay behind in Indonesia, ...

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