About the talk
What are the implications of a social science that views human subjects as active agents rather that passive ‘responders’ to environmental stimuli, for the concept of empirical rigour? Mark Bevir addresses these fundamental questions in a lecture entitled: Rethinking Social Science: Methods, Ethics, Genres and Myths.
About the speaker
Professor Mark Bevir is Professor of Political Science at University of California Berkeley where he directs the Center for British Studies. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including in the recent past Interpretive Social Science (Oxford University Press, 2018, with Jason Blakely), and Life After God: An Encounter with Post-modernism, (Leiden: Brill, 2022). Born and raised in London, Mark moved to Berkeley in January 2000, having worked previously at universities in India and the UK. He has held visiting fellowships in Australia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Norway, South Korea, UK, and USA. Mark has done policy work for governmental organizations in Asia, Europe, and North America, as well as for the United Nations and its agencies. Mark’s research interests in political theory include moral philosophy, political philosophy, and history of political thought. His methodological interests cover philosophy of social science, philosophy of history, and history of social science. His work on public policy focuses on organization theory, democratic theory, and governance.
