EXPLORING STUDENTS’ POSITION REGARDING OBJECTIVITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
EXPLORING STUDENTS’ POSITION REGARDING OBJECTIVITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

Summary/Abstract: For driving societal change, the knowledge produced by social sciences plays animportant role. But whether social sciences should contribute directly to promoting social change isup for discussion. One such contribution is towards achieving social justice, which has generated somediscussions and attracted criticism. Nevertheless, some social scientists are interested in engaging inthis form of activism. Others criticize it for lacking objectivity and letting political beliefs influenceresearch. While such debates reveal where specific social scientists stand on these topics, less is knownabout students' perspectives and what factors play a role in shaping their views. To address this, thepaper aims to explore how students in social science faculties stand when it comes to objectivity andactivism, and to examine whether there is a relationship between their position and their gender andpolitical orientation

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