Showing posts with label Atran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atran. Show all posts

Friday, January 23, 2015

Atran: IRBs Block Understanding of Terrorism

Interviewed by Nature, anthropologist Scott Atran reminds us that human subjects rules have impeded his efforts to understand the origins of violence like the attack on Charlie Hebdo.

[Reardon, Sara. “Looking for the Roots of Terrorism.” Nature, January 15, 2015. doi: 10.1038/nature.2015.16732. h/t Donald Pollock]

Monday, May 28, 2007

Scott Atran, "Research Police – How a University IRB Thwarts Understanding of Terrorism"

Blogger's note: In March the Harvard Crimson mentioned an unpublished essay by ethnographer Scott Atran of the University of Michigan, detailing his complaints about the IRB process. With Dr. Atran's kind permission, I present the complete essay here. ZMS