Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In 1973, two design theorists at the University of California, Berkeley, coined the term “wicked problem” to refer to ...
The term wicked problem has become a standard way for policy analysts to describe a social issue whose solution is inherently elusive. Wicked problems have many causal factors, complex ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Paris climate agreement is another example of an attempted grand solution to a ...
Scientific research plays a big role in our lives. We have come to rely on it in so many ways. It seems that every day we hear someone say, “well, research has shown …” But we are coming up against ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Prosecutors noted in court papers that she has already had such a request denied twice ...