Empirical. Interdisciplinary. International.

Historical Social Research (HSR) is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the fields of historical-social science research and empirical quantitative as well as qualitative social research – it has been published by GESIS since 1975.

Scope
"Formalization means a variety of procedures that match descriptions of events, structures, and processes with explicit models of those events, structures, and processes. Formal methods do not necessarily involve quantification or computing; analyses of linguistic, spatial, or temporal structure, for example, often proceed quite formally without computers and without any direct intervention of mathematics."
(Charles Tilly, 1929-2008)

The HSR is user-, methods-, and data-orientated, with the journal focusing on inter- and transdisciplinary research. An international editorial board is in charge of the content and, thanks to close cooperation with the network partners and user organizations within the field of historical social research, the journal participates intensively in current research discussions.

In 2011 the HSR has been classified by ERIH / European Science Foundation as an international top-journal (INT1 Sub-Category) “with high visibility and influence among researchers in the various research domains in different countries, regularly cited all over the world”.

HSR News

The newest Issue: 50.2 - Empirical Theory of Science / Economic Experts & Expertise

Special Issue – Towards an Empirical Theory of Science? Challenges and (Possible) Standards of Scientific Research Across Disciplines and Cultures. (Hubert Knoblauch, Nina Baur, Silke Steets & Séverine Marguin)

Hubert Knoblauch, Nina Baur, Silke Steets & Séverine Marguin: Towards an Empirical Theory of Science? Challenges and (Possible) Standards of Scientific Research Today. [Open Access]

Contributions

Peter Fischer: Towards an Empirical Theory of Science? Lessons from the History of the Philosophy of Social Science.
Hubert Knoblauch: Empirical Theory of Science – A Research Program.
Jörg Niewöhner: Science after Progress. Reflexive Methodology in Computational Modelling and Sustainable Chemistry.
Jakkrit Sangkhamanee: Beyond the Benchmarks: Empirical Theory of Science and Hydrological Knowledge Production in The Mekong Region.
Cornelia Schendzielorz & Martin Reinhart: Social Order in Science through the Prism of Large Research Collaborations.
René Wilke: Vernacular Videos as Research Data: Audiovisual Self-Representations and the Epistemology of Social Science Knowledge Production.
Meike Haken: Popular-Cultural Science Communication and Empirical Theory of Science.
Claire Wagner: The Good, the Bad, and the Bizarre: Guiding Beliefs about Climate Change in a Post-Truth Society.
Nona Schulte-Römer & Brett Mommersteeg: EMF Risk and Hesitation in a Polarised World: Towards a Diplomatic Relativism.

HSR Forum – Economic Experts and Expertise: Dynamic Relations between Academia, Government, and Economy. (Christian Schmidt-Wellenburg & Vincent Gengnagel)

Christian Schmidt-Wellenburg & Vincent Gengnagel: On the Relational Power of Economics: Economists between Academia, Government, and the Economy. An Introduction. [Open Access]

Contributions

Maria Caramez Carlotto: The Neoliberal Turn from a Latin American Perspective: The Expansion of Managerial Knowledge in Brazil as a Cultural Imposition in the Dispute over the State.
Byron Villacis & William Echeverria: The Subordination of Economic Expertise: The Case of the Ecuadorian Dollarization.
Fernán Gaillardou: Rising from the Ashes: The De-Technocratization of Government Economists and the (Re)Emergence of a Heterodox Economic Network in Argentina (2002–2022).
Thierry Rossier & Pierre Benz: Biographical Pathways to Dominance in Scientific Fields. Locating Professors’ Trajectories in the Swiss Field of Economic Sciences.
Rouven Reinke & Laura Porak: On the Nexus of Economic Knowledge Production and Expertise in Policymaking.

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The newest Issue: 50.2 - Empirical Theory of Science / Economic Experts & Expertise

Special Issue – Towards an Empirical Theory of Science? Challenges and (Possible) Standards of Scientific Research Across Disciplines and Cultures. (Hubert Knoblauch, Nina Baur, Silke Steets & Séverine Marguin)

Contributions

HSR Forum – Economic Experts and Expertise: Dynamic Relations between Academia, Government, and Economy. (Christian Schmidt-Wellenburg & Vincent Gengnagel)

Contributions

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