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638 thinkers
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Oxford institute publishing the Digital News Report on news trust, platforms, and media use.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Oxford institute publishing the Digital News Report on news trust, platforms, and media use.
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Richard Gott
Journalist and historian of Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuelan politics.
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Richard Gott
Journalist and historian of Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuelan politics.
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Richard J. Blackwell
Philosopher of science reading Galileo, Bellarmine, and biblical interpretation under pressure.
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Richard J. Blackwell
Philosopher of science reading Galileo, Bellarmine, and biblical interpretation under pressure.
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Richard Lyman Bushman
Historian of early Mormonism, Joseph Smith, and the cultural formation of Latter-day Saint community.
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Richard Lyman Bushman
Historian of early Mormonism, Joseph Smith, and the cultural formation of Latter-day Saint community.
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Richard Nisbett
Social psychologists of person perception, situational attribution, and the limits of intuitive psychology.
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Richard Nisbett
Social psychologists of person perception, situational attribution, and the limits of intuitive psychology.
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Richard P. Feynman
Physicist whose Challenger appendix modeled public technical judgment under institutional pressure.
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Richard P. Feynman
Physicist whose Challenger appendix modeled public technical judgment under institutional pressure.
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Richard S Lazarus
Psychologist of stress appraisal—how perception of threat and coping resources shapes physiological and social response.
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Richard S Lazarus
Psychologist of stress appraisal—how perception of threat and coping resources shapes physiological and social response.
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Richard Salomon
Epigrapher guiding the study of Indian inscriptions as historical sources.
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Richard Salomon
Epigrapher guiding the study of Indian inscriptions as historical sources.
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Richard Sennett
Sociologist of craftsmanship, cooperation, and how skill and mutual regard sustain complex work.
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Richard Sennett
Sociologist of craftsmanship, cooperation, and how skill and mutual regard sustain complex work.
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Robert A Dahl
Political theorist of democracy, polyarchy, and power distributions in modern states.
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Robert A Dahl
Political theorist of democracy, polyarchy, and power distributions in modern states.
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Robert B. Cialdini
Social psychologists studying focus theory of normative conduct and situational influence on behavior.
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Robert B. Cialdini
Social psychologists studying focus theory of normative conduct and situational influence on behavior.
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Robert C Martin
Software craftsman and author on clean code, SOLID principles, and professional responsibility in engineering.
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Robert C Martin
Software craftsman and author on clean code, SOLID principles, and professional responsibility in engineering.
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Robert D Putnam
Political scientist of social capital, civic participation, and the fraying of community bonds in modern societies.
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Robert D Putnam
Political scientist of social capital, civic participation, and the fraying of community bonds in modern societies.
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Robert E Cole
Sociologist of quality movements, Japanese manufacturing culture, and institutional learning in production systems.
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Robert E Cole
Sociologist of quality movements, Japanese manufacturing culture, and institutional learning in production systems.
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Robert Eno
Sinologist on the Mandate of Heaven and early Chinese historiography's moral grammar.
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Robert Eno
Sinologist on the Mandate of Heaven and early Chinese historiography's moral grammar.
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Robert J Shiller
Economist of narrative economics—how contagious stories move markets and collective expectations.
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Robert J Shiller
Economist of narrative economics—how contagious stories move markets and collective expectations.
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Robert Jervis
Political scientist of misperception, security dilemmas, and how states infer intent from ambiguous signals.
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Robert Jervis
Political scientist of misperception, security dilemmas, and how states infer intent from ambiguous signals.
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Robert K Merton
Sociologist of unintended consequences, bureaucracy, and the normative structure of science.
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Robert K Merton
Sociologist of unintended consequences, bureaucracy, and the normative structure of science.
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Robert K. Englund
Assyriologist specializing in archaic cuneiform bookkeeping and proto-literate administration.
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Robert K. Englund
Assyriologist specializing in archaic cuneiform bookkeeping and proto-literate administration.
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Robert M. Randall
Editors of ethnographic and historical studies relevant to Mormon and American religious experience.
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Robert M. Randall
Editors of ethnographic and historical studies relevant to Mormon and American religious experience.
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Robert Michels
Sociologist of the iron law of oligarchy—how democratic organizations tend toward leadership concentration.
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Robert Michels
Sociologist of the iron law of oligarchy—how democratic organizations tend toward leadership concentration.
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Robin Alexander
German journalist analyzing Merkel's refugee-policy decisions and the politics of being driven by events.
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Robin Alexander
German journalist analyzing Merkel's refugee-policy decisions and the politics of being driven by events.
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Roderick MacFarquhar
Historians of Mao's China drawing on archival sources for everyday life under radical campaigns.
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Roderick MacFarquhar
Historians of Mao's China drawing on archival sources for everyday life under radical campaigns.
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Roger Fisher
Negotiation theorists of principled bargaining, interests versus positions, and Getting to Yes.
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Roger Fisher
Negotiation theorists of principled bargaining, interests versus positions, and Getting to Yes.