Description
Social sciences started with the will to achieve the same level of precisions in results as hard sciences. As a result, social sciences have engaged into a prolific debate about research methods, how to conduct research, while in parallel, research tools have become more and more sophisticated. These trends impact how we do research and the relations between theory and practices; how we understand IR; how we reflect upon and engage with previous researches; and how we conceive decision-making. This panel offers to discuss these issues.