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The Conscience of the Racially Conscious: Ambalavener Sivanandan, 1923-2018

Ambalavener Sivanandan, a former bank manager and then librarian who became an award-winning novelist and one of Britain’s foremost political thinkers on race, will be honored this Saturday at London’s Red Lion Square.

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ESRC 2018 Impact Prizes Range from Sex to Slavery

Researchers whose work has made a real difference to society or the economy, ranging from detailing the true numbers of modern slavery to transforming how we teach about sexuality, were celebrated at the ESRC’s sixth annual Impact Prize awards ceremony at the Royal Society on today.

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ESRC Impact Prize Ceremony this Wednesday

The winners of the annual ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize will be announced Wednesday in an afternoon ceremony at the Royal Society. The Impact awards, now in their sixth year, are awarded to ESRC-funded social science researchers or ESRC associates who have achieved impact through outstanding research, collaborative partnerships, engagement or knowledge exchange activities.

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Cheryl Poth on the Nexus of Methodologies

Attending a workshop conducted by John Creswell changed Cheryl Poth's academic trajectory, confirming an earlier epiphany that purely quantitative approaches weren't telling the whole story that methodology can reveal. A decade and half later, Poth -joined Creswell to craft a fourth edition of his venerable "Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design.".

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John Creswell on the Value of the Qualitative Approach

The the Textbook & Academic Authors Association has awarded the fourth edition of "Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design" its longevity award. In recognition of that, we talk with John Creswell, who has been behind the beloved book since its debut in the 1990s.

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Student Advocacy Summit 2018

A companion to the inaugural S|GNS Summit, the Student Advocacy Summit will focus on preparing activists for the future. Hosted in Chicago from July 7-8, the summit will be open to all individuals age 13-25 and feature conversations, skill-building, and activities that will empower students.

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S|GNS Summit 2018

The S|GNS Summit aims to foster meaningful engagement between science and society while empowering a global community of science supporters in service of equitable and effective science and evidence-based policy. Hosted in Chicago on July 6-8.

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Business-Academic Collaboration Remains Vigilant on Research Funding

Funding for basic research, visas for scholars from outside the United States, and streamlining regulations that get in the way of research are areas of concern for a consortium of business and academic interests that annually reviews the state of American government's commitment to innovation.

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Academia to be Accountable for Sustainable Finance

The academic world has the power to transform events in redefining its social mission, by responding to this highly ambitious EU action plan with the emergence of courses that match the expectations not only of businesses but, above all, society.

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Environmental Sustainability Begins at Home

David Canter reviews results of studies on the challenges of sustaining natural resources.

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Building a Foundation on Solid Evidence

Ziyad Marar, the president of global publishing for SAGE, explains how SAGE's values and its mission "to build bridges to knowledge" overlap with the intent of the United Kingdom's Evidence Week, which takes place later this June.

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Six Principles for Scientists Seeking Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure

The negative consequences of relying too heavily on metrics to assess research quality are well known, potentially fostering practices harmful to scientific research such as p-hacking, salami science, or selective reporting. To address this systemic problem, Florian Naudet, and collegues present six principles for assessing scientists for hiring, promotion, and tenure.

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- The Conscience of the Racially Conscious: Ambalavener Sivanandan, 1923-2018 - Ambalavener Sivanandan, a former bank manager and then librarian who became an award-winning novelist and one of Britain’s foremost political thinkers on race, will be honored this Saturday at London’s Red Lion Square.... More →
- ESRC 2018 Impact Prizes Range from Sex to Slavery - Researchers whose work has made a real difference to society or the economy, ranging from detailing the true numbers of modern slavery to transforming how we teach about sexuality, were celebrated at the ESRC’s sixth annual Impact Prize awards ceremony at the Royal Society on today.... More →
- ESRC Impact Prize Ceremony this Wednesday - The winners of the annual ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize will be announced Wednesday in an afternoon ceremony at the Royal Society. The Impact awards, now in their sixth year, are awarded to ESRC-funded social science researchers or ESRC associates who have achieved impact through outstanding research, collaborative partnerships, engagement or knowledge exchange activities.... More →
- Business-Academic Collaboration Remains Vigilant on Research Funding - Funding for basic research, visas for scholars from outside the United States, and streamlining regulations that get in the way of research are areas of concern for a consortium of business and academic interests that annually reviews the state of American government's commitment to innovation.... More →
- Academia to be Accountable for Sustainable Finance - The academic world has the power to transform events in redefining its social mission, by responding to this highly ambitious EU action plan with the emergence of courses that match the expectations not only of businesses but, above all, society.... More →
- Environmental Sustainability Begins at Home - David Canter reviews results of studies on the challenges of sustaining natural resources.... More →
- Building a Foundation on Solid Evidence - Ziyad Marar, the president of global publishing for SAGE, explains how SAGE's values and its mission "to build bridges to knowledge" overlap with the intent of the United Kingdom's Evidence Week, which takes place later this June.... More →
- Six Principles for Scientists Seeking Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure - The negative consequences of relying too heavily on metrics to assess research quality are well known, potentially fostering practices harmful to scientific research such as p-hacking, salami science, or selective reporting. To address this systemic problem, Florian Naudet, and collegues present six principles for assessing scientists for hiring, promotion, and tenure.... More →
- Report: Math Skills Increasingly Important for Social Science Grads - A new report from Britain’s Campaign for Social Science, Positive Prospects: Careers for Social Scientists and Why Data and Number Skills Matter, argues that at least for the social sciences, graduates in the United Kingdom can find work and will make as much as the body of physical science and technology graduates that are held up as the most marketable.... More →
- How Social Media Was Cited in Impact Case Studies? - In their previous Impact Blog post, Katy Jordan and Mark Carrigan considered whether institutions have invested too much hope in social media as a solution to the problem of demonstrating research impact. Here they report on research analyzing how social media was cited in impact case studies submitted to the UK’s REF 2014.... More →

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- Celia Heyes on Cognitive Gadgets June 1, 2018
- Alison Liebling on Successful Prisons May 1, 2018
- David Spiegelhalter on Communicating Statistics April 2, 2018
- Sander van der Linden on Viral Altruism March 1, 2018

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