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Barry Bosworth, left, and Danny Pfefferman

Pair to Receive Economic Statistics' Shiskin Award

Barry Bosworth, the Robert V. Roosa Chair in International Economics at the Brookings Institution, and Danny Pfeffermann, director of Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, will receive the 2018 Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics.

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Behavioral Science Can Be Used to Win War with Fake News

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently acknowledged his company’s responsibility in helping create the enormous amount of fake news that plagued the 2016 election – after earlier denials. Yet he offered no concrete details on what Facebook could do about it. Fortunately, there’s a way to fight fake news that already exists and has behavioral science on its side: the Pro-Truth Pledge project.

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The Other Dead of 1918

Although it won't see the memorials and centenary events that the World War I Armistice will, it's worth thinking back to the ravages of the 'Spanish flu' of a century ago and the implications that that pandemic of the past has for infections of the future.

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Facets add to the brilliance of diamonds, and a new meta-study finds they also add

Sweating the Small Stuff: It's the Facets of Personality That Reveal Larger Truths

One of the largest meta-analysis conducted in the social sciences: asks what the relationship is between who you are (i.e., personality), your work enjoyment (i.e., job satisfaction) and your happiness (i.e., life satisfaction) to find out whether we need to be happy at work to be happy life. That's not all it found out.

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Bridging the Divide between Psych and Tech Industry

New Panel on May 26 in San Francisco, features four tech titans (Google, Intel, Netflix, Jaunt VR) sharing how they tap into social and behavioral research for the corporate world and discuss best practices for collaborating with academics.

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The Value of Big Data Creation

How do firms transform big data and why do firms differ in their abilities to create value from big data? in a research article that tries to find answers to these questions. Jing Zeng and Keith Glaister find “it is not the data itself, or individual data scientists, that generate value creation opportunities. Rather, value creation occurs through the process of data management."

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Storytelling Boosts Learning in the College Classroom

College professors are always looking for ways to help their students feel more engaged and invested in course material. Storytelling gives context to facts and complex concepts that could otherwise be difficult to grasp. This in turn engages students in the curriculum and improves their retention of the material.

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Microsite Offers Content on Mental Health Awareness

In the latest of its monthly series of interdisciplinary microsites addressing important public issues, SAGE Publishing today is offering free access to academic articles that support Mental Health Awareness Week. The week, sponsored by Britain’s Mental Health Foundation, this year is focused on stress (“Are we coping?”), which the collection covers along with the causes, diagnosis, experien

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John Culberson, a Republican from Houston, Texas, chairs of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science. He's supported NSF funding in the past, but has also voted for the amendment to defund political science research.

Census, NSF See Proposed Funding Increases in 2019

Legislation to fund the National Science Foundation and the Bureau of the Census, among many other U.S. government agencies, in the next fiscal year sailed through its first public hearing today in the House of Representatives.

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The US Professoriat and the Limits of Free Speech

Researches at the University of Florida’s Brechner Center for Freedom of Information have studied the rights of public employees when they speak with the news media. Here, they look specifically at professors at public universities in the United States and find there are broad protections – within limits.

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Reflections of an Activist Scholar: Henry Louis Taylor, Jr.

The University at Buffalo's Henry Louis Taylor, Jr.'s’s role as an activist, as a scholar (“I am an activist turned scholar, not a scholar turned activist”), an urban planner and an historian, are explored in the wake of him receiving the Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award from the Urban Affairs Association.

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SAGE Ocean Speaker Series #2

SAGE Ocean is pleased to announce their 2nd Speaker Series titled "Violence, VR & Video Data - Experimental Research into Violent Events." This second session will see Mark Levine discussing the use of virtual reality to study the behavior of bystanders in violent emergencies.

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- Pair to Receive Economic Statistics' Shiskin Award - Barry Bosworth, the Robert V. Roosa Chair in International Economics at the Brookings Institution, and Danny Pfeffermann, director of Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, will receive the 2018 Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics.... More →
- Behavioral Science Can Be Used to Win War with Fake News - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently acknowledged his company’s responsibility in helping create the enormous amount of fake news that plagued the 2016 election – after earlier denials. Yet he offered no concrete details on what Facebook could do about it. Fortunately, there’s a way to fight fake news that already exists and has behavioral science on its side: the Pro-Truth Pledge project.... More →
- Sweating the Small Stuff: It's the Facets of Personality That Reveal Larger Truths - One of the largest meta-analysis conducted in the social sciences: asks what the relationship is between who you are (i.e., personality), your work enjoyment (i.e., job satisfaction) and your happiness (i.e., life satisfaction) to find out whether we need to be happy at work to be happy life. That's not all it found out.... More →
- The Other Dead of 1918 - Although it won't see the memorials and centenary events that the World War I Armistice will, it's worth thinking back to the ravages of the 'Spanish flu' of a century ago and the implications that that pandemic of the past has for infections of the future.... More →
- Microsite Offers Content on Mental Health Awareness - In the latest of its monthly series of interdisciplinary microsites addressing important public issues, SAGE Publishing today is offering free access to academic articles that support Mental Health Awareness Week. The week, sponsored by Britain’s Mental Health Foundation, this year is focused on stress (“Are we coping?”), which the collection covers along with the causes, diagnosis, experiences and treatment of mental illness, are the content areas represented in the collection.... More →
- The Value of Big Data Creation - How do firms transform big data and why do firms differ in their abilities to create value from big data? in a research article that tries to find answers to these questions. Jing Zeng and Keith Glaister find “it is not the data itself, or individual data scientists, that generate value creation opportunities. Rather, value creation occurs through the process of data management."... More →
- Census, NSF See Proposed Funding Increases in 2019 - Legislation to fund the National Science Foundation and the Bureau of the Census, among many other U.S. government agencies, in the next fiscal year sailed through its first public hearing today in the House of Representatives.... More →
- The US Professoriat and the Limits of Free Speech - Researches at the University of Florida’s Brechner Center for Freedom of Information have studied the rights of public employees when they speak with the news media. Here, they look specifically at professors at public universities in the United States and find there are broad protections – within limits.... More →
- Reflections of an Activist Scholar: Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. - The University at Buffalo's Henry Louis Taylor, Jr.'s’s role as an activist, as a scholar (“I am an activist turned scholar, not a scholar turned activist”), an urban planner and an historian, are explored in the wake of him receiving the Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award from the Urban Affairs Association.... More →
- Washington and Social Science: Could 'Regular Order' in Funding Return? - The House approved several financial services measures, the 21st Century IRS Act, the Taxpayer First Act, and the FAA Reauthorization Act. The House also voted on and failed to adopt a balanced budget Constitutional amendment. The Senate voted to confirm several nominations, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.... More →

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- 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
- Melinda Mills on Sociogenomics February 1, 2018

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