Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
My social science career: Interview with Mike Hogg
As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading behavioral and social scientist Mike Hogg, Professor of Social Psychology at Claremont Graduate University, spoke to socialsciencespace about his career and influences in social science.
Soft Budget Constraints and Predatory States
Mehrdad Vahabi, University of Paris 8, published “Soft Budget Constraints and Predatory States” on February 3rd, 2012 in the Review of Radical Political […]
Recognizing Leadership at a Distance
Peter D. Harms, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Guohong Han and Huaiyu Chen, both of Youngstown State University, published “Recognizing Leadership at a Distance: A […]
Weekly Overview of Social Science News
Nature.com weighs in on rewards and punishments, an organizational psychologist looks at the financial industry, and more in this week of Social Science News.
Leadership in an Academic Setting: A View From the Top
Thomas A. Wright and Andrew J. Wefald, all of Kansas State University, published “Leadership in an Academic Setting: A View From the Top” […]
What Impact Have Smartphones Had on the Tourist Experience?
Dan Wang, Temple University, Sangwon Park, University of Surrey, and Daniel R. Fesenmaier, Temple University, published “The Role of Smartphones in Mediating the Touristic […]
Global Sociology Without a Global Audience
I find it ironic that interesting current debates about sociology’s Eurocentrism and calls for a more truly global sociology take place in journals and books that are likely to be inaccessible at many, many universities around the world.
social science sites of the week
Syria- Referendum – Centre for Research on Direct Democracy (c2d)Located at the University of Zurich. This specialist centre focuses upon research relating […]
