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 […]
The Scottish Referendum: Social Science and National Identity
As the independence vote moves from all-consuming question to historical incident, what are the lessons that Scottish universities and in particular Scottish social scientists should take away?
Do consumers travel across state lines to avoid taxes?
Excise tax on cigarettes can vary greatly from state to state. According to the National Conference of State Legislature, state tax amounts […]
Whither Small Data?
The rapid growth and impact of big data has led some to ponder whether big data might lead to the demise of small data, noted Rob Kitchin in an excerpt from his new book, The Data Revolution. But that ignores the benefits and beauties that small data deliver.
Former Deputy Takes Over Bureau of Economic Analysis
The former deputy director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis has been named to head the federal organization that produces the benchmark […]
SAGE Founder Sara Miller McCune Honored by Bath and Cardiff Universities
We are pleased to extend our warmest congratulations to SAGE Publications’ founder and executive chairman Sara Miller McCune. In June and July […]
Neoliberal Education and Its Discontents in South Korea
What might be the reductio ad absurdum of academic ranking? South Korea might offer a hint, as the ‘spec’ generation focuses on its monetizable skillset –sometimes to the exclusion of most anything else.
Congressional Elections Have Consequences for Social Science
Opposition to the social, behavioral and economic sciences isn’t new. Here, Howard J. Silver recounts an attempt after the 1994 ‘Republican Revolution’ to demolish the National Science Foundation’s SBE directorate.
Neuroscience and Management Skills Development
Advances in neuroscience have taken off in recent years and show no sign of slowing down. But how can these new findings […]
