Archives for March, 2015

Preserving SBE Funding — A No-Brainer?
Academic Funding
March 31, 2015

Preserving SBE Funding — A No-Brainer?

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Two Mentors and a Senate Legacy
Academic Funding
March 31, 2015

Two Mentors and a Senate Legacy

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Campaigning for Social Science: Public Sociology and ‘Public Sociologists’
Higher Education Reform
March 29, 2015

Campaigning for Social Science: Public Sociology and ‘Public Sociologists’

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What a Half-Baked News Article Tells Us About Explaining Research
Communication
March 27, 2015

What a Half-Baked News Article Tells Us About Explaining Research

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Book Review: Who’s Afraid of Academic Freedom?

Book Review: Who’s Afraid of Academic Freedom?

Seventeen essays from distinguished scholars take on the conceptual issues surrounding the idea of freedom of inquiry and consider a variety of obstacles to such inquiry that they have encountered in their personal and professional experience. Opening a discussion on academic freedom and the place of the academy in society is a timely effort, writes Justine Seran.

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Round-up of Social Science Research

Round-up of Social Science Research

The following articles are drawn from SAGE Insight, which spotlights research published in SAGE’s more than 800 journals. The articles linked below are free […]

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A Marketplace of Ideas? Yes. A Market? No

A Marketplace of Ideas? Yes. A Market? No

Research and teaching have never been free from external constraints and public universities have long been expected to justify the resources society devotes to them. But universities feel threatened and increasingly incapable of fulfilling their primary functions.

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Social Science in the News

Social Science in the News

Race to remain important variable in social science research, says Saifuddin – Bernama The Malaysian Insider Race will continue to be an […]

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White House Seeks Second Slate of Social Science Experts

White House Seeks Second Slate of Social Science Experts

Pleased with its debut team of social and behavioral scientists working to make federal policy better, the White House is seeking more members for its version of a ‘nudge’ unit. The deadline to apply is April 12.

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John Brewer on C. Wright Mills

John Brewer on C. Wright Mills

C. Wright Mills was one of the most important sociologists of the 20th century. He believed that sociology could change people’s lives, and that sociologists, far from being neutral, should help bring about such change, and his ideas would fuel ‘60s counter-culture. In this Social Science Bites podcast, John Brewer reveals the full man behind the icon.

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A Modest Proposal: Cap the Right to Ask for Grants

A Modest Proposal: Cap the Right to Ask for Grants

They take forever to write and the rejection rate is high. To save all that wasted effort, what if we capped the number of grants that an individual, or perhaps an institution, could submit …?

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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, Consider Research Ethics

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, Consider Research Ethics

Imagine an ethics review system where the researcher’s proposal is read by an ‘ethics jury’ of four to six researchers drawn, as in legal juries, from the academic population at large, suggests Australia’s Gigi Foster.

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