Archives for August, 2015

Simple But Powerful Solutions to Education’s Thorniest Problems
PIBBS
August 31, 2015

Simple But Powerful Solutions to Education’s Thorniest Problems

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Gerald Zaltman on New Marketing Science for Hospitality Practitioners
Business and Management INK
August 31, 2015

Gerald Zaltman on New Marketing Science for Hospitality Practitioners

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Social Science in the News
News
August 28, 2015

Social Science in the News

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The Banality of Terrorism
International Debate
August 28, 2015

The Banality of Terrorism

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Did the REF Ultimately Measure Who Got Most Grant Money?

Did the REF Ultimately Measure Who Got Most Grant Money?

If the funding allocated to universities on the basis of the REF is correlated to the amount of grant income universities already receive, what is the point of the output assessment process? Jon Clayden suggests this apparent double-counting exercise is not the best we can do.

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Family Business Review Seeks Proposals for Second Review Issue

Family Business Review Seeks Proposals for Second Review Issue

Family Business Review is currently accepting proposals for their second Review Issue. The goal of the Review Issue is to provide a […]

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We Found Only a Third of Top-Drawer Psych Studies Reliable

We Found Only a Third of Top-Drawer Psych Studies Reliable

A small but vocal contingent of researchers has maintained that many, perhaps most, published studies are wrong. But how bad is this problem, exactly? And what features make a study more or less likely to turn out to be true? A team of 270 researchers asked the question of published psychology studies.

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Life Itself is One Big Exercise of the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Life Itself is One Big Exercise of the Prisoner’s Dilemma

The professor whose use of the ‘prisoner’s dilemma’ in his class went viral here explains how that same piece of game theory can help bridge liberal and conservative differences.

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SSRC Offers 2016 Dissertation Development Fellowships

SSRC Offers 2016 Dissertation Development Fellowships

The Social Science Research Council’s Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program is an interdisciplinary training program that helps early-stage doctoral students in the […]

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Restoring Self-Worth Encourages Healthy Behaviors

Restoring Self-Worth Encourages Healthy Behaviors

How can we convince people to heed warning labels and other public health campaigns? A paper in the journal ‘Policy Insights from the Brain and Behavioral Sciences’ suggests we focus on self-affirmation.

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Become an Ask for Evidence Ambassador

Become an Ask for Evidence Ambassador

Sense About Science is recruiting six ambassadors to represent the Ask for Evidence campaign and give talks to different groups across society. […]

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A Primer for the Beginning Peer Reviewer

A Primer for the Beginning Peer Reviewer

The first time you’re asked to write a peer review, it can seem like confirmation that you are no longer an academic poseur but a real member of the club. Then the realization that you’ve never written a peer review sets in. Here are some tips on taking that initial step.

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