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 […]
Peer Review: The ‘Least Worst’ Barrier to Bad Science
Having worked in academia for the past 30 years and currently serving as vice president of the Academy of Science of South Africa, Brenda Wingfield says she believes peer review and the publication process is perhaps more important than ever in this era of ‘fake news’ – and not just for scientists and academics.
Is Academe Now Privileging Click-bait Over Rigor?
Portia Roelofs and Max Gallien cite Bruce Gilley’s defense of colonialism paper published earlier this month to illustrate how deliberately provocative articles have the capacity to hack academia, to privilege clicks and attention over rigor in research.
Political Activism is Not Just for Youngsters
David Canter reviews a new range of studies that shows people can be politically active from childhood to old age
NSF Spotlights Social Science in Dealing with Disaster
A new video from the National Science Foundation concisely emphasizes the role that social science has in preparing for and reacting to natural disasters.
Do Women Count in Economics?
By one estimate of U.S. universities, there are about 300,000 fewer women students in the field of economics than there should be if sexism were not so rampant.
Nominations Sought for 2019 AAPSS’ Moynihan Prize
The American Academy of Political and Social Science welcomes nominations for the 2019 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, with a deadline of October 17 for letters of nomination to be submitted.
Ig Nobel Aside, Our Gambling Research Was No Croc
On the surface studying how gamblers reacted to playing a poker machine while holding a live crocodile sounds, well, silly. But the goal — to learn how to get gamblers to say ‘when’ — is deadly serious business.
Scholars or Cash Cows? What Role Will Foreign Students Play in Post-Brexit Britain?
Brexit and the concurrent increase in jingoism on the street raises questions about the extent to which British universities may continue to be an attractive choice for foreign students. What message should the UK broadcast on this issue?
