Social, Behavioral Scientists Eligible to Apply for NSF S-STEM Grants
Solicitations are now being sought for the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, and in an unheralded […]
Does Australia’s Nudge Unit Need Its Own Nudge?
Evidence shows that the Australian government’s ‘nudge unit’ may be the wrong way to address major problems like inequality, argue Andrew Frain and Randal Tame.
Anti-Intellectualism and the Rise of the British Right
Largely missing from the debate about the growth of alt-right-ish movements and cultural currents, argues our Daniel Nehring, is sustained engagement with the consequences of the shifts that are currently underway in education.
What Does Research Say About Race, Diversity, Acceptance, and Hate?
This free collection of content from SAGE Publishing provides context in the wake of pivotal events, such as the deadly protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, that highlight the societal fault lines in the U.S. and across the globe.
Carrying the Torch For a Classic Political Science Text
An award that honors enduring contribution from a political science text this year has gone to ‘ Politics in the American States.’
UK HE: Markets Are Good for Everyone – Except Academics….
So if markets are truly good for English higher education, as many seem to think, should we follow that train of thought to its logical conclusions?
A Parent of Evaluation: Daniel Stufflebeam, 1936-2017
One of the founding fathers of the field of evaluation, Daniel L. Stufflebeam of Western Michigan University, has died at age 80.
Greece’s Honest Statistician Pays Price for Ethics
In a case that outrages statisticians and partisans of good government, a Greek appeals court has convicted the former president of the Hellenic Statistical Authority of violation of duty for his actions in recalculating national statistics and showing that Greece’s financial situation was much more dire than had been advertised.
Al Roth on Matching Markets
In this Social Science Bites podcast, Nobel laureate economist Al Roth explains to interview David Edmonds some of the ins and outs of market matching, giving a wealth of real-world examples.
