Archives for 2019

Do Academics Themselves Undermine Freedom of Expression?
Higher Education Reform
November 21, 2019

Do Academics Themselves Undermine Freedom of Expression?

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Book Review: Writing a Watertight Thesis
Bookshelf
November 20, 2019

Book Review: Writing a Watertight Thesis

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Why is Inequality Bad?
Interdisciplinarity
November 20, 2019

Why is Inequality Bad?

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Junior Scientists are Often Underused as Peer Reviewers
Higher Education Reform
November 20, 2019

Junior Scientists are Often Underused as Peer Reviewers

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COPE Report Explores Publication Issues in HSS

COPE Report Explores Publication Issues in HSS

A new report from the Committee on Publication Ethics, or COPE, offers an intriguing way to look at the differences between academic disciplines: what do journal editors routinely identify as struggles?

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Opportunity: COSSA Seeking Nominations for 2020 Impact Award

Opportunity: COSSA Seeking Nominations for 2020 Impact Award

COSSA is now seeking nominations for the 2020 COSSA Public Impact Award. If you know of individuals, groups, or organizations that are using social and behavioral science research to affect real change in society, consider nominating them!

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The Power of Nunchi and the Making of a Self-Help Fad

The Power of Nunchi and the Making of a Self-Help Fad

With a little luck, nunchi — billed as ‘the Korean secret to happiness,’ might just become the next mindfulness, spawning a decade-defining self-help trend and sparking a lasting media debate.

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Analysis: Indonesia Needs Quality Research to Inform Policy-Making

Analysis: Indonesia Needs Quality Research to Inform Policy-Making

Our study, Doing Research Assessment, shows Indonesian policy-making is predominantly informed by research with poor theoretical engagement, with no strong tradition of peer review and with legal threats to academic freedom.

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Free Resource: MethodSpace Webinar

Free Resource: MethodSpace Webinar

Method Space is hosting a free webinar about the book-writing/publishing process in full, from acquisition to publication. Make sure to register before November 14th!

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Why Social Science? Because It Can Improve the Lives of Those Who Serve Our Country

Why Social Science? Because It Can Improve the Lives of Those Who Serve Our Country

While considerations of the impact of science and the military often focuses on weaponry, social science has also contributed to the lives of the warriors themselves. Here, Leanne Knobloch and Steven Wilson outline four specific contributions on this Veterans’ Day.

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Life Scientist Sudip Parikh to Head AAAS

Life Scientist Sudip Parikh to Head AAAS

Life scientist Sudip Parikh has been tapped to head the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the organization announced last week. He will be the 19th chief executive the AAAS, the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society, has had in its 171 years.

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RSS’s Hetan Shah Tapped to Head British Academy

RSS’s Hetan Shah Tapped to Head British Academy

Professor Hetan Shah, who has headed the Royal Statistical Society for the last eight years, has been named to lead the British […]

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