An insightful webinar hosted by Research Information took place on November 29, focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in […]

The aim of peer review for research grants and academic hiring boards is to provide expert independent judgement on the quality of research proposals and candidates. Based on findings from a recent survey, Liv Langfeldt, Dag W. Aksnes and Ingvild Reymert, find metrics continue to play a significant role in shaping these decisions, especially for reviewers who are highly ranked themselves.

How will climate change affect where – and how – we live? Join an expert panel of demographers as they […]

The many impacts the pandemic has had on children, adolescents, and adults, including those diagnosed with a mental illness before […]

Robert Dingwall asks if claims about the effectiveness of face masks in stopping COVID consistent with current standards of research integrity.

Britain’s Academy of Social Sciences has named 75 social scientists from the academic, public, private and third sectors as Fellows […]

Everyone – from ordinary citizens to journalists reporting on big issues and researchers trying to communicate their findings – should accept that science changes, and behave accordingly

The authors of a new paper in ‘Management Learning’ believe that a reflexive relationship to their identities produces liberating forms of knowledge, which in turn seems to lie at the heart of transforming how they teach.

Distrust of atheists is strong in the United States. The General Social Survey consistently demonstrates that as a group, Americans […]

Professor Dan A. Segal responds to criticisms in an earlier Social Science Space article and argues that his stance on the BDS movement is consistent with academic freedom.

A collection of prominent American-based “scholars of democracy” – the majority of them political scientists – have signed a statement in support of the Freedom to Vote Act.

Anything may be justified in the name of biosecurity, suggests an alarmed Robert Dingwall. This emotional manipulation spills into the wider worlds of politics, science and, indeed, sociology.