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 […]
Environmental Sociologist Connects Permaculture and Climate Justice
A potential antidote to harmful monocultures is a form of community farming invented back in the 1970s: permaculture. Permaculture is not just about farming; it incorporates economic and social principles.
Does the Business Model for Academic Publishing Promote Scholarly Progress?
The the latest Questions & Unanswers About Social Innovation seminar series put on by the Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation examined if the business model of academic publishing helps or hinders scholarly progress.
SSRC Launches $10 Million Project to Combat Health Misinformation
In the wake of the pandemic of suspect “facts” shared about COVID-19, social and behavioral scientists from around the world are encouraged […]
British Academy Series looks at W.E.B. Du Bois
The British Academy, as part of its Thinkers for Our Time series of public talks, will examine the legacy of the pioneering […]
When Academic Freedom Proves a One-Way Street
How sweeping should academic freedom be? Should someone who fought their own battle to preserve put conditions on what they would offer to others?
A Behind the Scenes Look at an Award-Winning Paper on Entrepreneurship
What goes into making an exceptional academic article? In this interview, the editor-in-chief and an associate editor of the journal Human Relations ask that of Helene Ahl and Susan Marlow, authors of the journal’s official 2021 article of the year. In “Exploring the false promise of entrepreneurship thro
Women and Leadership: Navigating Pathways to Success
Women continue to be underutilized and underrepresented in senior-decision making roles, notes Shezadi Khushal as she explains lessons she drew from the book ‘Women and Leadership.’
Bioethicists are Supposed to Stand Up for Bodily Autonomy in the Pandemic. Why Aren’t They?
“A leading association of bioethicists has come squarely behind the idea of mandated vaccination. A statement issued by the Association of Bioethics […]
