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 […]
Trans Linguistic Activism is About Asking for Basic Respect from Others
Making self-identification an everyday practice is one of trans activism’s most visible recent victories, particularly on campuses, and language is at the center of that change.
Let’s Define ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’
Looking at the entirety of what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021, it’s clear that there was both legitimate protest and illegitimate political violence. When political violence replaces political discourse, and when political leaders refuse to play by the democratic rules of the game, democracies weaken, and may even die.
Federal Fraud Hunters on Their Symbiosis with Social Science
We interviewed two officials at the U.S. Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery to talk about their thoughts on the importance of the social sciences in government oversight.
Paradoxical Leadership + Toxic Leaders = Paratoxical Leadership
When employees are given conflicting demands, the resulting dilemma leaved them damned if they do, and doomed if they don’t.
Participatory Peace-Building Program Wins ESRC Impact Prize
Improbable Dialogues, which works on peace-building initiatives in Colombia, was announced winner of the Outstanding Societal Impact award from the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2021.
Post-Merger Integration: It’s All About Positive Emotions, Isn’t It?
The alignment of systems, processes and structures all pose challenges in a merger, but these seem small in comparison to the integration of people.
A Look Inside the Team that Safeguards Trillions in COVID Relief Spending
The focus of these special inspector general offices is to not only keep a watchful eye on the trillions of dollars flowing from Washington to families and business across the country, but to also prevent and deter people defrauding the federal government and thus the tax-paying American public.
Pub-Test Folly: Why We Quit Australia’s ARC College of Experts
Two members of the Australian Research Council College of Experts explain why a political veto of several expert-vetted grants led them to resign from the advisory panel.
