
The Two Faces of Technology—What’s Behind the Love/Hate Relationship?
Technology is here to stay, and the authors argue that now is a crucial time for understanding what is really going on “under the hood” of technology.
1 year agoA space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social and behavioral scientists
Technology is here to stay, and the authors argue that now is a crucial time for understanding what is really going on “under the hood” of technology.
1 year agoFor all sorts of reasons, our article “A Design Thinking Approach to Teaching Sustainability” should not have been written. This […]
1 year agoPolitical scientists Monika McDermott and David Jones help readers understand why further restrictions never pass, despite a majority of Americans supporting tighter gun control laws.
1 year agoThe current convention that envisions the manuscript as a self-contained universe produces a range of negative consequences extending beyond papers’ obscene length: many scholars seem to cite papers based on their abstracts or even title alone; reviewing literature takes lots of time; noncore research communities are badly served; new requirements on research transparency and openness are difficult to meet; and, finally, our papers are not particularly enjoyable to read.
1 year agoThe United States has formally established the Advanced Research Project Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, as an independent entity within the National Institutes of Health. Anthropologist Adam H. Russell will head the new agency as acting deputy director
1 year agoIn this second response to Ziyad Marar’s thought piece “On Measuring Social Science Impact” from Organizational Studies, Anne-Wil Harzing, professor of international management and staff development lead at Middlesex University Business School, sets the stage for further discussion by defining impact in terms of progressing scientific knowledge, developing critical thinking, and addressing societal problems.
1 year ago“It’s very hard,” explains Sir Lawrence Freedman, “to motivate people when they’re going backwards.”
1 year agoLoren Henderson describes her work with BarBara Scott as part of a small body of descriptive research, mostly by researchers of color, countering negativity and victim-blaming in earlier studies of Black families.
1 year agoThe answer may seem obvious, yet empirical evidence is often mixed as to whether the racial composition of a firm’s board of directors influences corporate decisions.
1 year agoJewish American Heritage Month occurs every May in the United States.
1 year agoNew data from the WHO show that during the pandemic’s first two years, Sweden had half the excess death rate of the UK, Germany or Spain – and a quarter of the excess death rate of many countries in Eastern Europe.
1 year agoAuthors Marc Cowling, Paul Nightingale, Nick Wilson, and Marek Kacer find “everything researched and written about COVID-19 in whatever context […]
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