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 […]
Ukraine-Focused Researchers at Risk Fellowships Program Receives Additional Funding
More money to help Ukrainian academics is being allocated to the Researchers at Risk Fellowship scheme in the United Kingdom.
The Journal Citation Reports 2022 Are Out. What Do They Mean for Sociology?
One way or another, the Journal Citation Reports today play an outsized role in determining whose careers thrive and whose careers whither and which journals flourish or fade away.
Emancipating Women
In this post, Holly Slay Ferraro, an associate professor in the Villanova School of Business and Academic Director for DEI Research and […]
King Canute and the Cult of Zero Infection
The humility of King Canute in the face of nature is worth recalling as a check on the enthusiasm for zero-infection. It is a fine-sounding slogan but do we really want to live in a society where everything else is sacrificed to this goal?
A Time and Space for Climate Change in Business and Society Research
Most academic research on climate change at the nexus of business and society supports a view that the best agenda is enlightened business-as-usual. The authors suggest real progress needs to account for the flow of time and primacy of place.
Ellen Peters on Numeracy
A lack of ability of numbers is a serious issue in the world, in particular in the developed world, says Ellen Peters. And she’s trying to do something about that.
What Does Inclusion Actually Mean?
What does it actually mean for an organization to be inclusive? The authors of this post offer suggestions and context for organizations trying to answer that question.
