Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
What Can Game Theory Tell Us About Ukraine War Negotiations?
Game theory is the formal study of strategic choices between two sides. It’s useful to decision makers because it can illustrate the range of options open to combatants within a given crisis, and also map the likely “wins and losses” strategically decided upon by the parties involved. The challenge is applying a hypothetical spectrum to the range of passive and aggressive options, and their consequences in Ukraine today.
NIST Report: There’s More to AI Bias Than Biased Data
According to NIST’s Reva Schwartz, bias manifests itself not only in artificial intelligence algorithms and the data used to train them, but also in the societal context in which AI systems are used.
The Science Media Centre at 20
The UK’s Science Media Centre (SMC) is an internationally admired, and occasionally emulated, model for facilitating interactions between the science community and […]
Does Your Data Suffer from Common Method Variance?
In this post, authors Brian K. Miller and Marcia J. Simmering reflect on their recent research article, Attitude Toward the Color Blue: […]
Connecting Social Science And Policy: A View from Nigeria
Good social science research has ultimate social relevance. In Nigeria, however, the authors’ study shows that research evidence and policies are disconnected.
Nominations Sought for US National Medal of Science Candidates
The National Science Foundation is is accepting nominations for the U.S. National Medal of Science until May 20 and a webinar on March 30 will provide tips for submitting nominations.
CASBS Names 36 Scholars to its Newest Class of Fellows
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University named its 2022-23 fellows class, comprising 36 scholars representing 17 U.S. institutions and 12 international institutions and programs.
A Political Scientist Looks at Black Women Judges Who Blazed Trail for Ketanji Brown Jackson
Supreme Count=rt nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s rise is, in part, due to the work of those women and Black men – and to Black women judges dating back almost a century.
