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 […]
As U.S. Appropriations Bill Nears Passage, NSF Expecting 4 Percent Increase in 2022 Budget
As the U.S. Congress nears passage of its fiscal year 2022 spending plan six months behind schedule, it appears the premiere funder […]
What May Await Ukrainian Academics? Expect Exile, Harassment and Censorship
The full extent of the damage on scholars and research from Ukraine will not be known for some time, but predictions are grim.
Listening to the Lessons of the Swedish Music Market
The quick pace of change and the establishment of new industry actors inspired the authors to ask: what is driving service innovation and digitalization in the Swedish music market and how can we understand service in this context?
Bill Edgar on Core Competences and the Importance of Long-Form Presentation
The first SAGE Open Long Form monograph, “Corporate Core Competencies’ Essence, Contexts, Discovery, and Future: A Call to Action for Executives and Researchers,” has now been released. It discusses how even though researchers and managers value and even extol the importance of core competencies, they often present “a sprawling, even fragmented picture of core competencies’ essence and contribution.”
UK’s Academy of Social Sciences Names 47 Fellows for Spring 2022
On March 1 Britain’s Academy of Social Sciences conferred fellowships on 47 social scientists selected through an independent peer review.
New Statement Supports Academic Inquiry by Actors Both On and Off Campus
More than 90 organizations based in higher education, ranging from the American Council on Education and American Association of University Professors to the Yes We Must Coalition and EDUCAUSE, have signed a statement supporting “academic inquiry and debate” on American campuses.
A Reflection: Vanguard Projects as Intermediation Spaces in Sustainability Transitions
The climate crisis cannot be divorced from the study of projects. New scholars should embrace this cross-disciplinary way of thinking, especially as shifting policies have impacted project conceptualization.
Richard Heller: Universities Should Be Digital and Distributed
In his new book, Richard Heller proposes a model he calls the distributed university – that is, a university that distributes education online to where it is needed.
