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 […]
Editormetrics – We’ve Created a FAIR Dataset of Journal Editors to Benefit Researchers
There is little available information about aggregate patterns of scholarly journal editorships. This may change soon, as Andreas Nishikawa-Pacher writes, thanks to a novel dataset created in collaboration with Kerstin Shoch and Tamara Heck that provides new insights into the landscape of journal editing.
Misunderstanding Markets – the Failure of UK Economic Policy
Have sociologists better understood some of Adam Smith’s cautions than have economists?
From Crisis to Change: Why Bad News Can Be Good News
Can bad news about companies be good news for them? How should companies turn crisis management to change management?
Julia O’Connell Davidson on the Hope and the Hypocrisy of Addressing ‘Modern Slavery’
An interview with Sociologist Julia O’Connell Davidson, who has long examined the various components of exploitation and violence that often get lumped into the catch-all term of outrage, ‘modern slavery.’
Bruno Latour, 1947-2022: France’s Least Understood Philosopher
Bruno Latour, “France’s most famous and least understood philosopher,” died of pancreatic cancer in Paris on October 9, 2022. He was 75.
Latest MacArthur Cohort Includes Four Working in Social Sciences
Four scholars working in the social and behavioral sciences were among the 25 luminaries named fellows of the MacArthur Foundation earlier this week.
New Initiative Takes Aim at Sexual Misconduct During Scientific Fieldwork
A young — and growing — organization is trying to adapt sexual harassment trainings to the field. Does it work?
Responsible Business Education Awards Seek to Honor Business Impacts
The Financial Times is inviting business school students and faculty members to enter 2023 Responsible Business Education Awards. Those interested may enter until October 28.
