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 […]
AERA Names 24 to 2023 Fellows Cohort
Twenty-four scholars from across the United States (and one from Norway) have been selected for the latest cohort of fellows for the […]
Webinar: Community Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic
The headlines come fast and furious – more than a million Americans dead of overdoses since the year 2000, nearly one in […]
Why is it So Hard to Address Racism and Islamophobia in France?
In France, organizations wishing to combat racism and Islamophobia must do so within a challenging “colorblind” context.
Loet Leydesdorff, 1948-2023: Tackling the Thickets of Innovation and Scientometrics
Loet Leydesdorff, a sociologist and communications scholar who found academic fame for his work in developing scientometrics and the “triple helix” model of innovation, has died.
Webinar: Teaching Computational Social Science
Two European experts on data-driven research in the social sciences will headline a webinar later this month hosted by Social Science Space sister site Methodspace. The webinar, “Teaching Computational Social Science,” will offer practical tips to improve instructional practice or guidance with student researchers.
Has Digital Open Access Made Book Chapters Comparable to Academic Journals?
Chapters in books are, thanks to digital open access, once again rivalling journal articles in their visibility to academic communities, their usefulness as teaching resources and in their ability to tackle innovative and state of-the-art topics.
CASBS Names 37 Scholars and Practitioners to 2023-24 Fellows Class
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University has named 37 scholars and practitioners to its 2023-24 fellows class.
Medium and Short-term Recommendations to Move Forward on Measuring Social Impact
In the concluding article from their measuring impact in the business field series, Usha Haley and Andrew Jack ask: Who does this system of research benefit, and how do we throw a wider net?
