Sociologist Alondra Nelson, who until last year was deputy (and at times acting) director of the White House Office of Science and […]

David Canter considers the parallels between religious beliefs, and cults, with  those followers of  ex-President Trump who have a faith that he can be considered God-like.

This year’s Nobel memorial prize in economics has gone to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and […]

Just in time for this past summer’s reading list, in May 2024 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (technically, […]

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, ISR will host a free […]

This webinar will delve into the crucial aspects of safety culture and risk abatement across four key industries: healthcare, mine safety, offshore […]

With over 50 countries around the world holding major elections during 2024 it has been a hugely significant year for democracy as […]

When scientists make important discoveries, both big and small, they typically publish their findings in scientific journals for others to read. This […]

The relationship between citizens and their criminal justice systems comes down to just that – relationships. And those relations generally start with […]

Kate Winslet’s biopic of Lee Miller, the pioneering woman war photographer, raises some interesting questions about the ethics of fieldwork and their […]

The term ‘settler colonialism’ was coined by an Australian historian in the 1960s to describe the occupation of a territory with a […]

In this month’s issue of The Evidence newsletter, Josephine Lethbridge explores rising levels of abuse directed towards women in politics, spotlighting research […]

As book bans and academic censorship escalate across the United States, this free hour-long webinar gathers experts to discuss the impact these […]

In this Social Science Research Council Katznelson Fellow Lecture, Nobel Prize-winner Esther Duflo of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will share her […]

The creation of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) has led to a heated debate on the balance between peer review and evaluative metrics in research assessment regimes. Luciana Balboa, Elizabeth Gadd, Eva Mendez, Janne Pölönen, Karen Stroobants, Erzsebet Toth Cithra and the CoARA Steering Board address these arguments and state CoARA’s commitment to finding ways in which peer review and bibliometrics can be used together responsibly.

Brown v. Board of Education is one of the most important Supreme Court decisions in United States history. But how should we […]

Psychologists Jonathan St. B. T. Evans and Keith E. Stanovich have a history of publishing important research papers that resonate for years.

Ten years ago,  Danah Boyd introduced the concept of ‘networked teens’ to explain how social media expanded youth connectivity. In this free talk, […]

In this article, co-authors Natalie Slawinski, Bruna Brito, Jennifer Brenton, and Wendy Smith reflect on the inspiration behind their research article, “Reflections on deep academic–practitioner partnering for generative societal impact,” published in Strategic Organization.

In a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter released September 9, the NSF issued a ‘request for information,’ or RFI, from those interested in research ethics.

The large language models, or LLMs, that underlie generative AI tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, have an ethical challenge in how they parasitize freely available data.

Three years ago, on the heels of a Black Lives Matter Movement energized after the horror of George Floyd’s murder, the global academic publisher Sage partnered with the Black-owned Universal Write Publications (UWP).  

Title of course: Space/Power/Species What prompted the idea for the course? A few years ago, I came across the architect Joyce Hwang’s […]

Charlie Smith reflects on his interest in psychedelic research, the topic of his research article, “Psychedelics, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Employees’ Wellbeing,” published in Journal of Management Inquiry.

The ESRC Festival of Social Science is an annual United Kingdom-wide celebration of the social sciences sponsored by the nation’s Economic and […]