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 […]
16 Answers to Your Questions about Teaching Online
The call for ‘social distancing’ in the wake of the coronavirus and its attendant COVID-19 disease has seen schools and universities around the world hurriedly attempting to turn their physical classrooms into virtual ones. While this may be best immediate reaction from an epidemiological point of view, from a pedagogic perspective, it has left instructors desperately trying to retrofit and reformat their courses while trying not to unduly disadvantage large numbers of their students. As a means of supporting those attempting to do their best under trying circumstances, SAGE Publishing has drawn from its large body of published and peer-reviewed research to offer the resources below — free of charge — to serve teachers and students around the world.
Free Webinar, March 12: “Natural Experiments: An Empowering Tool for Social Data Science”
Register for this free webinar from SAGE Campus for social scientists, hosted by Dr Taha Yasseri of the Oxford Internet Institute. In the webinar, Taha will introduce you to the emerging field of social data science and explain the role of natural experiments as a tool in the big data-driven approach to research. He will showcase examples of successful natural experiment designs in his own research and beyond.
Free Webinar, April 16: Sociology in Action
Date: April 16, 2020. Click here to register now! Time: Noon – 1:00 PM PDT Bestselling authors Kathleen Odell Korgen and Maxine […]
Free Webinar, March 11: “Modernizing Your Human Resource Management Course”
Join Talya Bauer and David Caughlin, instructors at Portland State University with over 40 years of collective experience teaching HRM, as they talk about preparing students for today’s workforce by integrating contemporary HRM topics into their courses, using up-to-date cases, highlighting emerging technologies, and the potential of data analytics.
NYU’s Social Science for Impact Forum
Each year, NYU researchers analyze New York State Medicaid, New York City Department of Education, and New York City subsidized housing data to discover new patterns of family experiences and outcomes and inform new approaches to fighting poverty, reducing inequality, and expanding opportunity in our communities.
Free Webinar: How To Get Published!
What can I do to increase the chances of having my paper accepted? How long does it take for an article to get published? Who are good contacts to reach out to for more information about my article along the way? How can I play a role in the dissemination of my paper? Our free webinar will guide you through the author journey, from beginning to end. Featuring Jessica Lipowski, Publishing Editor at SAGE, and a panel of Editors-in-Chief from various disciplines, including management, medicine, and health, this webinar will break down each step of the process and detail best practices for authors or those who want to be authors, as well as answer your questions about the process.
The Social Science of Gift Wrapping (Sloppy is Better!)
Does a beautiful presentation actually lead to a better-liked gift? Or is it the other way around? There happens to be some research on that …
Free Resource: MethodSpace Webinar
Method Space is hosting a free webinar about the book-writing/publishing process in full, from acquisition to publication. Make sure to register before November 14th!
