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 […]
Scholarly Reflections on the Legacy of Nelson Mandela
“We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference.” – Nelson […]
Call for Submissions: International Convention of Psychological Science
The inaugural International Convention of Psychological Science seeks submissions for its gathering on March 12-15, 2015 in Amsterdam. ICPS offers opportunities to […]
Howard Silver named Senior Contributing Editor of Social Science Space
Howard Silver named Senior Contributing Editor of Social Science Space June 20, 2014 (Washington, D.C.) — Howard J. Silver, Political Scientist and […]
Webinar: Innovations in Disseminating Psychological Science
Earlier this month Aime Ballard-Wood, director of publications for the Association for Psychological Science, discussed recent efforts for heightened dissemination of psychological […]
A Year in the Life of a News Site With Scholarship In Its DNA
The Conversation UK, a Social Science Space media partner, is celebrating its first birthday on May 16. Here its editors reflect on stories — penned or influenced by academics — that were particularly powerful or memorable.
Call for Authors: The Social Science of War: An Encyclopedia
The story of social science and war is a long one, going back to the Roman military in the late second century […]
Recent Scholarship on the Black Experience in the U.S.
From Martin Luther King to black political participation to race relations to teaching African American students, here are some academic papers from the ‘Journal of Black Studies’ that provide a scholarly snapshot of different aspects of black history and current issues in black studies.
Is Self-Plagiarism a Scourge of the Academy?
Here’s an ethical question or two — is it OK to re-use your own words in a new written piece, or is there an expectation of “exclusivity of the written word for each publication”? Drexel’s Jamie L. Callahan examines the moral panic surrounding self-plagiarism.
