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 […]
Eleanor Bernert Sheldon, 1920-2021: Pioneer in Social Indicators Movement
Eleanor Bernert Sheldon, a pioneer in the use of social indicators as an important tool of social science, died on May 8 at the age of 101.
Ronald Inglehart, 1934-2021: Founder of the World Values Survey
Ron Inglehart, a political scientist whose work on surveying values around the world set new and higher bars on what such studies could achieve, has died at age 86.
Social Science Conversations on the Legacy of George Floyd
After Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the murder of George Floyd, calls for reform and the restructuring of institutions fuel continuing calls for […]
Online Events: Understanding Diversity in STEM – WMPD Day
On May 12 – Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities Day – a series of online events will mark the release of a report on the status of these groups in science, analyze the new data, and aim to provide an understanding of what to do next.
Watch the Webinar: Deconstructing Neoliberalism in Higher Education
Higher education is striving to address problems such as access, inclusion, and elitism, but is a neoliberalist foundation undermining these efforts—or even the system itself? An online forum held on April 21, “Deconstructing Neoliberalism in Higher Education: How can we promote greater equity and re-professionalize the professoriate?” addressed this quandary.
Biden Taps AmStat President to Head Census Bureau
U.S. President Joe Biden announced that he would nominate Robert Santos, president of the American Statistical Association, as director of the Census Bureau.
Resources to Mark International Transgender Day of Visibility
This post several collects resources that have appeared on Social Science Space centered on trans issues, including a webinar recording on the state of trans studies occasioned by the 2021 publication of The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies.
NSF Letter Frames Concept of ‘Broader Impact’
In a “dear colleague” letter released March 18, the head of the NSF’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) offers a framework for understanding how to think of broader impact i applying for grant funding.
