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 […]
Canadian Social Science Federation Names New Chief
The Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences of Canada has settled on the sitting public affairs chief of the Canadian Cancer Society as the federation’s new permanent executive director.
Archived Webinar: Social Science in the Age of Trump
In the hour-long recorded conversation with Social Science Space editor Michael Todd, COSSA’s Wendy Naus discusses what individual social science scholars, students and their academic societies can do if they feel threatened by the currents in Washington, D.C.
The ‘Edutainer’ of Data: Hans Rosling, 1948-2017
Hans Rosling, a epidemiologist whose gained global attention with twin messages of the power of stats and of hope, has died.
The How, and Who, of Federal Social Science Funding
With a large portion of social and behavioral science basic research paid for by the United States government, how the funding process works and who makes the decisions is of vital interest. Here’s a primer on the process and list of key players in the 115th Congress. Plus, sign up for a webinar on the issue!
The Voice of Results Night: Anthony King, 1934-2017
Anthony King, a political scientist whose career ranged from the most serious of scholarship to popular explanation on the BBC, has died at 82.
Archived Webinar: Who Decides What is a World-Class University?
How do we decide what is a world-class university? Who decides? How do they decide? In this free webinar, the role of […]
The Theorist of Liquid Realms: Zygmunt Bauman, 1925-2017
Zygmunt Bauman, a Polish-born sociologist and social theorist whose influential work examined the intertwined themes of globalization, consumerism and modernity, has died at age 91.
President Signs Bill Setting Policy for NSF, NIST
Legislation that sets policy for the National Science Foundation has been signed by President Obama. The bill no longer includes funding restrictions on social science but does include language that has been used in the past to attack the disciplines.
