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 […]
The Sociologist of Mobility: John Urry, 1946-2016
John Urry, a sociologist probably best known for his work on mobilities but whose gaze also lit on issues ranging from tourism to energy use, from social change to complexity theory, died suddenly on March 18.
Social Science Gets Surprisingly Warm Reception on Hill
At the scene of many a dismal day for partisans of social and behavioral science, a hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill saw proponents of the disciplines loud and proud. However, those hoping for an $8 billion budget next year for the NSF had less to be happy about.
Posts on Radicalization, Slavery Win Duckies
A blog post arguing that treating all Muslims as threats plays into the hands of ISIS and another showing a time lapse […]
New Site Wraps Arms Around Interdiscipline of ‘Human Sciences’
While many academic journal websites are mostly repositories for their digital archives, the interdisciplinary journal History of the Human Sciences has unveiled a […]
The Geographer of Space and Power: Doreen Massey, 1944-2016
Doreen Massey’s academic career combined the geographer’s focus on space with an advocate’s focus on inequality and class. Massey died Friday at age 72.
Statistical Association Takes on Use, Abuse of P-values
Even as it insists it’s not really saying anything new, the American Statistical Association Board of Directors has laid down a marker in the debate over what constitutes “statistical significance.”
Archived Webinar: US Funding Picture for 2016
In this archived version of a webcast held on February 17, Mark Vieth — senior vice president of the Washington government relations firm CRD Associates – addresses these issues and others, including what the just-released federal budget from the White House means for federally funded research.
Lamar Smith’s National Interest Bill Passes House
Legislation that requires that future grants made by the National Science Foundation meet a test for being in the ‘national interest’ passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
