Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Poverty Action Lab and Its Leaders Honored by SSRC
Two economists battling world poverty and the institution they helped create have received the highest honor offered by the Social Science Research […]
A Radical Democrat: Ernesto Laclau, 1933-2014
Well-known leftist political theorist Ernesto Laclau, an Argentinian who made his home in the United Kingdom and with his partner Chantal Mouffe […]
Argentina’s Voice of Discourse: Eliseo Verón, 1935-2014
The father of Argentinian semiotics, Eliseo Verón, has died at age 78.
Vote Yes (With Caveats!) for the Destruction of Knowledge
Scholarly knowledge is under threat, and that’s both good and dire, argued panelists at a recent discussion in Vienna.
Look Up ‘Open Access Help’ in the University Library
Social Science Space reported last week how–according to one survey drawn from the STEM fields–Canadian researchers like the principle of open access […]
New Leader Named for Index on Censorship
Index on Censorship, a Social Science Space partner that advocates for freedom of expression and against censorship throughout the world, has appointed […]
Applicant Window Closing for New Head of ESRC
The window closes Friday for applicants hoping to replace Paul Boyle as chief executive of Britain’s Economic and Social Research Council, according […]
A Sweet (Potato) Winner for Social Science
A paper that shines light on the enigmatic spread of the sweet potato throughout the populated bits of the Pacific Ocean and […]
