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 […]
Watch the Talk: Insights on the Holocaust from Social Science
Political scientist Jeffrey Kopstein outlines some of the evolutions in social science that are allowing scholars to study the Holocaust and its current impacts.
American Sociological Association Statement, Guidebook Back Teaching about Race and Racism
The American Sociological Association recently released a statement “urg[ing] public officials, educators, and lawmakers to avoid suppressing knowledge, violating academic and free speech, and prohibiting scholars and teachers from discussing and teaching about the roles of race and racism in society.
Holberg Prize Panel to Examine Challenges to European Liberal Democracy
What can German history since 1871 tell us about the relationship between nationalism, democracy, and authoritarianism, both in Germany and in Europe […]
ESRC-Funded Initiative Aims to Harness Social Science to Address Environmental Issues
A new five-year program funded by Britain’s Economic and Social Research Council aims to harness social science to address vital environmental concerns.
New U.S. Budget Includes 12 Percent Hike for NSF
Shortly before the new year, legislation — which among many other things increased funding for the United States National Science Foundation by 12 percent compared to the current year – was signed by President Joe Biden.
Dunning and Kruger Given 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology
Social psychologists David Dunning of the University of Michigan and Justin Kruger of New York University, whose research captured the public imagination by suggesting that unskilled people often overrate their own abilities, have received the 2023 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Psychology.
Watch the Video – Re-thinking the Therapeutic: Affect, Alienation, and Politics in Therapeutic Culture
Therapeutic culture plays a central role in societies around the world. From self-help books to mental well-being workshops to conversations about the […]
Latest MacArthur Cohort Includes Four Working in Social Sciences
Four scholars working in the social and behavioral sciences were among the 25 luminaries named fellows of the MacArthur Foundation earlier this week.
