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 […]
Sociologist Alondra Nelson Leaving No. 2 Post at OSTP
Sociologist Alondra Nelson, deputy director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the most senior adviser on social science in the Biden administration, will resign her post effective February 10.
Europe’s Research Universities Call for Harnessing Breadth of Social Science and Humanities
A new report from a consortium of European research universities says if the European Union really wants to achieve its stated policy goals, it had better heed the advice of the consortium on including the “broadest possible range” of social science and humanities insights.
Women in Social and Behavioral Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Set for International Women’s Day
SAGE Publishing is hosting an inaugural Women in Social & Behavioral Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 8, which is International Women’s Day
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.
