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Former Head of Ag Stats Service Takes Reins at COPAFS

By Social Science Space | Published: November 28, 2018

Cynthia Clark, the former head of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, will take the reins of the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics on...

Election IQ: Bringing the 2018 Midterms into the Classroom

By Olivia Butze | Published: November 1, 2018

At SAGE, we believe that education and engaged scholarship make up the foundation of a healthy society. So for this election season, we challenge you...

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Wolfson Foundation Funds £10 Million HSS Initiative With British Academy

By Social Science Space | Published: October 26, 2018

Making its largest-ever grant in the social sciences and humanities, the Wolfson Foundation awarded the British Academy £10 million to promote high quality research. Under...

Also posted in Academic Funding, Career | Tagged British Academy, William Gladstone, Wolfson Foundation | Leave a comment

Six Things We’ve Learned About Academic Writing Productivity (and Satisfaction)

By Chris Smith | Published: October 24, 2018

Writing satisfaction is strongly linked to publishing productivity and, potentially, career success. Chris Smith reports on research investigating the tools and systems academics from all career stages...

Also posted in Research, Tips | Tagged Academic Writing, Surveys, Tips | Leave a comment

SSHRC Impact Awards Get Metaphysical for 2018

By Social Science Space | Published: October 19, 2018

Canada's Social Science and Humanities Research Council, now in its 40th year, handed out five Impact Prizes earlier this month to honor those showing the...

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Economics Nobel Recognizes Nature and Knowledge

By Social Science Space | Published: October 8, 2018

Two academics who have integrated what might have once seemed like non-economic externalities into economic models have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in economics....

Also posted in Career, Impact, Recognition | Tagged Climate Change, Economics, Nobel Prize, Technology | Leave a comment

Five with Social Science Credentials Win MacArthur Grants

By Social Science Space | Published: October 5, 2018

Five people with backgrounds in social, behavioral or data science were among 25 named in the 2018 class of MacArthur Foundation fellows. The fellowship and...

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Geographer Gardner to Head Academy of Social Sciences

By Social Science Space | Published: September 28, 2018

The longtime director of the Royal Geographical Society, Rita Gardner CBE, will be the new chief executive of the United Kingdom’s Academy of Social Sciences....

Also posted in Impact, News, Recent Appointments | Tagged Academy of Social Sciences, Rita Gardner | Leave a comment

Collaboration Imbues SSRC’s ‘To Secure Knowledge’ Report

By Social Science Space | Published: September 19, 2018

In launching its first-ever task force report on Monday, the 95-year-old Social Science Research Council made clear it gets by with a little help from...

Also posted in Bookshelf, Higher Education Reform, Impact, International Debate, News, Research Ethics | Tagged SSRC, To Secure Knowledge | Leave a comment

Golden Goose Award Recognizes Implicit Bias Work

By Social Science Space | Published: September 14, 2018

U.S. government-funded research that on its face looked only at fame, names and gender turned out to be pioneering work into implicit bias. This year...

Also posted in Academic Funding, Impact, News, Public Policy, Recognition | Tagged Anthony Greenwald, Brian Nosek, Golden Goose, IAT, Implicit Bias, Mahzarin Banaji | Leave a comment

Wendy Larner Assumes Role as President of NZ Royal Society

By Social Science Space | Published: September 6, 2018

Sociologist Wendy Larner, provost at Victoria University of Wellington, began her three-year term as president of New Zealand’s Royal Society Te Apārangi on July 1....

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British Academy Honors Pair of Political Journalists

By British Academy | Published: September 6, 2018

The British Academy is honoring political journalists Zeinab Badawi and Dame Frances Cairncross among a number of individuals awarded for their services to the humanities...

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Former Head of Ag Stats Service Takes Reins at COPAFS

Election IQ: Bringing the 2018 Midterms into the Classroom

Wolfson Foundation Funds £10 Million HSS Initiative With British Academy

Six Things We’ve Learned About Academic Writing Productivity (and Satisfaction)

SSHRC Impact Awards Get Metaphysical for 2018

Economics Nobel Recognizes Nature and Knowledge

Five with Social Science Credentials Win MacArthur Grants

Geographer Gardner to Head Academy of Social Sciences

Collaboration Imbues SSRC’s ‘To Secure Knowledge’ Report

Golden Goose Award Recognizes Implicit Bias Work

Wendy Larner Assumes Role as President of NZ Royal Society

British Academy Honors Pair of Political Journalists

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