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 […]
Where Do Our Eyes Go During All Those Video Meetings?
During the dramatic halt to in-person events in 2020, the use of video call software skyrocketed, transforming Zoom into a household name, […]
Trans Linguistic Activism is About Asking for Basic Respect from Others
Making self-identification an everyday practice is one of trans activism’s most visible recent victories, particularly on campuses, and language is at the center of that change.
The Robot Will See You Now
David Canter follows his concern that psychologists are losing contact with people by considering how computers are presented as replacements for human ‘intelligence’. This ignores the importance of in situ person to person contact, which has been shown by the COVID pandemic to be so crucial for people.
Hear, Hear! Audio Has a Role as a Serious Pedagogic Resource
Mark Carrigan reflects on how research listening has shaped his own practice and how an implicit assumption of its secondary relationship to reading, may limit our appreciation of engaging with research in a multi-modal fashion.
Ping, Read, Reply, Repeat: Research-Based Tips About Breaking Bad Email Habits
At a time when there are so many concerns being raised about always-on work cultures and our right to disconnect, email is the bane of many of our working lives.
A Response to ‘When Academic Freedom Proves a One-Way Street’
Professor Dan A. Segal responds to criticisms in an earlier Social Science Space article and argues that his stance on the BDS movement is consistent with academic freedom.
Does the Business Model for Academic Publishing Promote Scholarly Progress?
The the latest Questions & Unanswers About Social Innovation seminar series put on by the Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation examined if the business model of academic publishing helps or hinders scholarly progress.
Wikipedia as Science Communication: A Step-by-Step Guide
Wikipedia provides one of the most straightforward and effective means to share knowledge and to leverage research findings towards societal impact. So here’s how to use it.
