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Whatever Happened to Conservative Social Thought?

By Robert Dingwall | Published: April 16, 2019

In the wake of Brexit, Robert Dingwall asks a series of probing questions about the eclipse of Conservative Social Thought at universities, such as when...

Also posted in Brexit, International Debate | Tagged conservatism, Conservative Social Thought, Friedrich Hayek | Leave a comment

Looking at Plan S From Down Under

By Ritesh Chugh and Kenneth Howah | Published: March 13, 2019

Plan S focuses on making all publicly funded research immediately fully and freely available by open access publication. If Australia does not adopt Plan S,...

Also posted in Open Access | Tagged cOAlition S, Plan S, The Conversation | Leave a comment

DARPA Aims to Score Social and Behavioral Research

By Social Science Space | Published: March 6, 2019

The U.S. military's innovation incubator, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has signed the Center for Open Science to create a research claims database as...

Also posted in Impact, Innovation, Public Policy | Tagged Center for Open Science, DARPA, Publication Concerns, Replication, Replication Crisis, Reproducibility | Leave a comment

‘Detoxing from Academia’: One Black Scholar’s Journey

By Olivia Butze | Published: February 27, 2019

JeffriAnne Wilder, a sociologist and leading scholar specializing in diversity, race relations and women’s empowerment, has almost two decades of experience in higher education. In...

Also posted in Career | Tagged Black History, Race, Race and Gender, Sociology | Leave a comment

Why is Social Theory So Boring?

By Robert Dingwall | Published: February 17, 2019

The roots of sociology lie among a group of engaged, engaging and vibrant people who often risked their well-being, or even their lives, to advance...

Also posted in Teaching | Tagged Adam Smith, David Hume, DH Lawrence, Emile Durkheim, John Locke, Max Weber, Social Theory, Sociology, teaching sociology, Thomas Hobbes, von Richthofen | 1 Response

In Age of Open Science, Should Your Presentation Appear Online?

By Elie Diner | Published: February 12, 2019

Elie Diner presents arguments for and against sharing research presentations online, arguing that sharing research presentations should be seen as part of the mainstream of...

Also posted in Career, Open Access | Tagged LSE, Open Science, Presentations | Leave a comment

The Loneliness of the Long-Suffering Researcher

By Olivier Sibai, Bernardo Figueiredo and Marcia Christina Ferreira | Published: January 30, 2019

Isolation Game Characters Loneliness Isolated

Isolation and loneliness, as opposed to solitude, seem to the be the lot of many midern researchers. Research shows that 40 percent of academics, and...

Also posted in Career, Research | Tagged Isolation, Loneliness, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Are Gender Studies Under Assault Globally?

By Jennifer Evans | Published: January 10, 2019

The war on gender studies is a pillar in the authoritarian critique of liberalism. But for many scholars, argues Jennifer Evans, it is a sign...

Also posted in International Debate | Tagged Gender Studies, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Should We Treat the Syllabus as a Scholarly Work?

By Jason Rhody | Published: December 11, 2018

A workshop conducted by the Humane Metrics Initiative earlier this year explored whether the humble syllabus should be treated as a scholarly work on its...

Also posted in Interdisciplinarity | Tagged Humane Metrics Initiative, Syllabus | Leave a comment

Metricization, the SSCI Syndrome and Devaluing Books in Academic Sociology

By Daniel Nehring | Published: November 18, 2018

Is scholarship that doesn't appear in the Social Science Citation Index -- a commercial index of ‘internationally leading’ journals in the social sciences, compiled by...

Also posted in Communication, Impact | Tagged East Asia, Publication Concerns, Sociology, SSCI | Leave a comment

Open Peer Review Not Always Welcomed With Open Arms

By Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva | Published: September 24, 2018

It's hoped open peer review could improve the speed and quality of reviews, but, not all academics are comfortable with open peer review and remain...

Also posted in International Debate | Tagged Open Peer Review, Peer Review | Leave a comment

Book Review: How to be a Happy Academic

By Eddy Li | Published: September 20, 2018

In 'How to be a Happy Academic: A Guide to Being Effective in Research, Writing and Teaching,' Alex Clark and Bailey Sousa aim to support fellow academic workers at all...

Also posted in Bookshelf, Career | Tagged Book Review, Happy Academic | Leave a comment

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Higher Education Reform

Whatever Happened to Conservative Social Thought?

Looking at Plan S From Down Under

DARPA Aims to Score Social and Behavioral Research

‘Detoxing from Academia’: One Black Scholar’s Journey

Why is Social Theory So Boring?

In Age of Open Science, Should Your Presentation Appear Online?

The Loneliness of the Long-Suffering Researcher

Are Gender Studies Under Assault Globally?

Should We Treat the Syllabus as a Scholarly Work?

Metricization, the SSCI Syndrome and Devaluing Books in Academic Sociology

Open Peer Review Not Always Welcomed With Open Arms

Book Review: How to be a Happy Academic

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