Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
The Worst Academic Field to be a Woman in?
There is no shortage of disciplines and industries rife with sexism. The STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – are particularly well known for their misogynistic […]
Event: APDU 2021 Annual Conference
With economic, public health, and governance challenges arising from COVID-19 and political polarization, trustworthy public data is vital to open and honest […]
Integrity at a Crossroads: Protecting U.S. Science From the Next Trump
How can we ensure that, when power shifts again, the U.S. government remains fundamentally grounded in empirical reality and committed to pursuing policies that are informed by the best available science?
SPARK – A Need for Social Science Parks
Despite decades of significant growth in social science expertise, research and data, some societal issues remain seemingly intractable. Instead of identifying solutions […]
Social Scientists in the Time of COVID-19: The South African Experience
It is the role of the social sciences and the humanities, on the basis of evidence, to affirm where official policy is in the public interest, but also to point to where it is not.
My New Rap Album is Peer-Reviewed and on a University Press
As a rap artist and academic, A.D. Carson wondered if he could get his new album “published” through an academic press?
Watch the Video: Fake News in the Post-Trump Era
In a conversation hosted by Stephen Khan of The Conversation UK, Nick Anstead, Irina Borogan and Salil Tripathi discuss fake news — […]
SSRC Report Tackles COVID-Driven Growing Data Economy
In a time of crisis, it might seem like a necessity to share your data in the hopes it might help solve […]
