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 […]
Prototype Database Explores Economic Impact of Investing in Emerging Technologies
A new project from the National Science Foundation and partners including the Social Science Research Council will examine the economic impact of NSF’s new technology directorate.
The Silver Lining in Bulk Retractions
This is the opening from a longer post by Adya Misra, the research integrity and inclusion manager at Social Science Space’s parent, Sage. The full post, which addresses the hows and the whys of bulk retractions in Sage’s academic journals, appears at Retraction Watch.
Too Many ‘Gray Areas’ In Workplace Culture Fosters Racism And Discrimination
The new president of the American Sociological Association spent more than 10 years interviewing over 200 Black workers in a variety of roles – from the gig economy to the C-suite. I found that many of the problems they face come down to organizational culture. Too often, companies elevate diversity as a concept but overlook the internal processes that disadvantage Black workers.
Top Five Takeaways from AOM on Business and Management in a Challenging World
Some clear themes emerged across the divisions and sub-disciplines at the Academy of management annual meeting this year, which we’ve been reflecting on and refer to as our “Top 5” takeaway themes for business and management in 2023.
Surveys Provide Insight Into Three Factors That Encourage Open Data and Science
Over a 10-year period Carol Tenopir of DataONE and her team conducted a global survey of scientists, managers and government workers involved in broad environmental science activities about their willingness to share data and their opinion of the resources available to do so (Tenopir et al., 2011, 2015, 2018, 2020). Comparing the responses over that time shows a general increase in the willingness to share data (and thus engage in Open Science).
The Power of Historical Literature Reviews in Project Management Research
Most project management scholars find literature reviews important. However, the success rate of publishing such papers is disappointingly low, as it can be challenging to establish a solid contribution in this type of research. We want to demonstrate how the power of a historical literature review may solve this problem and how it enabled us to publish two review articles based on the same stock of articles.
Canadian Librarians Suggest Secondary Publishing Rights to Improve Public Access to Research
The Canadian Federation of Library Associations recently proposed providing secondary publishing rights to academic authors in Canada.
Trans-Atlantic Platform Seeks Proposals to Advance Democracy, Governance and Trust
The Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities has issued its fourth joint research call to produce research targeting societal issues related to the economy, politics and more while advancing democracy, governance and trust.
