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 […]
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.
Tipster’s Note Offers View of Academic Publishing’s Achilles Heel
An investigation by Undark and Retraction Watch finds that some journals’ special issue are being targeted by academic paper mills.
Science’s Communication Problem
Scientists can be brilliant communicators. We are trained to work with collaborations large and small, present our work in journal articles and conferences with clarity and purpose, and generally enjoy chatting with each other. Communication is a fundamental part of scientific life. Yet when scientists try to engage the public, they face barriers to getting their message across and can often find their messages manipulated.
Webinar: How Can Public Access Advance Equity and Learning?
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of Science have teamed up present a 90-minute online session examining how to balance public access to federally funded research results with an equitable publishing environment.
Social Science Research Council Turns 100: Interview with President Anna Harvey
To celebrate the Social Science Research Council’s 100th anniversary, we interviewed SSRC president Anna Harvey.
Report: Latest Academic Freedom Index Sees Global Declines
The latest update of the global Academic Freedom Index finds improvements in only five countries
Social Science Research Council Turns 100: Fellowship and Grant Recipients
To celebrate the Social Science Research Council’s 100th anniversary, we’re highlighting three scholars honored with SSRC fellowships and awards.
Watch! Methodspace Roundtables Examine Threats To Intellectual And Academic Freedom
Janet Salmons, the research community director of our sister site, Sage Methodspace, coordinated a series of research roundtables to discuss the obstacles facing academic freedom and how to navigate them.
