Social Science Space

President Joe Biden has named criminologist Nancy La Vigne to head the National Institute of Justice, the arm of the […]

and a science and technologies studies scholar whose high-profile work often looks at the connection of sport and technology, has taken the reins of the National Science Foundation’s Social and Economic Sciences Division

Earlier this month, David Nirenberg — a professor of medieval history who had been dean of the Divinity School at the University of Chicago — became the the director of the Institute for Advanced Study to come from the humanities.

Engineer and psychologist Carlotta M. Arthur, currently director of the Henry Luce Foundation’s Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM, has been named the new executive director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education at America’s National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The American Sociological Association is pleased to announce the results of their 2021 ASA elections. Congratulations to the 2022-2023 President […]

Earlier this week the Carnegie Corporation of New York named the 2020 class of 27 Andrew Carnegie Fellows. Each fellow will receive $200,000 to go toward scholarly research over the next two years in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society. The anticipated result of each award is a book or major study.

Arizona State University electrical engineer Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan is the likely nominee to replace France Córdova as director of the National Science Foundation once Córdova’s six-year appointment ends next year

Bobby Duffy, director of The Policy Institute, will replace James Wilsdon as head of the Campaign for Social Science. Wilsdon, meanwhile, will head the new Research on Research Institute.

Cynthia Clark, the former head of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, will take the reins of the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics on December 3.

The longtime director of the Royal Geographical Society, Rita Gardner CBE, will be the new chief executive of the United Kingdom’s Academy of Social Sciences. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Stephen Anderson after more than 10 years.

Sociologist Wendy Larner, provost at Victoria University of Wellington, began her three-year term as president of New Zealand’s Royal Society […]

The Social Science Research Council has added Melissa Nobles and Jennifer Richeson to its board of directors. Nobles is the Kenan […]