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 […]
Rebecca Blank, 1955-2023: Economist Devoted To Academia And Public Service
Rebecca “Becky” Blank, an economist and administrator whose career spanned academe and the policy world, died of pancreatic cancer February 17 near Madison, Wisconsin. She was 67.
Economist Alan Blinder Receives 2023 Moynihan Prize
Alan S. Blinder, an economist whose work spans academia, policy and the popular press, will receive the 2023 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize from the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
In Defense of Qualitative Research – A PhD Researcher’s Experience
The authors argues that there is a bias against qualitative research, and yet not every type of data can be handled using quantitative, and human behavior cannot always be reduced to numbers.
Organizational Behavior Scholar Sarah Soule Named Next CASBS Director
Sarah A. Soule will takes the reins of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford on September 2023.
Five Steps to Protect – and to Hear – Research Participants
Jasper Knight identifies five key issues that underlie working with human subjects in research and which transcend institutional or disciplinary differences.
ESRC-Funded Initiative Aims to Harness Social Science to Address Environmental Issues
A new five-year program funded by Britain’s Economic and Social Research Council aims to harness social science to address vital environmental concerns.
Yi-Fu Tuan, 1930-2022: The Father of Humanistic Geography
Yi-Fu Tuan, University of Wisconsin–Madison professor emeritus of geography, died August 10 at the age of 91.
Webinar Discusses Promoting Your Article
The next in SAGE Publishing’s How to Get Published webinar series focuses on promoting your writing after publication. The free webinar is set for November 16 at 4 p.m. BT/11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT.
