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 […]
Do Conferences Still Matter? Yes, Yes They Do
Drawing on a study of physicists, Harry Collins and Will Mason-Wilkes argue in-person meetings are still vital in creating and sustaining academic communities.
Loet Leydesdorff, 1948-2023: Tackling the Thickets of Innovation and Scientometrics
Loet Leydesdorff, a sociologist and communications scholar who found academic fame for his work in developing scientometrics and the “triple helix” model of innovation, has died.
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.
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