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 […]
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.
Bruno Latour, 1947-2022: France’s Least Understood Philosopher
Bruno Latour, “France’s most famous and least understood philosopher,” died of pancreatic cancer in Paris on October 9, 2022. He was 75.
New Initiative Takes Aim at Sexual Misconduct During Scientific Fieldwork
A young — and growing — organization is trying to adapt sexual harassment trainings to the field. Does it work?
Webinar Examines Open Access and Author Rights
The next in SAGE Publishing’s How to Get Published webinar series honors International Open Access Week (October 24-30). The free webinar is […]
What Can This Year’s Nobel Prize Winners in Economics Teach Us About Crises?
This year’s Nobel prize in economics has gone to Douglas Diamond, Philip Dybvig and former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke for their work on banks and how they relate to financial crises. “The laureates’ insights,” said Tore Ellingsen, chair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences, “have improved our ability to avoid both serious crises and expensive bailouts.”
