
Event: An Earth-Friendly Political Economy
On April 28, 2021, join the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) in partnership with the Hewlett […]
1 day agoA space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social and behavioral scientists
On April 28, 2021, join the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) in partnership with the Hewlett […]
1 day agoDespite decades of significant growth in social science expertise, research and data, some societal issues remain seemingly intractable. Instead of […]
4 weeks agoAs a rap artist and academic, A.D. Carson wondered if he could get his new album “published” through an academic press?
4 weeks ago“I knew well that the only way I could get that door open was to knock it down; because I knocked all […]
2 months agoThe social sciences are recognized for their role in evaluating policy and offering practice-based interventions about ‘what works’. However, they […]
6 months agoRobert Dingwall cites a short story from 1957 which highlights why the development of a vaccine needs to always keep an eye on its safety, no matter what the pressures are for its immediate release.
6 months agoIn this Social Science Bites podcast, sociologist Alondra Nelson describes her particular interest in those root seekers whose antecedents were “stolen from African” in the slave trade who make up so much of the African diaspora.
7 months agoClick here to read more about this year’s Aspect event and to register for any of the 19 webinars being […]
8 months agoOne means of fixing and making ideas tangible, often scorned and neglected in the social sciences, but widely used in STEM, are spinouts. For universities, a spinout is a company formed on the basis of intellectual property from a university or research institute.
9 months agoThe author’s team at the Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research has developed a free, user-friendly computer model that demonstrates how infections and deaths progress on a daily basis over a three-month period depending on how people behave in response to the outbreak.
10 months agoJanet Salmons, the methods guru at our sister site MethodSapce, interviewed Dr. Peter Gloviczki about his use of autoethnographic methods.
10 months agoEditor’s Note: If you’re curious about the ways in which data visualization and graph use can generate impact with regard […]
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