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 […]
Comparing Priorities for Mental Health Research with Fostering Well-Being
Wouter van de Klippe, Alfredo Yegros, Tim Willemse and Ismael Rafols discuss their mixed methods research into prioritization in mental health research, using expert focus groups and bibliometric data to explore how perceptions of where the field should be heading, differ from current research priorities and how different countries have developed different research priorities in this area.
Comparing Felt Responsibility for Ethical Purchasing in Professional and Personal Roles
Liz Cooper explains the motivation behind the paper she co-wrote with Ben Marder, “Role morality discrepancy and ethical purchasing: exploring felt responsibility […]
Looking Inside Military Generals’ Charisma: The Workings of Top-Leaders’ Squires
There is a third type of actor in the leader-follower power construct, suggests Michael Sang.
Explaining Why Men Kill Women Is a Harder Question Than Many Think
The author warns that policies intended to prevent intimate partner femicide should not become narrowly focused around gendered factors such as men’s attitudes to women and toxic masculinity.
When Ignorance is Reassuring
David Canter considers the strange phenomena of Russians believing Putin’s propaganda.
Sourcing Organizational Authority at Shadowed Organizations
the authors set out to answer the question, “How are sources of organizational authority made present in the context of a crisis pregnancy center?”
What Has COVID Done to Our Trust?
A recent paper in The Lancet reports that there are significant associations between both trust interpersonally and, in the government, and standardized COVID-19 infection rates.
How Race Influences and Amplifies Backlash Against Outspoken Women
When women break gender norms, the most negative reactions may come from people of the same race.
