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 […]
Reflections of a Former Student Body President: ‘Student Government is a Thankless Job’
Christopher Everett, outgoing student body president at the University of North Carolina, reflects on the role of student governance in the modern, and conflicted, university
Why We’ve Had to Dramatically Shift How We Talk About UK Politics
The upcoming UK General Election is often framed as ‘Rishi or Kier for PM.’ This is not, write the authors a textbook on UK politics, the questions being asked by actual Britons.
How ‘Dad Jokes’ Help Children Learn How To Handle Embarrassment
Yes, dad jokes can be fun. They play an important role in how we interact with our kids. But dad jokes may also help prepare them to handle embarrassment later in life.
Maybe You Can’t Buy Happinesss, But You Can Teach About It
When you deliver a university course that makes students happier, everybody wants to know what the secret is. What are your tips? […]
There’s Something in the Air, Part 2 – But It’s Not a Miasma
Robert Dingwall looks at the once dominant role that miasmatic theory had in public health interventions and public policy.
The Fog of War
David Canter considers the psychological and organizational challenges to making military decisions in a war.
A Community Call: Spotlight on Women’s Safety in the Music Industry
Women’s History Month is, when we “honor women’s contributions to American history…” as a nation. Author Andrae Alexander aims to spark a conversation about honor that expands the actions of this month from performative to critical
Using Translational Research as a Model for Long-Term Impact
Drawing on the findings of a workshop on making translational research design principles the norm for European research, Gabi Lombardo, Jonathan Deer, Anne-Charlotte Fauvel, Vicky Gardner and Lan Murdock discuss the characteristics of translational research, ways of supporting cross disciplinary collaboration, and the challenges and opportunities of adopting translational principles in the social sciences and humanities.
