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 […]
Adding People to the Climate Change Equation
People’s behavior has been noticeably absent in science on sustainability, but a conference before June’s U.N. summit offers some hint human processes may join natural ones in developing solutions.
My Social Science Career: Interview with Linda Putnam
As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading social scientists, Linda Putnam, Chair of the Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, spoke to socialsciencespace about her career.
My Social Science Career: Interview with Denis McQuail
As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading social scientists, Denis McQuail talks to socialsciencespace about his career in social science and some of the changes that he has witnessed.
What should an Early-Career Research Agenda Look Like?
How to approach the years beyond the PhD. Some thoughts on alignment, coherence, breadth, and depth.
Much Ado about Conflict?
There is increasing agreement that the world is warming and that there is a significant man-made contribution. But uncertainty continues about many of the physical consequences of climate change and even more so about the social effects.
The Campaign for Eddie Gilfoyle’s Murder Conviction to be Squashed
The ability of people to keep their most desperate, innermost thoughts hidden from those around them is surely something that juries ought to be reminded of in cases where a death could be suicide or murder…
My Social Science Career: Interview with Sandra Ball-Rokeach
I’m a sociologist and my primary role at this stage of my career is championing theory-driven research, but also research that you put into action: I’m not just a theorist, or just a researcher, or just an action-person – rather I’m trying to link all of those together.
Analyzing Culture with Google Books: Is It Social Science?
In a recent opinion piece in Miller-McCune Magazine, Anita Guerrini argues that discovering fun facts by graphing terms found among the 5 […]
