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 […]
Viewing ‘Homo economicus’ Through Prism of Behavioral Economics
Behavioral economics as a practice is here to stay, suggests a new report. Whether it remains a separate discipline or is absorbed by the other social sciences remains an open question.
Moynihan Lecture: Follow the Evidence, Not the Ideology
Isabel Sawhill and Ron Haskins, says a colleague, ‘have forged a unique and powerful intellectual partnership at Brookings, founding and then elevating the Center on Children and Families and producing world-class work on families, poverty, opportunity, evidence, parenting, work, education, and plenty more besides.’ Watch their Moynihan Lecture here..
China’s Xi: More Social Science, But With More Socialism
Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the primacy of philosophy and social science in building a strong China, but he also said the disciplines must retain and enhance ‘Chinese characteristics’ like Marxism in the process.
Presidential Nominations: A Quick History
As Amefrcans do every four years after the process ends, we will ask the question whether this is the best way to choose nominees to lead the United States?
Measuring the Damage Surveillance Does to Democracy
Even if you say you don’t mind the government knowing what you do on social media, recent research suggests you tamp down your own opinions when reminded of the possibility of being found out.
New Site Wraps Arms Around Interdiscipline of ‘Human Sciences’
While many academic journal websites are mostly repositories for their digital archives, the interdisciplinary journal History of the Human Sciences has unveiled a […]
#WomenAlsoKnowStuff (Even About Politics)
Our goal, say the supporters of the #WomenAlsoKnowStuff database of female political scientists, is to amplify the voices of women in the discipline and in the public eye.
Statistical Association Takes on Use, Abuse of P-values
Even as it insists it’s not really saying anything new, the American Statistical Association Board of Directors has laid down a marker in the debate over what constitutes “statistical significance.”
