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 […]
The Tightrope of Studying Subjects at Legality’s Fringe
Social scientists don’t always study subjects whose actions please the authorities. Is the freedom to associate with these people for research purposes under attack? Should researchers have their own ‘shield law’?
Surviving as Activist Academics in an Authoritarian State
For more than a decade a group of intellectual freedom fighters survived at Egyptian universities only to see their movement falter just when political freedoms expanded
A Primer on Improving Proactive Policing
When he was inducted as a fellow into the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences on May 8, Carnegie Mellon criminologist Daniel Nagin delivered a concise and pointed precis of modern research into proactive policing as part of his remarks.
A Year in the Life of a News Site With Scholarship In Its DNA
The Conversation UK, a Social Science Space media partner, is celebrating its first birthday on May 16. Here its editors reflect on stories — penned or influenced by academics — that were particularly powerful or memorable.
Gerry Adams and Research Anonymity: How Far Do We Go?
After promising research subjects anonymity, a compelling reason — and the state’s compulsion — pushes us to renege on the promise. is that a mortal sin or a venal transgression? Mark Israel argues that sometimes it’s a necessary evil.
If You Want an Academic Mentor, Try to Be a White Guy
Grad sudents looking for a professor to be a mentor had a better chance of getting a positive response – or a response at all – if they were white and male, according to a new study that broke down findings by discipline and whether a school was public or private.
University Students and Leaders Don’t Always Look Like UK Population
New analysis of the ethnic diversity of both university students and the academics in charge of their education has revealed wide disparities in ethnic representation compared to UK population averages.
Sense About Science and NHS Choices Launch New Online Forum
Sense About Science has teamed up with NHS Choices Behind the Headlines to help people better understand the science behind health claims […]
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