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 […]
Is Wikipedia Really Such a Bad Research Tool for Students?
rather than damning Wikipedia and Google for their imperfections, Amy Antonio argues we both embrace them and teach students how to validate the information they find there.
Don’t Dismiss Brain Imaging as an Academic Gimmick
In a pair of views from our partner site The Conversation, two exponents of brain research discuss the utility of brain scan technology. Here Matt Wall reviews the promise of imaging.
Brain Scans are Fascinating But Behavior Tells Us More
In a pair of views from our partner site The Conversation, two exponents of brain research discuss the utility of brain scan technology. Here Catherine Loveday suggests that observational methods are still more valuable.
Weekly Overview of Social Science News
Makerere Social Science dons end strike New Vision MAKERERE University lecturers at the School of Social Sciences Wednesday returned to class, a […]
Is Evolutionary Psychology ‘Real’ Science? One Unhappy Take
Christopher Scanlon, an associate dean at La Trobe University, argues that evolutionary psychologists’ efforts to determine if people are ‘wired for happiness’ are faces some tall obstacles if they want their work to be considered scientific..
The Day the Earth Moved: Canada’s Muzzled Researchers
Canadian scientists are being prevented by the state from discussing research findings in public, even about earthquakes in their backyard. Mark Frary reports
Altmetrics Aren’t Always So ‘Alt’ – Ask the Developing World
The Web of Science and its corresponding Journal Impact Factor are inadequate for an understanding of the impact of scholarly work from developing regions, argues Juan Pablo Alperin. The altmetrics community should engage with scholars from developing regions to ensure the new metrics do not continue to cater to well-known and well-established networks.
UPDATED: Social Science Advocates Uniting to Oppose FIRST
Thursday’s mark-up of a bill that nearly cuts the National Science Foundation’s social science spending in half is stirring up the academic community.
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