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 War We Are (Regrettably) Not Fighting
The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences recognizes William Julius Wilson for his work on race, stratification, and disadvantage in the U.S.
Can Brands be Intellectuals?
As an academic, you are a brand not only as a matter of choice, but, increasingly, due to powerful institutional imperatives that are becoming harder and harder to ignore.
Groped at Luton Airport: Accountability and the Security State
I was still wearing my belt and triggered the detection gate. What followed was the most intrusive search that I have experienced at any UK or US airport.
Making the Case for the Social Sciences: Longitudinal Research
In June we will launch the latest Making the Case for the Social Sciences booklet, which highlights important recent longitudinal research into education, health and other social issues.
Happy Birthday Social Science Bites!
SAGE’s Global Publishing Director, Ziyad Marar talks with Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds about the one year anniversary of Social Science Bites.
The Myth of Academic Stardom
The recent and on-going reforms of higher education are enforcing an individualisation of academic labour. That academics would gamely play along with such a system is astonishing.
The Branded Sociologist: Can We Still Be On Anyone’s Side?
Sociology is a brand. To survive or even thrive in the academic marketplace, sociology needs to take care of its image. But at what cost?
Congressional Briefing on social surveys and statistics (American Academy of Political and Social Science)
Last month The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) put together a Congressional Briefing on the impact of falling response rates to social surveys and what can be done about it.
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