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 […]
Using British Library Resources for Social Science Research
A new guide for using the British Library as a resource for research in the Social Sciences has been launched on the ESRC website. […]
“Social Scientists Need to Make a Stronger Case for Their Worth”
Social scientists need to make a strong case for their worth inside and outside of academia.
War in History: Open Access Journals
Simon Ball, Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Glasgow, discusses the dangers of Gold Route OA to the Humanities and scholarship in general.
Campaign for Social Science Roadshows
The Campaign for Social Science will hold its latest roadshows in the next few weeks.
Health, Engineering, and National Security Experts laud Life-Saving Impact of Social Sciences
A group of scholars and experts who are not traditionally associated with the social sciences were found in one location discussing the important accomplishments of social and behavioral scientists.
Why Open Access is Good News for Neo-Nazis
Much of the debate on Open Access has concentrated on the shift from a subscription model that opens access for authors, while […]
How Close Were We to Armageddon? The Cuban Missile Crisis.
50 years on, the Cuban Missile Crisis may still prove to be one of the most important events in understanding modern International diplomacy.
