International Debate

New Statement Supports Academic Inquiry by Actors Both On and Off Campus
Higher Education Reform
March 4, 2022

New Statement Supports Academic Inquiry by Actors Both On and Off Campus

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How Does Putin Think?
News
February 25, 2022

How Does Putin Think?

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Talking With Bennie Kara, Winner of the First SAGE Social Justice Book Award
Bookshelf
February 23, 2022

Talking With Bennie Kara, Winner of the First SAGE Social Justice Book Award

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What Does the Data Tell Us About Black Coaches, the NFL and Discrimination
Insights
February 10, 2022

What Does the Data Tell Us About Black Coaches, the NFL and Discrimination

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Let’s Define ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’

Let’s Define ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’

Looking at the entirety of what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021, it’s clear that there was both legitimate protest and illegitimate political violence. When political violence replaces political discourse, and when political leaders refuse to play by the democratic rules of the game, democracies weaken, and may even die.

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Does Gender Bias Influence What Gets Called ‘Soft Science’?

Does Gender Bias Influence What Gets Called ‘Soft Science’?

Across studies in research described here, participants were consistently more likely to describe a discipline as a “soft science” when they’d been led to believe that proportionally more women worked in the field.

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Yizker Bikher: Eroding the Holocaust’s Goal of Erasure

Yizker Bikher: Eroding the Holocaust’s Goal of Erasure

Defying the Third Reich’s attempt to wipe Jewish culture off the map, ‘yizker bikher’ memorialize writers’ hometowns, commemorate murdered loved ones and pass on collective memory.

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Collaboration Tackles COVID Through Psychological Science

Collaboration Tackles COVID Through Psychological Science

The Association for Psychological Science Global Collaboration on COVID-19 brought experts together to assess how their field has contributed to responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and identify possibilities for new research to answer unanswered questions.

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There Is No Proof of Rampant Anti-Semitism in University Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Offices

There Is No Proof of Rampant Anti-Semitism in University Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Offices

The right-wing Heritage Foundation has accused university Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices of spreading anti-Semitism on campuses, but its recently  issued […]

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MLK and His Impact on Social Science Scholarship

MLK and His Impact on Social Science Scholarship

In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth on January 15, 1929, we offer a selection of scholarship from the social science community that directly cites King’s message as a subject or the nexus of the paper.

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Might the ‘Sore Loser Effect’ Legitimize Violence?

Might the ‘Sore Loser Effect’ Legitimize Violence?

James Piazza concludes that when election losers in democracies reject election results, becoming “sore losers,” tribalism grows and political violence becomes less taboo.

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Credit Due? Opposing One Form of Institutional Support for an Academic Boycott

Credit Due? Opposing One Form of Institutional Support for an Academic Boycott

Steven Lubet argues that while students have the right to call for academic boycott of Israeli institutions, their university has a responsibility not to award them academic credit for doing so.

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