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 […]
Don’t know much about geography
National geography-test scores released in the US last week – part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress – revealed that US […]
The human paradox that is common sense
Duncan Watts writes in New Scientist that ‘common sense’ can help us make sense of human behaviour – but can also undermine […]
Raise that pulse, share that link
Tom Jacobs reports in Miller McCune Magazine on a recent study which finds anxiety, amusement, and even exercise, can compel people to share information. […]
RACE: Are we so different?
The American Anthropological Association presents the science, history and lived experience of race in the United States in Smithsonian National History Museum […]
Where did all the sociologists go? Querying ‘the lecturer experience’
The new government’s announcements of forthcoming changes to the workings of British higher education have inspired much debate. The major newspapers have […]
Lords recommend appointment of Chief Social Scientist
The recommendation by the House of Lords Science and Technology Sub-Committee’s report Behaviour Change, published today (20 July), to appoint an independent […]
Evidence-based policy-making: report by UK parliamentary committee
A report published by the UK’s House of Lords Science and Technology Sub-committee on behavioural change policy finds that ‘nudges’ and similar […]
Supporting Effective Communication and Workflows in Social Science Research
A guest post by Bernie Folan, Head of Journals Marketing in London Kindly re-posted with permission from Research Information Magazine. This also appears […]
