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 […]
Businesses See the Value of Social Sciences, But Does Higher Education Policy?
The social sciences are recognized for their role in evaluating policy and offering practice-based interventions about ‘what works’. However, they are less […]
Mary Gergen, 1938-2020: Pioneer in Social Constructionism and Feminist Psychology
Social psychologist Mary Gergen, whose career explored the intersection of social constructionism, narrative studies, and feminist theories, and who was one of the founders of the Taos Institute, died of cancer on September 22. She was 82.
How to Read and Understand a Scientific Paper
From vaccinations to climate change, getting science wrong has very real consequences. But journal articles, a primary way science is communicated in […]
Academy of Social Sciences Names 73 New Fellows for 2020
The Academy of Social Sciences, Britain’s national academy of academics, learned societies and practitioners in the social sciences, has named 73 new Fellows for 2020.
Should Doctors Be in Charge of Pandemic Policy?
or 30 years, social scientists have been trying to educate scientific elites in the value of taking ordinary people with them rather than dismissing skepticism about science-based actions. This work has just gone out the window, argues Robert Dingwall.
Advancing Research Impact in Society: Broader Impacts 101
Would you like a deeper understanding of NSF’s Broader Impacts (BI) criterion? Would you like tips and strategies for addressing the BI […]
Scientists’ Data is Here to Make an Impact
The big idea Scientists don’t take time away from their research to share their expertise with journalists, policymakers and everyone else just […]
Confidentiality and Data Access: Webinar Series
The Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology and Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics are hosting an eight-session webinar series on confidentiality […]
