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 […]
Social Scientists Swarm Capitol Hill for a Day
With a new Congress expected to take up old causes that might not sit well with the science community, a consortium of social and behavioral science associations brought the message home to legislators that social science was part of their district, too.
Freeing Biz School from the Blah-Blah-Blahs
The eternal conflict between the abstract and the applicable haunts the halls of many business schools. One way to help close the gap between research and practice is to re-examine how ‘impact’ is measured in the field.
Campaign Does Have a Public View of Public’s Science
A critique of the recent pre-general election ‘Business of People’ report has lead the chair of the organization behind the report, Britain’s Campaign for Social Science, to respond to arguments that social scientists should not be asking for increases in government spending on science and research.
Social Scientists Busy in Run-up to UK’s General Election
Academic researchers – not just media pundits – should have their say in holding policy promises to account. Jonathan Breckon charts the various activities around the United Kingdom aimed at providing a rigorous evidence base in the run-up to the General Election.
American Community Survey Back in the Frying Pan
Once again the American Community Survey — beloved of social scientists and the despair of many conservatives — is in the crosshairs.
Social Science in the News
Social science is vital too The Guardian Social Science has to be embedded in any strategy for science and innovation worth […]
Tomorrow’s Britain Needs Social Science Today, Report Argues
The Campaign for Social Science is asking the British government-to-be for a greater recognition of social science, arguing that the nation’s future prosperity will depend on it.
Ebola – WHO (Still) Don’t Get It: Social Science Saves Lives
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa reminds us of a key lesson in public health, notes Robert Dingwall: Biomedical solutions will always come late, while social science-based interventions can break the cycle much sooner.
