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 […]
On the Ethics of Facebook – and Drawing the Right Conclusions
What does the Facebook emotional contagion study really tells us about research ethics? Perhaps, argues Robert Dingwall, that its time to deregulate public social science.
Call for Submissions: International Convention of Psychological Science
The inaugural International Convention of Psychological Science seeks submissions for its gathering on March 12-15, 2015 in Amsterdam. ICPS offers opportunities to […]
Sharing Data Across Disciplines and Cultures
The value of sharing research data is widely recognised by the research community and funders are setting in place stronger policy requirements for researchers to share data. But the costs to researchers in sharing their data can be considerable and the incentives are sometimes few and far between. A recent report from the cross-disciplinary Expert Advisory Group on Data Access highlights the need for a shift in cultures to provide greater support for researchers in sharing data and greater recognition for those who do it well.
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Metric?
This Monday marks the end of the open consultation for HEFCE’s Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment. Steve Fuller argues that academics, especially interdisciplinary scholars, should welcome the opportunity to approach the task of citation differently.
Howard Silver named Senior Contributing Editor of Social Science Space
Howard Silver named Senior Contributing Editor of Social Science Space June 20, 2014 (Washington, D.C.) — Howard J. Silver, Political Scientist and […]
Policymakers Standoffish With Academic Research
The disparity between academics’ perception of the impact of their research and the opinions of Australian policymakers was recently underlined by a team of researchers from the University of Queensland who undertook cross-sectional surveys and semi-structured interviews with social science academic researchers and personnel in policy-relevant roles in public sector agencies.
Seeking a Research Rating That Isn’t Impact Factor
The signatories of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment continue to explore ways to dethrone the reigning monarch of research assessment, the impact factor.
Recent Books on Brazil’s Culture and Politics
With the World Cup 2014 kicking off in Brazil today, how much do we know about culture and politics inside the host country? […]
