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 […]
Do We Have (Data) Trust Issues With the Academy?
A new survey of the British public finds it has serious concerns about sharing data with just about everyone, even with institutions is otherwise respects deeply.
Scholarly Reflections on the Legacy of Nelson Mandela
“We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference.” – Nelson […]
The ‘Big Tent’ of Population Studies
The Population Association of America has joined the family of Social Science Space partners this summer, and to mark that we spoke with the president of the PAA, Johns Hopkins economist Robert Moffitt.
Staying Up-to-Date on Your Articles’ Impact
This is the first of two “ultimate guides” on practical tips for measuring the impact of academic output. Tomorrow we will examine […]
Assessing the Prospects for a Public Sociology: The Case of Explaining Riots
Viewing the question through the prism of the riots of 2011, Martyn Hammersley asks some probing questions about ability and the expertise of public sociology is explaining the incidents.
Peer Review and You: Dispatch from a Young Researcher
A young researcher offers her take on the peer review after attending a Sense About Science session on the subject.
Surviving as Activist Academics in an Authoritarian State
For more than a decade a group of intellectual freedom fighters survived at Egyptian universities only to see their movement falter just when political freedoms expanded
Debunking Chemical Myths
Sense About Science have launched the new edition of their public guide ‘Making Sense of Chemical Stories’ this week, debunking chemical myths and […]
