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 […]
Sense About Science and NHS Choices Launch New Online Forum
Sense About Science has teamed up with NHS Choices Behind the Headlines to help people better understand the science behind health claims […]
Citizen Scientists Should Have a Home in the Social Sciences, Too
Citizen social science calls on experts and the public to re-evaluate their roles in addressing social problems. Erinma Ochu, a social neuroscientist, elucidates the opportunities on offer when experts let the public in on the business of addressing these pervasive challenges. Real learning comes in the social life of the method – in the practice of listening, trying and often failing to collaborate – trying again and getting into the rhythm of the issue, together.
How to Avoid That Fatal Social Media Faux Pas
University professors are not immune to epic fails when using social media. But the lesson learned isn’t to withdraw completely, argues Ereika Darics, but to know thine audience.
Measuring Impact Via Influence, Not Bank Balance
A new project from the British Academy sets down the calculator in the latest attempt to tot up the value of the social sciences and humanities.
Facebook and Uncritical Contemporary Culture
There they sit, giving the ‘thumbs-up’ to our lives, affirming that all is okay in our world. The ubiquitous “like” button, the […]
The New Academic Elitism
In academia, elitism seems to be taking root, and privilege seems to matter more and more. Daniel Nehring discusses the consequences.
Sociology Outside Academia
Why academics’ misunderstanding of the epistemology and politics of science is leading them to silently and uncritically support the politics of the powers that be.
The Ethics of Impact
Back in the summer, John Holmwood, the current BSA President, sent me an email about impact and research ethics. Various contingencies have […]
