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Outlining the Many Beneficiaries of Evidence Week

By Tracey Brown | Published: June 23, 2018

The head of Sense about Science discusses the importance of public reasoning and accountability and why the first ever Evidence Week is a timely response...

Business-Academic Collaboration Remains Vigilant on Research Funding

By Social Science Space | Published: June 13, 2018

Funding for basic research, visas for scholars from outside the United States, and streamlining regulations that get in the way of research are areas of...

Also posted in Academic Funding | Tagged Innovation Deficit, Innovation Imperative | Leave a comment

The Other Dead of 1918

By Robert Dingwall | Published: May 15, 2018

Although it won't see the memorials and centenary events that the World War I Armistice will, it's worth thinking back to the ravages of the...

Also posted in News, Public Engagement, Science & Social Science | Tagged Health, influenza, Max Weber, Public Health, World War I | Leave a comment

Impact Still Helping Higher Education; But at What Cost?

By Tina Basi and Mona Sloane | Published: April 25, 2018

Tina Basi and Mona Sloane argue that REF 2021 offers the opportunity to frame a discussion on the purpose of universities that is less focused...

Also posted in Higher Education Reform, Impact | Tagged Evidence-Based Policy, Knowledge Exchange | Leave a comment

Call for Nominations for the 2018 CASBS-SAGE Awards

By SAGE | Published: April 25, 2018

CASBS at Stanford University and SAGE Publishing are announcing nominations to the fifth annual SAGE-CASBS awards. The award goes to researchers who have made outstanding...

Also posted in Interdisciplinarity, Recognition, Research | Tagged Award, Call for Nominations, CASBS, SAGE Publishing | Leave a comment

Should Universities Be Parents?

By Robert Dingwall | Published: April 17, 2018

Increasingly, says Robert Dingwall, UK universities are taking a more paternal role in the lives of their students, taking -- or perhaps resuming -- more...

Also posted in Higher Education Reform, Teaching | Tagged binge drinking, in loco parentis, mental health, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, Student Experience, student poverty, student welfare | Leave a comment

Washington and Social Science: Science Chair Still Questions Value

By Mark Vieth | Published: April 5, 2018

Congress cleared the final fiscal year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act, and the president signed the measure into law, narrowly averting another government shutdown. The House...

Also posted in News | Tagged Census 2020, Lamar Smith, Mark Vieth News Bulletin | Leave a comment

The State of Gun Research in the US: Six questions answered

By Lacey Wallace | Published: February 21, 2018

The research needed to answer questions about the role of firearms in acts of horrific mass violence doesn’t exist – and part of the problem...

Also posted in News, Research | Tagged Guns, Mass Shootings | Leave a comment

A Cry From Canada: Freedom of Expression Under Attack at Our Universities

By SAGE | Published: February 14, 2018

The former president of the University of Saskatchewan argues that freedom of expression is under attack in Canada's universities through an accumulation of episodes that...

Also posted in Higher Education Reform | Tagged Academic Freedom, Canada, Freedom of Expression | Leave a comment

Why Has Brexit Britain Not Had an Immigration Debate?

By Daniel Nehring | Published: January 18, 2018

The post-referendum public debates in the United Kingdom have been about the future of Britain and British citizens, and questions about the lives and futures...

Also posted in Brexit | Tagged Immigration | Leave a comment

Science vs. 2017: Five Essential Reads

By Maggie Villiger | Published: December 28, 2017

2017 may well be remembered as the year of alternative facts and fake news. Truth took a hit, and experts seemed to lose the public’s...

Also posted in Academic Funding, News, Science & Social Science | Tagged Budget Cuts, Fake News, public administration | Leave a comment

How Do We Head Off the Collateral Damage of Big Data?

By Hamish Robertson and Joanne Travaglia | Published: December 22, 2017

Hamish Robertson and Joanne Travaglia argue that big data quantification is now not only a mechanism for extracting information but has become an idea with social and...

Also posted in International Debates | Tagged Behavioral Mapping, Big Datas, Ethics | Leave a comment

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Outlining the Many Beneficiaries of Evidence Week

Business-Academic Collaboration Remains Vigilant on Research Funding

The Other Dead of 1918

Impact Still Helping Higher Education; But at What Cost?

Call for Nominations for the 2018 CASBS-SAGE Awards

Should Universities Be Parents?

Washington and Social Science: Science Chair Still Questions Value

The State of Gun Research in the US: Six questions answered

A Cry From Canada: Freedom of Expression Under Attack at Our Universities

Why Has Brexit Britain Not Had an Immigration Debate?

Science vs. 2017: Five Essential Reads

How Do We Head Off the Collateral Damage of Big Data?

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