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The Emerging UK Policy Landscape for Researchers

By Louis Coiffait | Published: February 5, 2019

In this first in a series of articles about impact, Louis Coiffait will provide an overview of the current situation for researchers (including social scientists)...

Also posted in Academic Funding, Impact | Tagged Comprehensive Spending Review, Research Excellence Framework | Leave a comment

The Trump Administration’s Last Best Chance to Slash Legal Migration

By Donald Kerwin | Published: February 5, 2019

The Center for Migration Studies, has analyzed changes in the immigration rules for 'lawful permanent residents' and found the potential effect on “intending immigrants” would...

Also posted in News | Tagged Immigration | Leave a comment

Les Back on Migrants

By Social Science Bites | Published: February 1, 2019

Reflecting on his new book Migrant City, Goldsmiths sociologist Les Back tells interviewer David Edmonds in this Social Science Bites podcast, co-author and co-researcher Shamser...

Also posted in International Debate, Social Science Bites | Tagged Immigration, Les Back, London, Migrant City | Leave a comment

President Signs Bill on Evidence-Based Policy

By Social Science Space | Published: January 23, 2019

In what’s been billed as “the first step in a longer process of ensuring the government is fully invested in using science to improve the...

Posted in Public Policy | Tagged Evidence-Based Policy | Leave a comment

OBSSR Aims to Define Behavioral and Social Science Research

By Social Science Space | Published: January 23, 2019

The U.S. National Institutes of Health’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, which has a rather lengthy revised definition that it’s currently asking experts...

Also posted in Announcements, Communication, News | Tagged OBSSR | Leave a comment

How Does Federally Funded Science Fare in Shutdown?

By Angela K. Wilson | Published: January 14, 2019

During this U.S government partial shutdown, agencies including the NSF, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Parks Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Environmental...

Also posted in Academic Funding, News | Tagged NSF, Shutdown | Leave a comment

Washington and Social Science: Shutdown and OSTP Appointment

By Mark Vieth | Published: January 8, 2019

The House and Senate failed to enact appropriations legislation to fund several federal departments and agencies, and, as a result, the federal government experienced a...

Also posted in Academic Funding | Tagged Census, Mark Vieth News Bulletin, OSTP, Shutdown | Leave a comment

David Halpern on Nudging

By Social Science Bites | Published: January 2, 2019

In this Social Science Bites podcast, experimental psychologist David Halpern, the British Nudge Unit's chief executive, offers interviewer David Edmonds a quick primer on nudging,...

Also posted in Social Science Bites | Tagged Behavioural Insights Team, Cass Sunstein, David Halpern, Nudge, Nudge Unit | Leave a comment

LSE 2018 Round-Up on Connecting Research With Policy

By LSE Impact | Published: December 29, 2018

LSE takes us through a round-up of all their top articles relating to Research and Policy connectivity. Explore a variety of 2018 articles on engagement,...

Also posted in Research | Tagged LSE Impact, Research Policy, Round-up | Leave a comment

Plan S[how me the money]: Academic-led Initiatives vs. Less Costly Publishing Future

By Brian Cody | Published: December 26, 2018

Plan S represents an exciting example of the scholarly community mobilizing to create funding requirements that could lead to an open access future. However, the...

Also posted in Open Access | Tagged Plan S, Publication Concerns | Leave a comment

Special Pleading: Free Speech and Australian Universities

By Glyn Davis | Published: December 13, 2018

This is an edited version of a speech given by Glyn Davis, distinguished professor of political science at the Crawford School of Public Policy at...

Also posted in Communication, International Debate | Tagged Academic Freedom, Australia, free speech, Freedom of Expression, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Social Science and Inoculation Against Vaccination Myths

By Matthew Motta, Dominik Stecula and Kathryn Haglin | Published: December 12, 2018

Figuring out how public health professionals can most effectively combat misinformation about the flu vaccine is a critically important question for public health research. Looking...

Also posted in Research | Tagged Vaccination | Leave a comment

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Public Policy

The Emerging UK Policy Landscape for Researchers

The Trump Administration’s Last Best Chance to Slash Legal Migration

Les Back on Migrants

President Signs Bill on Evidence-Based Policy

OBSSR Aims to Define Behavioral and Social Science Research

How Does Federally Funded Science Fare in Shutdown?

Washington and Social Science: Shutdown and OSTP Appointment

David Halpern on Nudging

LSE 2018 Round-Up on Connecting Research With Policy

Plan S[how me the money]: Academic-led Initiatives vs. Less Costly Publishing Future

Special Pleading: Free Speech and Australian Universities

Social Science and Inoculation Against Vaccination Myths

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