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 […]
Watch: John B. Diamond Delivers AERA’s 2022 Brown Lecture in Education Research
John B. Diamond, professor of sociology and education policy in Brown University’s department of sociology and Annenberg Institute for School Reform, will deliver the 2022 Brown Lecture in Education Research.
Webinar: Improving Academic-Government Collaboration in Evidence-Based Policymaking
The evidence-based policymaking movement has grown substantially over the past 25 years in the United States. Government officials, researchers, and the public […]
Masks and COVID: The Mystery of the Missing RCTs
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have historically been regarded as the gold standard for evaluating medical interventions. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) developed during the […]
Misunderstanding Markets – the Failure of UK Economic Policy
Have sociologists better understood some of Adam Smith’s cautions than have economists?
Social Inequality Examined Via Soda Consumption Among Youth
P. Christopher Palmedo, a clinical professor of community health and social sciences at the City University of New York, discusses “Exploring Countermarketing Messages to Reduce Youth Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in The Bronx, NY,” which he, Samantha Flores, Kalya Castillo, Moria Byrne-Zaaloff and Kelly Moltzen saw published in Social Marketing Quarterly.
Cementing the Link Between Social Sciences and Humanities Studies with Future Employment
The author’s team’s research shows universities should rethink internships and work-integrated learning for social sciences and humanities students in a way that helps community partners build capacity for innovation.
Examining the Nexus of CSR Reporting and the Global Refugee Crisis
Professors Kate Cooper and Rong Wang discuss their research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and answer questions on their paper, “From Reactionary to Revelatory: CSR Reporting in Response to the Global Refugee Crisis,” published in Business & Society.
What May the Review into the Australian Research Council Bode for University Research?
After years of concerns about the ARC – about political interference and low success rates – the review is a welcome step. But will it tackle the big issues?
