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 […]
Pandemic Management – The Path Not Taken
New data from the WHO show that during the pandemic’s first two years, Sweden had half the excess death rate of the UK, Germany or Spain – and a quarter of the excess death rate of many countries in Eastern Europe.
Where Does ‘Post-Naive’ Science Diplomacy Go From Here?
Doubravka Olšáková and Sam Robinson, argue that we are at the beginning of a new era of ‘post naïve’ science diplomacy.
Seeing Past the Naiveté of Science Diplomacy to Discern Its Benefits
Doubravka Olšáková and Sam Robinson discuss how the conflict in Ukraine highlights the limitations of conceptions of ‘science diplomacy’ since the turn of the 21st century.
Another COVID Casualty: Pew Examines Americans’ View of Science
How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted science research itself, but also how Americans view science in their daily lives? The Pew Research […]
‘Democracy in the Balance’ Series Finale Examines ‘Frontiers of Democratic Reform’
In the third and final panel in “Democracy in the Balance,” a series of virtual discussions about democratic vulnerability and resilience in the United States, “Frontiers of Democratic Reform” on April 20 will explore the practical steps that can be taken to guard against democratic backsliding in the United States and bolster the integrity of a functional national government.
The Science Media Centre at 20
The UK’s Science Media Centre (SMC) is an internationally admired, and occasionally emulated, model for facilitating interactions between the science community and […]
Connecting Social Science And Policy: A View from Nigeria
Good social science research has ultimate social relevance. In Nigeria, however, the authors’ study shows that research evidence and policies are disconnected.
A Political Scientist Looks at Black Women Judges Who Blazed Trail for Ketanji Brown Jackson
Supreme Count=rt nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s rise is, in part, due to the work of those women and Black men – and to Black women judges dating back almost a century.
