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 […]
Federal Fraud Hunters on Their Symbiosis with Social Science
We interviewed two officials at the U.S. Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery to talk about their thoughts on the importance of the social sciences in government oversight.
A Look Inside the Team that Safeguards Trillions in COVID Relief Spending
The focus of these special inspector general offices is to not only keep a watchful eye on the trillions of dollars flowing from Washington to families and business across the country, but to also prevent and deter people defrauding the federal government and thus the tax-paying American public.
Pub-Test Folly: Why We Quit Australia’s ARC College of Experts
Two members of the Australian Research Council College of Experts explain why a political veto of several expert-vetted grants led them to resign from the advisory panel.
AAPSS Event: Civic Responsibility and the Repair of American Democracy
The American Academy of Political and Social Science webinar, “Civic Responsibility and the Repair of American Democracy,” starts at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, February 1.
(Belated) New Year Thoughts on the Barriers to Ending the Pandemic
A year ago, we in the UK were approaching Christmas and New Year with quiet optimism as the first COVID vaccines rolled […]
Social Scientists Need Data on Gender Identity – and on Sex
Rather than removing data on sex, we should collect data on both sex and gender identity, in order to develop a better understanding of the influence of both of these factors and the intersection between them.
Watch the Lecture: It’s Institutions Stupid: The Moralisation of Capitalism
The Campaign for Social Science and SAGE Publishing’s jointly sponsored annual lecture for 2021 featured political economist, author and columnist Will Hutton, […]
COVID-19, Face Masks and Research Integrity
Robert Dingwall asks if claims about the effectiveness of face masks in stopping COVID consistent with current standards of research integrity.
