Public Policy

Communicating NSF’s Value to Elected Officials
Academic Funding
August 6, 2018

Communicating NSF’s Value to Elected Officials

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Why the Chinese Government Should Read Herbert Spencer
News
August 3, 2018

Why the Chinese Government Should Read Herbert Spencer

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Paying for the Good Stuff
News
July 18, 2018

Paying for the Good Stuff

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Evidence-Based Policy: Do Knowledge Brokers Help?
Impact
July 5, 2018

Evidence-Based Policy: Do Knowledge Brokers Help?

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More Than A March: Evidence Supporters Gather in Chicago

More Than A March: Evidence Supporters Gather in Chicago

March for Science wants to continue the momentum from their global marches with the first ever March for Science three-day summit aimed at teaching community organizing and communication skills, and advocacy. The event, called the S|IGNS SUMMIT, will be held starting on July 6 in Chicago.

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Richard Wilkinson on How Inequality is Bad

Richard Wilkinson on How Inequality is Bad

In this Social Science Bites podcast, social epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson lays out the case that inequality should be fought specifically because it fosters a litany of ill effects.

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Outlining the Many Beneficiaries of Evidence Week

Outlining the Many Beneficiaries of Evidence Week

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 to the changing demands of meeting those ideals, especially among politicians and policymakers. 

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Business-Academic Collaboration Remains Vigilant on Research Funding

Business-Academic Collaboration Remains Vigilant on Research Funding

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 concern for a consortium of business and academic interests that annually reviews the state of American government’s commitment to innovation.

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The Other Dead of 1918

The Other Dead of 1918

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 ‘Spanish flu’ of a century ago and the implications that that pandemic of the past has for infections of the future.

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What Census Data Miss about American Diversity

What Census Data Miss about American Diversity

In the current volume of ‘The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,’ the editors ask: is the current census ethno-racial classification system doing a good job? Does it accurately reflect who we are, enabling us to track important social phenomena? Does it provide statistics helpful to understanding demographic dynamics and who we are likely to become in the years ahead?

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Impact Still Helping Higher Education; But at What Cost?

Impact Still Helping Higher Education; But at What Cost?

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 on economics and more focused on people and public engagement, returning closer to the Humboldtian model of higher education.

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Call for Nominations for the 2018 CASBS-SAGE Awards

Call for Nominations for the 2018 CASBS-SAGE Awards

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 societal contributions by using social and behavioral research to address or understand vital social concerns.

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