Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Doing the Math on Equal Pay
In the UK, it’s November 20. In France, it’s today, November 8. For the EU, it’s November 15. It’s the day of […]
All Change! 2024 – A Year of Elections: Campaign for Social Science Annual Sage Lecture
With over 50 countries around the world holding major elections during 2024 it has been a hugely significant year for democracy as […]
‘Settler Colonialism’ and the Promised Land
The term ‘settler colonialism’ was coined by an Australian historian in the 1960s to describe the occupation of a territory with a […]
Daron Acemoglu on Artificial Intelligence
Economist Daron Acemoglu, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discusses the history of technological revolutions in the last millennium and what they may tell us about artificial intelligence today.
Crafting the Best DEI Policies: Include Everyone and Include Evidence
Organizations shouldn’t back away from workplace DEI efforts. Rather, the research suggests, they should double down, using a more inclusive approach that emphasizes civility and dialogue – one aimed at finding common ground.
The Public’s Statistics Should Serve, Well, the Public
Paul Allin sets out why the UK’s Royal Statistical Society is launching a new campaign for public statistics.
Why, and How, We Must Contest ‘Development’
Why is contestation a better starting point for studying and researching development than ‘everyone wants the same thing’?
New SSRC Project Aims to Develop AI Principles for Private Sector
The new AI Disclosures Project seeks to create structures that both recognize the commercial enticements of AI while ensuring that issues of safety and equity are front and center in the decisions private actors make about AI deployment.
