Public Policy

Ebola – What’s the Point of the World Health Organisation?
International Debate
October 26, 2014

Ebola – What’s the Point of the World Health Organisation?

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Ivor Crewe on Psephology
Audio
October 3, 2014

Ivor Crewe on Psephology

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Congressional Elections Have Consequences for Social Science
Academic Funding
September 25, 2014

Congressional Elections Have Consequences for Social Science

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How Nudge Can Help Us Cope With Ebola
Public Policy
September 24, 2014

How Nudge Can Help Us Cope With Ebola

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Stanford’s Eberhardt Receives MacArthur Fellowship

Stanford’s Eberhardt Receives MacArthur Fellowship

A social psychologist whose work examines how racial bias–unconscious but still present–impacts Americans’ perceptions and reactions to crime is one of 21 new recipients of the MacArthur ‘genius award.’

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Maybe We Should Just Pay Peer Reviewers

Maybe We Should Just Pay Peer Reviewers

An experiment on economists looked at offering small stipends for reviewers, as well as tighter deadlines and dollop of public shaming. Which worked, and could this have implications beyond this field and this journal? Max Nathan discusses.

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Start Making Sense: Sense About Science Coming to US

Start Making Sense: Sense About Science Coming to US

The British-based nonprofit that helps the public understand the barrage of research data encountered routinely is starting a similar effort in the United States.

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Myers-Briggs at Work? Might Be a Terrible Idea (MBTI)

Myers-Briggs at Work? Might Be a Terrible Idea (MBTI)

Academics already tend to have a bone to pick with the Myers Briggs Type Indicator as anything other than a parlor game. Nonetheless, while the personality test has a hold on the popular imagination it shouldn’t enter the workplace.

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Domestic Violence – is Further Criminalization the Answer?

Domestic Violence – is Further Criminalization the Answer?

No one favors domestic violence. But in strengthening protections to counter it, asks Sofia Graça, is adding new laws automatically the best way forward?

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The Perverse Results of Performance Funding for Universities

The Perverse Results of Performance Funding for Universities

Given the rise of policies that try to link state appropriations for public universities to the student outcomes for those institutions, the natural question must be: do these funding policies correlate with higher student achievement? The answers may surprise …

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Methods: In Polling, Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better

Methods: In Polling, Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better

As various canvasses and opinion polls attempt to predict the outcome of the Scottish independence plebiscite, it’s worth taking a look at how more methodologically sound inputs lead to more accurate forecasts.

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Taking the Air out of the Ban on Transgender Troops

Taking the Air out of the Ban on Transgender Troops

UPDATE: In a 2014 article, a former U.S. surgeon general and four co-authors argue that the U.S. military’s medically based ban on transgender troops in place then failed on the facts and on the precedents of other populations in uniform.

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