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 […]
Implementing Finch Conference
A two-day conference organised by the Academy of Social Sciences looked at the implementation of the recommendations of the Finch Review for Open Access publishing in the UK.
Sir Jimmy Savile’s Crimes
The English in full moral panic are never an edifying spectacle. The Jimmy Savile affair is no exception, as self-appointed experts on child abuse, BBC-bashing tabloids and ambulance-chasing lawyers have piled into the fray.
Showmanship and The Entrepreneurial University
The dominance of form over substance in the academic labour market has become so unforgiving that small flaws may invalidate a candidate´s presentation of self. You certainly can do the job, but you just don´t look the part.
ESRC Festival of Social Science, and the ‘Big Data’ Debate
This week is the ESRC’s Festival of Social Science, an event that takes place all over the UK where social scientists get […]
“Social Scientists Need to Make a Stronger Case for Their Worth”
Social scientists need to make a strong case for their worth inside and outside of academia.
Health, Engineering, and National Security Experts laud Life-Saving Impact of Social Sciences
A group of scholars and experts who are not traditionally associated with the social sciences were found in one location discussing the important accomplishments of social and behavioral scientists.
Why Open Access is Good News for Neo-Nazis
Much of the debate on Open Access has concentrated on the shift from a subscription model that opens access for authors, while […]
How Close Were We to Armageddon? The Cuban Missile Crisis.
50 years on, the Cuban Missile Crisis may still prove to be one of the most important events in understanding modern International diplomacy.
