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 […]
Summary: Social Science and the Census
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee met with prominent UK social scientists last week to discuss the potential impact of […]
Economics blogs impact positively on paper downloads and professional reputation : stand to exert an influence on policy.
With large impacts on dissemination of research and significant benefits in terms of individual reputations, David McKenzie and Berk Özler, conclude that […]
Social Science in an Emergency: An Interview with Andrew Miller MP
In 2011 the Science and Technology Select Committee published the report Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies, examining the role of science […]
UK Science and Technology Committee Select Committee Announcement – The census and social science
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE Select Committee Announcement No. 98 (10-12): 9 November 2011 NEW INQUIRY ANNOUNCED The census and social science In […]
Social scientists’ role in strengthening trust in scientific evidence
Originally posted to the SAGE Connection blog Last week was the ESRC’s annual festival of social science. This is the third year […]
Making the Case for the Social Sciences Issue 5 – Sport and Leisure
With the Olympic and Paralympic Games piquing the public’s interest in sport, the publication of Making the Case for the Social Sciences: […]
#OWS: What took so long?
In a recent Miller-McCune article, Tom Jacobs looks at research by psychologists that links people’s reluctance to protest against Wall Street bailouts […]
Following the Riots: Research Priorities
During and following the Academy’s conference on the Riots of summer 2011, the speakers were all asked for their thoughts on where […]
