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Post on Being Part of Resistance Wins ISA Online Award

By Social Science Space | Published: April 19, 2018

A post on the blog Political Violence at a Glance that gives a host of tips on how academics can be very political and yet...

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NSF Honors Developmental Psychologist With Top Early Career Award

By National Science Foundation | Published: April 12, 2018

For the first time since 2005, a social scientist has won the Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation's highest honor for early career scientists and...

Also posted in Announcements, Early Career | Tagged APS, NSF, Psychology, Waterman Award | Leave a comment

Heidi Neck on Entrepreneurship in Teaching Future Entrepreneurs

By Social Science Space | Published: March 30, 2018

How do you teach someone to be entrepreneurial? That’s the challenge presented to Heidi Neck, the Jeffry A. Timmons Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Babson...

Also posted in Teaching | Tagged entrepreneurship, Heidi Neck, TAA, Textbooks | Leave a comment

Study Shows Lack of Female Authors in Academic Writing

By Ione Fine | Published: March 22, 2018

Like it or loathe it, publishing in highprofile journals is the fast track to prestigious positions in academia. Yet somehow, in the search to understand...

Also posted in Academic Funding, Research Ethics | Tagged Academic Publishing, Gender Bias, Scientific Publishing, Women In Science, Women in Workplace | Leave a comment

Shortlist for the Duckies 2018 Revealed

By SAGE | Published: March 21, 2018

The shortlist for the Online Achievement in International Studies (OAIS) Awards, otherwise known as the Duckies, has been announced. This year's awards ceremony will feature talks...

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Prize-Winner Describes the Process Behind Her Dissertation

By SAGE | Published: March 12, 2018

Recently Holly Campbell, a student from University College London, won the EGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize . We reached out to Holly to find out a...

Also posted in Early Career | Tagged Dissertation, Turkey | Leave a comment

Call for Nominations for the 2018 CASBS-SAGE Awards

By SAGE | Published: March 8, 2018

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...

Also posted in Interdisciplinarity, Public Policy, Research | Tagged Award, Call for Nominations, CASBS, SAGE Publishing | Leave a comment

Patricia Goodson on the POWER of Better Academic Writing

By Michael Todd, Social Science Space editor | Published: February 22, 2018

A combination of influences -- practice, classroom and POWER -- has made Patricia Goodson's book 'Becoming an Academic Writer: 50 Exercises for Paced, Productive, and...

Also posted in Communication | Tagged Academic Writing, Patricia Goodson, POWER Writing, TAA | Leave a comment

Campaign for Social Science Adds Four to Board

By Campaign for Social Science | Published: February 15, 2018

Britain's Campaign for Social Science has announced the appointment of four new board members, drawing on extensive research, public policy and practitioner social science...

Also posted in Announcements, Early Career | Tagged Campaign for Social Science | Leave a comment

AAPSS Names 2018 Fellows

By American Academy of Political and Social Science | Published: January 22, 2018

The American Academy of Political and Social Science will induct the organizer of the American Opportunity Survey and a professor of social work who focuses...

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Toward a Critical Citizenship Psychology: Honoring Catriona Macleod

By Social Science Space | Published: January 9, 2018

Catriona Macleod received the 2017 Psychology and Social Change Award from her home institution, Rhodes University, late last year in large part for recognizing and...

Posted in Recognition | Tagged Africa, Catriona Macleod, Decolonization, Psychology | 1 Response

Solidarity and Commitment in a #MeToo Age: Honoring Psychologist Jeanne Marecek

By Social Science Space | Published: January 3, 2018

Jeanne Marecek, one of the pioneers in studying the nexus of feminisms and psychologies, has been awarded the Carolyn Wood Sherif Award from the American...

Posted in Recognition | Tagged American Psychological Association, Feminism, Jeanne Marecek, Psychology, Suicide | Leave a comment

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Recognition

Post on Being Part of Resistance Wins ISA Online Award

NSF Honors Developmental Psychologist With Top Early Career Award

Heidi Neck on Entrepreneurship in Teaching Future Entrepreneurs

Study Shows Lack of Female Authors in Academic Writing

Shortlist for the Duckies 2018 Revealed

Prize-Winner Describes the Process Behind Her Dissertation

Call for Nominations for the 2018 CASBS-SAGE Awards

Patricia Goodson on the POWER of Better Academic Writing

Campaign for Social Science Adds Four to Board

AAPSS Names 2018 Fellows

Toward a Critical Citizenship Psychology: Honoring Catriona Macleod

Solidarity and Commitment in a #MeToo Age: Honoring Psychologist Jeanne Marecek

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