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 […]
What Nudged the Nobel Committee to Honor Richard Thaler?
Richard Thaler was not the first proponent of behavioral economics to be awarded a Nobel Prize, notes Sergey Popov. But Thaler’s star turn came when the Great Recession and it orgy or irrationality brought a lot of attention to research that extensively cites the University of Chicago’s economist’s 40-year-long academic career.
A Founding Father of Behavioral Economics Wins Nobel Prize
Richard H. Thaler, the University of Chicago economist whose contributions linking psychology to the ‘dismal science’ caught the public’s eye in his co-authored bestselling book Nudge, has received this year’s Nobel Prize in economic sciences.
Nominations Sought for 2019 AAPSS’ Moynihan Prize
The American Academy of Political and Social Science welcomes nominations for the 2019 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, with a deadline of October 17 for letters of nomination to be submitted.
Shamit Saggar New Chair for Campaign for Social Science
Shamit Saggar from the University of Essex has been appointed to be the new head of the UK’s Campaign for Social Science.
Carrying the Torch For a Classic Political Science Text
An award that honors enduring contribution from a political science text this year has gone to ‘ Politics in the American States.’
A Parent of Evaluation: Daniel Stufflebeam, 1936-2017
One of the founding fathers of the field of evaluation, Daniel L. Stufflebeam of Western Michigan University, has died at age 80.
Alan Krueger: Where Does Public Policy Fit in a Gig Economy?
American labor law and social programs were developed in an age where workers labored for a company and could plan to be there for years, if not a lifetime. The velocity of the gig economy’s expansion has left policymakers far behind, says economist Alan Kruger, and he’d like to bring them up to speed.
Former Census Director Tapped to Head COPAFS
The recently resigned head of the U.S. Census Bureau will head the umbrella organization that serves as an advocate and liaison to federal statistical organizations.
