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 […]
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.
Watch William Julius Wilson Address Race in the Age of Trump
In his 2017 SAGE-CASBS Award lecture, noted social scientist William Julius Wilson offer his “Reflections on American Race Relations in the Age of Donald Trump,”
BPS Award-Winner Alex Haslam on Teams and Trump
Social psychologist Alex Haslam talks about many of his research interests, from Donald Trump to identity politics to classic studies – is his ‘glass cliff work’ with Michelle Ryan count? – in a wide-ranging interview following his receiving the President’s Award from the British Psychological Society.
APA Honors Pedagogical Pundit Regan Gurung with Teaching Award
Regan Gurung, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay psychologist behind the blog ‘Pedagogical Pundit’ and a mass of scholarship on teaching psychology, has been awarded the American Psychological Association Brewer Award for his efforts.
Making Sense of Society: Ruben Schneider
Ruben Schneider, who is ethnographically exploring the interactions of ‘global’ conservation alliances and local communities, describes his passion in this essay for the ESRC.
Activist-Scholar Award Goes to Economist Samuel Myers Jr.
The Urban Affairs Association will present this year’s Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award to Samuel Myers Jr., an economist who has pioneered methods that prove the pervasiveness of inequality.
Making Sense of Society: Caoimhe Ryan
In the wake of recent divisive political campaigns, argues Caoimhe Ryan in this essay, it is vital that we not lose sight of important examples of inclusion and support.
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