
Putting Quality Into Qualitative Research
The authors of an award-winning textbook on qualitative research discuss their love of the method — and their respect for choosing the right method for the task at hand.
8 years agoA space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social and behavioral scientists
The authors of an award-winning textbook on qualitative research discuss their love of the method — and their respect for choosing the right method for the task at hand.
8 years agoSome people say college is already a game — but a poorly designed one. Political scientist Mika LaVaque-Manty is bringing game logic into his introductory courses, a winning effort that was honored at this year’s APSA annual conference.
8 years agoWhat’s the best for a professional association to build engagement from its members? For one thing, notes Mark Hager in an award-winning paper, you probably can put away the souvenir tote bags.
8 years agoThe British Academy last week elected a full slate of distinguished UK academics from 19 universities as fellows for 2014. […]
8 years agoThree economists who used federal funding to research highly theoretical work on game theory and auctions are being honored with Golden Goose Awards for the highly practical application of their work that enabled the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to auction off the nation’s telecommunications spectrum in a way that maximized fairness and efficiency in the marketplace.
8 years agoKim Holmberg argues altmetrics have exciting potential for measuring the impact of public outreach. But where do we draw the line between promoting our own work and gaming the altmetrics?
8 years ago‘Rock stars’ are people whose work has incredible public influence, and/or incredible influence on public perception of economic thinking such that they become a by-word for the credibility of ideas.
8 years agoThe former director of the U.S. Census and the current president the Consortium of Social Science Associations will be among the scholars joining the panel that oversees the National Science Foundation this August..
8 years agoAmong the 1,149 people receiving Queen’s Birthday Honours this year are several British social scientists, a recognition of the importance […]
8 years ago“America has achieved the distinction of being the country with the highest level of income inequality among the advanced countries,” […]
8 years agoJoseph Pérez, born in France but one of the pre-eminent chroniclers of imperial and modern Spain, has received the Prince […]
8 years agoLongtime Illinois congressman and Research!America chairman John Edward Porter last month received the 2014 Public Welfare Medal from the National […]
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