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 […]
We Should Be Happy Federal Tax Dollars Funded Rat Massage
The latest winners of the Gold Goose Award for seemingly weird science with big practical benefits are researchers whose brush with lab rat love is now helping thousands of preemies.
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.
How Do You (Successfully) Gamify a Course?
Some 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.
Engaging With the Untidy World of Nonprofits
What’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.
British Academy Elects a Full Slate of New Fellows
The British Academy last week elected a full slate of distinguished UK academics from 19 universities as fellows for 2014. The 42 […]
Of Geese and Game Theory: Auctions, Airwaves – and Applications
Three 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.
How Concerned Should We Be About Gaming Altmetrics?
Kim 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?
The Economist as Rock Star
‘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.
