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 […]
Speak the Language of the Universe
Even if you’re not mathematically inclined, it is difficult to not feel inspired by Galileo’s famous statement that “mathematics is the language […]
Objective truth, social ‘science’ and tennis balls
The entire purpose of social science is to apply disciplined, logical, and serious analysis to of all aspects of contemporary social life. Whether ‘scientific’ or not, this process of exploration is intrinsically valuable.
The Importance of Studying the Obvious
Everyone has experience being human, and so findings in social science coincide with something that we have either experienced or can imagine experiencing. The result is that social science all too often seems like common sense.
SAGE opposes the Flake Amendment
Recently, the US House of Representatives passed off an amendment offered by Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) that would prohibit funding for the Political Science Program with the National Science Foundation. If enacted into law, this amendment would set an extraordinary and disturbing precedent in which Congress chooses which scientific disciplines should be funded and not funded within the NSF’s research portfolio.
Methamphetamine Markets, Personal Relationships, and Families
No matter what type of market organization or operation we observed or how good or bad the quality of the local product being sold, we found that relationships and transactions in methamphetamine markets were always personal.
My Social Science Career: Interview with Linda Putnam
As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading social scientists, Linda Putnam, Chair of the Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, spoke to socialsciencespace about her career.
The Illusion of Statistical Control
Kevin D. Carlson, Virginia Tech, and Jinpei Wu, Minnesota State University Moorhead, published “The Illusion of Statistical Control: Control Variable Practice in Management Research” […]
What should an Early-Career Research Agenda Look Like?
How to approach the years beyond the PhD. Some thoughts on alignment, coherence, breadth, and depth.
