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 […]
DBASSE Event Focused on Social Science Responses to COVID’s Challenges
An online seminar hosted by the NAS’ Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education featured a series of presentations on what can we do to lessen, reverse and even thrive in the face of changes wrought by the pandemic.
How to Read and Understand a Scientific Paper
From vaccinations to climate change, getting science wrong has very real consequences. But journal articles, a primary way science is communicated in […]
What Does It Mean If the Public is Decent at Predicting Replication?
With replication – and concerns about the lack of it – occupying much of the discussion about social and behavioral research, efforts […]
What Research Says About Voting by Mail (Spoiler: It’s Safe)
Evidence reviewed by a National Association of Public Administration working group finds that voting by mail is rarely subject to fraud, does not give an advantage to one political party over another and can in fact inspire public confidence in the voting process, if done properly.
Participants Sought for Colorism in Academia Survey
Aimee Haynes, a Ph.D. candidate at Florida’s Nova Southeastern University, is conducting research on colorism experiences among non-White women leaders in higher education careers. She’s asking readers of Social Science Space who fit certain criteria to fill out her anonymous online survey by September 30.
Scientists’ Data is Here to Make an Impact
The big idea Scientists don’t take time away from their research to share their expertise with journalists, policymakers and everyone else just […]
Diversity Training and the Future
Picture a standard corporate meeting room, participants crowded around a video of multi-racial actors acting out hypothetical office scenarios. They fill out […]
Testing-the-Waters Policy With Hypothetical Investment: Evidence From Equity Crowdfunding
While fundraising is time-consuming and entails costs, entrepreneurs might be tempted to “test the water” by simply soliciting investors’ interest before going through the lengthy process. Digitalization of finance has made it possible for small business to run equity crowdfunding campaigns, but also to initiate a TTW process online and quite easily.
