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 […]
To Share Research More Widely, Knock Down University Barriers
Sharing our findings beyond academia isn’t typically seen as part of our academic workload. This is problematic for academics who are already struggling to find time to do all the things their complex workload requires of them
Video: Social Influence in the Age of COVID
Near what we now know to be the lengthy saga of the COVID-19 pandemic, four psychologists collaborating remotely put together the edited […]
Together Apart
Table of Contents Author Biographies Contributors Acknowledgements Section A: Setting the scene The need for a social identity analysis of COVID-19 A […]
After the US Capitol Attack, Wondering How the 25th Amendment Works?
A day after President Donald Trump incited supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol, Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer called on Vice President Mike Pence […]
Gift Giving, Gift Returning – The Unexpected Emotions Behind Receiving an Unwanted Gift
Is it possible that the experience of receiving gifts we do not like can take a toll on our mental well-being? Is […]
How Are You Really Doing? Asks Survey of Researchers
The reality regarding the current mental state of researchers around the world is explored in a comprehensive new survey.
The Social Science Podcast Guide
This compilation of podcast series covers a host of topics and focus on specific subjects that pertain to the social and behavioral […]
To Better Serve Students and Future Workforces, We Must Diversify the Syllabi
Ellen Hutti and Jenine Harris have quantified the extent to which female authors are represented in assigned course readings. In this blog post, they emphasize that more equal exposure to experts with whom they can identify will better serve our students and foster the growth, diversity and potential of this future workforce. They also present one repository currently being built for readings by underrepresented authors that are Black, Indigenous or people of color.
