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 […]
Social Science sites of the week
Budget week. The Guardian datablog issued a really good collection of 10 visualizations of data that you need to understand the British […]
Working Moms: The Kids Are All Right
Working mothers tend to be happier and healthier than mothers who stay at home caring for young children, according to recent research. But many of those who work are often haunted by the question: “Am I screwing up my kids?”
Social science sites of the week
Future for Women on boards: Milestone or Millstone? Annual report from FTSE and Cranfield University. It examines the percentage of women on […]
Social Science sites of the week
This week Russian Elections took place. See our election blog posting for up to date links. We particularly recommend Russia Votes. Surveys […]
My social science career: Interview with Mike Hogg
As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading behavioral and social scientist Mike Hogg, Professor of Social Psychology at Claremont Graduate University, spoke to socialsciencespace about his career and influences in social science.
Weekly Overview of Social Science News
Nature.com weighs in on rewards and punishments, an organizational psychologist looks at the financial industry, and more in this week of Social Science News.
social science sites of the week
Syria- Referendum – Centre for Research on Direct Democracy (c2d)Located at the University of Zurich. This specialist centre focuses upon research relating […]
Post-PhD careers plan B: Outside of (Traditional) Academia
If you are considering a career outside of academia you firstly need to do your homework, this should be easy, if not obvious to any recently completed PhD. Treat your job hunt like a research project
