A space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social and behavioral scientists
Blog posts and resources relating to the relationship between physical science and social science.
The social sciences are recognized for their role in evaluating policy and offering practice-based interventions about ‘what works’. However, they […]
From vaccinations to climate change, getting science wrong has very real consequences. But journal articles, a primary way science is […]
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, so does universities’ reliance on online teaching, prompting complaints from students that they are not getting full […]
This summer, universities around the world planned for an unprecedented back-to-school in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In most universities, […]
or 30 years, social scientists have been trying to educate scientific elites in the value of taking ordinary people with them rather than dismissing skepticism about science-based actions. This work has just gone out the window, argues Robert Dingwall.
With nearly 2.5 quintillion bytes of data produced daily, how might we leverage the potential of data to address the […]
Would you like a deeper understanding of NSF’s Broader Impacts (BI) criterion? Would you like tips and strategies for addressing […]
The big idea Scientists don’t take time away from their research to share their expertise with journalists, policymakers and everyone […]
Alvaro de Menard, which we accept as the nom de blog of a non-academic “independent researcher of dubious nature” and […]
University of KwaZulu-Natal Professor Emeritus William Mark Freund, the economic, social, political, and development historian, died suddenly at his home […]
A half-century of increasingly sophisticated research (e.g., on early childhood interventions, residential segregation, and neighborhood effects) and conceptual advances (e.g., critical race theory, intergroup relations, and stereotype threat) have given the country a much deeper understanding of inequality’s causes and consequences.
Picture a standard corporate meeting room, participants crowded around a video of multi-racial actors acting out hypothetical office scenarios. They […]
