
Businesses See the Value of Social Sciences, But Does Higher Education Policy?
The social sciences are recognized for their role in evaluating policy and offering practice-based interventions about ‘what works’. However, they […]
4 months agoA 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 […]
4 months agoFrom vaccinations to climate change, getting science wrong has very real consequences. But journal articles, a primary way science is […]
4 months agoAs the coronavirus pandemic continues, so does universities’ reliance on online teaching, prompting complaints from students that they are not getting full […]
5 months agoThis summer, universities around the world planned for an unprecedented back-to-school in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In most universities, […]
5 months agoor 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.
5 months agoWith nearly 2.5 quintillion bytes of data produced daily, how might we leverage the potential of data to address the […]
5 months agoWould you like a deeper understanding of NSF’s Broader Impacts (BI) criterion? Would you like tips and strategies for addressing […]
5 months agoThe big idea Scientists don’t take time away from their research to share their expertise with journalists, policymakers and everyone […]
5 months agoAlvaro de Menard, which we accept as the nom de blog of a non-academic “independent researcher of dubious nature” and […]
6 months agoUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal Professor Emeritus William Mark Freund, the economic, social, political, and development historian, died suddenly at his home […]
6 months agoA 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.
6 months agoPicture a standard corporate meeting room, participants crowded around a video of multi-racial actors acting out hypothetical office scenarios. They […]
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