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March for Science II Set for This Saturday
Announcements
April 11, 2018

March for Science II Set for This Saturday

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Science vs. 2017: Five Essential Reads
News
December 28, 2017

Science vs. 2017: Five Essential Reads

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Diversity: Good Intentions Aren’t Same as Evidence
Research
December 8, 2017

Diversity: Good Intentions Aren’t Same as Evidence

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Washington and Social Science: Back and Forth at NSF
Academic Funding
October 6, 2017

Washington and Social Science: Back and Forth at NSF

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Scientists vs Budget Cuts: Looking Back at the March for Science

Scientists vs Budget Cuts: Looking Back at the March for Science

The recent global Marches for Science cast a supportive eye on science and research. And yet any discussion of support eventually comes down to money.

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Archived Webinar: Social Science in the Age of Trump

Archived Webinar: Social Science in the Age of Trump

In the hour-long recorded conversation with Social Science Space editor Michael Todd, COSSA’s Wendy Naus discusses what individual social science scholars, students and their academic societies can do if they feel threatened by the currents in Washington, D.C.

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Puzzling Out Trump’s Effect on Science and Expertise

Puzzling Out Trump’s Effect on Science and Expertise

The election of Donald Trump illustrates the hazards encountered when scientists and scientific institutions alienate themselves from historic global changes.

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Academy of Social Sciences Names 84 New Fellows

Academy of Social Sciences Names 84 New Fellows

The Academy of Social Sciences has conferred the award of fellow on 83 leading social scientists, including such luminaries as Lord Stern, Nudge Unit founder David Halpern and Madeleine Atkins of HEFCE.

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Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech Must be Protected and Respected

Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech Must be Protected and Respected

This is an extract from a speech made by Valerie Amos, director of the SOAS, for the Menzies Oration on Higher Education at the University of Melbourne on September 14.

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Moynihan Lecture: Follow the Evidence, Not the Ideology

Moynihan Lecture: Follow the Evidence, Not the Ideology

Isabel Sawhill and Ron Haskins, says a colleague, ‘have forged a unique and powerful intellectual partnership at Brookings, founding and then elevating the Center on Children and Families and producing world-class work on families, poverty, opportunity, evidence, parenting, work, education, and plenty more besides.’ Watch their Moynihan Lecture here..

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Could ‘Faculty Publication Funds’ Drive Gold OA?

Could ‘Faculty Publication Funds’ Drive Gold OA?

Having tracked and analysed the usage data of one university’s central open access fund over eight years, Stephen Pinfield finds that mandates, particularly if accompanied by funding, have played a very important role in encouraging uptake of Gold OA.

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Social Science’s Mythbusters Look at Diversity

Social Science’s Mythbusters Look at Diversity

There are some cherished myths about diversity that aren’t supported by the research evidence. While these myths are appealing on a societal level, says Alice H, Eagly, it’s a mistake to allow distortions to remain unchallenged.

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