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 […]
“Fighting for the social sciences”
A new post on the Center for International Forestry Research blog sets out the importance of social sciences in understanding the causes […]
“UK social science is the best in the world”, says leading academic
“UK social science is the best in the world,” said Professor Michael Harloe of the Campaign for Social Science. Speaking to a […]
The Low-Carbon Industrial Revolution
On Thursday, March 17, 2011, Nicholas Stern gave the next lecture in the LSE Works series. Sponsored by SAGE, LSE Works is […]
Recommended social science sites of the week
Social media and the Japan crisis Horrifying news from Japan for links to news stories and social media sources see this page […]
Social science sites of the week
Here are our recommended sites see also http://lselibraryresearch.blogspot.com/2011/02/social-science-sites-of-week.html Police.uk The much hyped crimes maps of the UK website which was launched this […]
Bringing social science into the light of day
Launch of the Campaign for Social Science on 20 January 2011 – introductory remarks by Professor Cary Cooper, Chair of AcSS “The Campaign for Social Science […]
Making the Case for the Social Sciences no.2: Ageing
As ‘STEM’ started to become shorthand for ‘the only sort of research work that is of importance to our economy’, and the […]
Recognising Psychology as a STEM Discipline
Psychology is not just a science in its own right, but makes important direct and indirect contributions to other Science, Technology, Engineering, […]
