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 […]
Putting People at the Heart of the Research Process
In this article, Jessica Weaver, Philippa Hunter-Jones, and Rory Donnelly reflect on “Unlocking the Full Potential of Transformative Service Research by Embedding Collaboration Throughout the Research Process,” which can be found in the Journal of Service Research.
Coping with Institutional Complexity and Voids: An Organization Design Perspective for Transnational Interorganizational Projects
Institutional complexity occurs when the structures, interests, and activities of separate but collaborating organizations—often across national and cultural boundaries—are not well aligned. Institutional voids in this context are gaps in function or capability, including skills gaps, lack of an effective regulatory regime, and weak contract-enforcing mechanisms.
AAPSS Names Eight as 2024 Fellows
The American Academy of Political and Social Science today named seven scholars and one journalist as its 2024 fellows class.
Edward Webster, 1942-2024: South Africa’s Pioneering Industrial Sociologist
Eddie Webster, sociologist and emeritus professor at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, died on March 5, 2024, at age 82.
Britain’s Academy of Social Sciences Names Spring 2024 Fellows
Forty-one leading social scientists have been named to the Spring 2024 cohort of fellows for Britain’s Academy of Social Sciences.
Apply for Sage’s 2024 Concept Grants
Three awards are available through Sage’s Concept Grant program, which is designed to support innovative products and tools aimed at enhancing social science education and research.
Charles V. Hamilton, 1929-2023: The Philosopher Behind ‘Black Power’
Political scientist Charles V. Hamilton, the tokenizer of the term ‘institutional racism,’ an apostle of the Black Power movement, and at times deemed both too radical and too deferential in how to fight for racial equity, died on November 18, 2023. He was 94.
Four Reasons to Stop Using the Word ‘Populism’
Beyond poor academic practice, the careless use of the word ‘populism’ has also had a deleterious impact on wider public discourse, the authors argue.
