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 […]
Russell Sage’s Sheldon Danziger to Head AAPSS
Economist and public policy expert Sheldon Danziger, currently the president of the Russell Sage Foundation, will become the president of the American Academy […]
‘Climate Anxiety is Normal’ – And Women Feel It More
In the July edition of The Evidence newsletter, journalist Josephine Lethbridge examines why women feel more climate anxiety than men – and […]
A Look at How Large Language Models Transform Research
Generative AI, especially large language models (LLMs), present exciting and unprecedented opportunities and complex challenges for academic research and scholarship. As the […]
Popular Paper Examines Ensuring Trustworthiness in Qualitative Analysis
“Trust, but verify,” is a Russian proverb that gained prominence during the Cold War during negotiations centered on nuclear arsenals. That idea […]
Why Men Have a Bigger Carbon Footprint Than Women
In this month’s edition of The Evidence newsletter, Josephine Lethbridge explores the gender gap in carbon emissions. A new study of 15,000 […]
AAPSS Looking for Civic-Minded Social Scientists or Science-Minded Leaders
The American Academy of Political and Social Science is looking for a social scientist, public official, or civic leader who has effectively […]
CASBS Names Lara Tiedens Interim Director
Social psychologist Lara Tiedens, president of Scripps College and a former Stanford University professor, this week became interim director of the Center […]
Anna Harvey Stepping Down as SSRC President
Political scientist Anna Harvey will leave her role as president of the Social Science Research Council on June 30, the New York […]
