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 […]
Turning Real-Life Drama into Scholarly Insight: Lessons from the Wild Boars Rescue
Co-authors Amélie Cloutier and Andrew Webb reflect on the inspiration behind their recently published academic article – the rescue of a soccer team from a cave in Thailand.
Sixth Edition of ‘The Evidence’: We Need a New Approach to Preventing Sexual Violence
In this month’s installment of The Evidence newsletter, journalist Josephine Lethbridge explores recent research into sexual violence prevention programs and interviews experts […]
We Disagree to Agree: A Call to Apply Agreement Metrics More Extensively for Advancing Management Theory
In this article, co-authors Jurgen Willems and Kenn Meyfroodt reflect on the inspiration behind their open-access article, “Group Research: Why are we […]
‘Push, Pull, Dance’: Public Health Procurement – Saving Lives and Preventing Harm
‘Push, Pull, Dance’ seeks to reimagine ethical supply chains in public health procurement. The authors offer a new theoretical framework for tackling human and labor rights violations, including modern slavery, through public procurement.
Uncovering ‘Sneaked References’ in an Article’s Metadata
The authors describe how by chance they learned how some actors have added extra references, invisible in the text but present in the articles’ metadata, when those unscrupulous actors submitted the articles to scientific databases.
AI Database Created Specifically to Support Social Science Research
A new database houses more 250 different useful artificial intelligence applications that can help change the way researchers conduct social science research.
Reflections of a Former Student Body President: ‘Student Government is a Thankless Job’
Christopher Everett, outgoing student body president at the University of North Carolina, reflects on the role of student governance in the modern, and conflicted, university
Fifth Edition of ‘The Evidence’: Do Peacebuilding Practices Exclude Women?
The June 2024 installment of The Evidence newsletter puts post-war conflict resolution practices under the microscope – taking a closer look at how women are adversely affected by these peacebuilding exercises.
