A space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social and behavioral scientists
The controversy over BBC journalists’ use of a student tour group linked to the London School of Economics should not be allowed to go away quietly.
Social Scientists, Consultancy, and Independent Research
Working mothers tend to be happier and healthier than mothers who stay at home caring for young children, according to recent research. But many of those who work are often haunted by the question: “Am I screwing up my kids?”
How an unholy alliance of arrogant scientists and self-interested federal bureaucrats came to widen the net of ethical regulation intended to deal with abuses in medical research to empirical investigation in the humanities and social sciences.
There was a stir in some sections of the UK media just before Christmas when it was revealed that a […]
“Learning to Be Illegal: Undocumented Youth and Shifting Legal Contexts in the Transition to Adulthood,” published in the August 2011 […]
In a recent article in Miller-McCune Magazine, Tom Jacobs discusses new research that explains how feelings of boredom can both […]
Kevin M. Leyden, Abraham Goldberg and Philip Michelbach published “Understanding the Pursuit of Happiness in Ten Major Cities” online before […]
Tom Jacobs describes a recent study regarding the relationship between social bonds and dehumanization. It was no surprise when a […]
I was going to write about last week’s decision by the UK Information Commissioner to force the University of East […]
I was rather saddened last week by the comment from a Pakistani colleague who wanted to know how to set […]
The National Science Foundation’s director, Subra Suresh, recently met with various scientific societies and universities to discuss the future of […]
