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 […]
Jessica Horn on the African Feminist Praxis
Definitionally, the word ‘praxis’ involves the exercise of a skill, often in the customary way and usually suggesting a focus on the […]
What Can We Learn From The Women Of The Iron Age?
In this month’s issue of The Evidence newsletter, Josephine Lethbridge examines new research into prehistoric gender dynamics – and what this tells […]
Does Trump’s ‘Common Sense’ Equal a War on Social Science?
Donald Trump’s executive actions have to a surprising extent focused on education and knowledge production. Philip N. Cohen argues beyond their short-term implications, these measures represent a concerted effort to undermine scientific enquiry across all fields of research.
Your Eyes May Widen at What Ted Cruz Designates as ‘Woke’
A few months ago, Sen. Ted Cruz announced that he had uncovered $2 billion of science grants funded by former President Joe […]
Crystal Abidin on Influencers
A new people has emerged in the digital age, that of ‘internet famous’ celebrities. And that new people has a class of […]
Nominations Open for Downs Intellectual Freedom Award
The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks nominations for the 2024 Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award. […]
‘Nobody Knows Anything’: A Look at the Field of Oscarology
When Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman was asked whether it was possible to predict a hit film, he responded with three words that […]
Two Legal Scholars Unpack Trump’s Anti-DEI Guidance to Higher Ed
The Trump administration’s attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion have continued in the form of a “Dear Colleague” letter from the U.S. […]
