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 […]
Africa Takes Steps in Using Evidence to Inform Policy
Africa has a real challenge when it comes to using academic research and evidence to design policies. “The problem is twofold,” says author Ruth Stewart, “policymakers sometimes don’t call on available research, while for their part academics don’t know how to engage with policymakers.” But this isn’t stopping the continent from taking strides in the right direction.
Archived Webinar: Teaching Ethics in Research Methods
Author of SAGE textbook “Introduction to Educational Research,” and TEDx lecturer Dr. Craig A. Mertler draws on his 32 years of […]
Achieving Impact for Early-Career Researchers
For many early-career researchers, the practicalities of how to successfully influence policy processes can be elusive, causing problems. Megan Evans and Chris Cvitanovic provide some practical tips and suggestions that can help to empower ECRs to create their own pathways to impact that best suit their individual goals, circumstances, interests, and strengths.
An Ethical Approach to an Ethical Dilemma
Regardless of whether human nature is “good” or “evil,” studies do show that we, the consumers, want corporations to care and invest deeply in social issues. With the growth of “corporate social responsibility”, comes increased public scrutiny, requiring companies to live up to public standards- which isn’t a bad thing.
Social Media in Brazil: Distilling Racism Against Black Women
Rather than a ‘racial democracy,’ racism and prejudice against black people and women in particular, remains strong in the minds of many Brazilians. Using his policy brief as ammunition, Dr. Luiz Valerio argues that social media platforms play an important role in the dissemination and reinforcement of such ideologies and offers recommendations that should not be overlooked.
Funding for Basic Research has Future Payoffs
Basic research can be easy to mock as pointless and wasteful of resources. But it’s very often the foundation for future innovation – even in ways the original scientists couldn’t have imagined.
The Implicit Biases We’re Not Aware We Have
Prejudice and stereotypes are part of why social inequality persists. In many cases, people don’t know they have implicit biases that shape the norms of society that we see today. Although introspection is good it may not tell the full story, and that’s why social scientists use tests to measure the implicit biases people harbor and to see how much they relate to actions.
Grants Available for PhD-Level Social Policy Research
PhD students at the dissertation level who have an interest in social policy research are encouraged to apply for a grant from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy by December 1.
