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 […]
Two Social Scientists Headed to National Science Board
The former director of the U.S. Census and the current president the Consortium of Social Science Associations will be among the scholars joining the panel that oversees the National Science Foundation this August..
Googling ‘Reference Work’ in the Age of Wikipedia
These aren’t the best of times for reference librarians, but the challenges leave only one option — to get with the times.
Embracing a Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda
Are companies who claim a corporate social responsibility agenda actually aligned with its value system? Line Schmeltz explored this topic in his […]
Mind Games: Social Science Goes to the World Cup
A sports psychologist offers a half-time lesson on what armchair psychologists can use in assessing the on-the-field action.
Queen’s Birthday Honours Recognize Social Scientists
Among the 1,149 people receiving Queen’s Birthday Honours this year are several British social scientists, a recognition of the importance of social […]
Dueling Anecdotes in the Fight For Social Science Funding
The front-line soldiers in the skirmishing over U.S. government funding of social science are durable stories told over and over.
Do Smartphones Affect How We Travel?
It’s no secret that we’re becoming more and more reliant on our cell phones. According to Pew Research Center’s Internet Project, 90% […]
Using Text Mining for Customer Feedback
[We’re pleased to welcome Francisco Villarroel Ordenes, who is one of five collaborating authors on the article “Analyzing Customer Experience Feedback Using […]
