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 […]
Was There Social Marketing in Victorian England?
Social Marketing is not a new concept. In his 1952 article G. D. Wiebe asked “Why can’t you sell brotherhood like you […]
David Goldblatt on the Sociology of Football
As the World Cup kicks off, sportswriter and sociologist David Goldblatt discusses his unique academic vantage point of the beautiful game in the latest Social Science Bites podcast.
Do You Use the British Library’s Social Welfare Portal?
If you have used he British Library’s Social Welfare Portal, please take our survey.
Interview with Ray Aldag and Belle Rose Ragins
In honor of Journal of Leadership and Organization‘s Midwest Academy of Management Special Issue focusing on “Current Issues in Management,” Megan W. […]
Piketty’s Real Legacy May Be His Deep Data
While Tomas Piketty’s focus on inequality is seen as finally getting the discussion of inequality on the front pages, it may be his his data collection that really cements his reputation.
Listen to Joseph Stiglitz’s Moynihan Lecture
“America has achieved the distinction of being the country with the highest level of income inequality among the advanced countries,” prefaced economist […]
Does Mental Ability Affect Question Interpretation on Personality Tests?
[We’re pleased to welcome Amy DuVernet who was the corresponding author on the article “General Mental Ability as a Source of Differential […]
The Impact of Social Sciences Project by the Numbers
The Impact of Social Sciences blog emerged from a three-year research project devoted to a qualitative and quantitative understanding of the complexity of academic impact. To not let any impact-relevant knowledge dissolve away, Jane Tinkler takes a look back at the outputs, outcomes and connections made throughout the research process.
