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 […]
A Year In — The Conversation UK Marks First Birthday
The Conversation UK, a Social Science Space media partner, celebrates its first birthday today. Here, Stephen Khan, the editor of The Conversation UK, reflects on the year that was.
Judgement Day for Australian Science and Research Funding
When Tony Abbott took office as Australia’s prime minister and didn’t name a science minister, he asked that his government be judged by action, not titles.
Mental Health and Work: Stress and OB, Part 2 of 3
With economic uncertainty and job insecurity on the rise, stress levels are also at increasingly higher levels. With effects on physical and […]
A Primer on Improving Proactive Policing
When he was inducted as a fellow into the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences on May 8, Carnegie Mellon criminologist Daniel Nagin delivered a concise and pointed precis of modern research into proactive policing as part of his remarks.
A Year in the Life of a News Site With Scholarship In Its DNA
The Conversation UK, a Social Science Space media partner, is celebrating its first birthday on May 16. Here its editors reflect on stories — penned or influenced by academics — that were particularly powerful or memorable.
100,000 for AllTrials by International Clinical Trials Day
International Clinical Trials Day is on Tuesday May 20th but half of all clinical trials have never been published and some have […]
EIS: Matching UK Politicians with UK Researchers
Last month a team of UK academics launched an initiative called the Evidence Information Service, which seeks to enable rapid dialogue between researchers and policy makers. Here, the system’s founders describe the response so far and the challenges that lie ahead.
Former Congressman Porter Receives NAS’ Most Prestigious Award
Longtime Illinois congressman and Research!America chairman John Edward Porter last month received the 2014 Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of […]
