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 […]
Price and Prejudice: How a Neighborhood’s Ethnic Characteristics Affect Housing Values
Dr. John Yinger looked at Cleveland housing market at the turn of the millennium to see if neighborhood ethnicity impacts housing prices […]
The Rise, Fall and Who Knows What’s Next of the Monograph
A new project is trying to figure out what the future of the monograph will be in the age of open access.
The Personal Consequences of the Academic Jobs Crisis
The story of a young German academic who followed the agreed-upon career path only to find the roadsigns don’t always lead to where they indicate.
The Use (or Is It Abuse?) of Social Media in Social Science
A new study of an admittedly small group suggests the public may be getting a little twitchy about the use of their personal messages for public investigation.
Round-up of Recent Social Science Research
The following articles–ranging from zombie panics to Scottish independence–are drawn from SAGE Insight, which spotlights research published in SAGE’s more than 700 journals. All the articles linked to are free to read for a limited period.
Methodological Issues in Strategy and Strategic Management Research: New ORM Virtual Feature Issue
Organizational Research Methods has a new Virtual Issue on the topic of Methodological Issues in Strategy and Strategic Management Research, with all […]
CEO Kirsty Hughes to Leave Index on Censorship
After two years at the helm of Index on Censorship, Chief Executive Kirsty Hughes will be leaving the leading international freedom of […]
Has Organizational Stigma Research Become Strictly PG?
When out to dinner with one’s mother-in-law, it’s common knowledge that there are simply topics that should not be breached. But has […]
