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 […]
September 23, 2013
Telecommuting: Challenges and Success Factors
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Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future
It’s true that our natural environment is in peril and our planet is running out of resources. But however bleak things may […]
Round-up of recent social science research (from SAGE Insight)
Inducing hope critical for peacemaking in the Middle East From Social Psychological and Personality Science An Essential Library of International Research in Cyberbullying From School […]
Social Sciences Need a Collective Voice
Social science may be faring better politically in UK than US, says Ziyad Marar, but let’s avoid complacency at all costs
The Rule of Optimism – Thirty Years On
Not many social scientists introduce a phrase into the English language and its subsequent history is instructive about the ways in which the impact of successful sociology becomes invisible. It is also a nice example of how ideas become assimilated into a societal environment that finds it hard to accept the sociologist’s focus on systems and organizations.
A Good Living Versus A Good Life
How can HRD help ensure a meaningful and purposeful life for employees in the workplace? Neal Chalofsky and Liz Cavallaro, both of […]
Statement by AAU on Support for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
We are pleased to report that this statement came out just today from the American Association of Universities: […]
ODIN Project 1st Year event @ CERN
The first ODIN community event to be held 15-17 Ocotber 2013 at CERN. Further details can be found on the ODIN project blog […]
The Ethics of Corporate Political Spending
In a recent blog post on The Hill calling for the SEC to adopt a new rule on disclosure of public companies’ […]
