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 […]
Is Conservatism Our Default Ideology?
New research provides evidence that, when under time pressure or otherwise cognitively impaired, people are more likely to express conservative views.
Who Are the Leaders We Need?
Brad Shuck and Ann Mogan Herd, both of the University of Louisville, published “Employee Engagement and Leadership: Exploring the Convergence of Two […]
The Health Care Paradox
As the health care debate rages on, we bring you an article that provides a perspective on U.S. health care, consumer sovereignty […]
The Invisible Children in the Seminar Room: Kony 2012 and digital activism.
Since its earliest days there has been a great deal of writing about online activism and the possibility of forming active publics via the Internet.
Street Life in 19th century London: Great new free collection
The latest new free collection from LSE Digital Library is Street Life in London Originally published in the 1870s by John Thomson and […]
Casinos Get Strategic: Revenue Management for Table Games
Michael Chen of the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation, Henry Tsai of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Shiang-Lih Chen McCain of […]
Weekly Overview of Social Science News
University of Pennsylvania announces new forum on Social Science and Policy, Cary Cooper and Stephen Anderson make the case for a chief social scientist in the Guardian, and more in this update on Social Science News.
The Guardian’s Simon Jenkins is completely wrong.
A response to Sir Simon Jenkins’ article on the value of public universities.
