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 […]
Event: Refugee Expert Talks at Data Science For Public Good Series
Seema Iyer, senior director of The Hive, an Innovation Lab at USA for the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees, will keynote the next talk in the University of Virginia’s Data Science For The Public Good Distinguished Speaker Series.
Event: NASEM’s Mark Kleiman Innovation for Public Policy Memorial Lecture
Tasseli McKay, a postdoctoral fellow at Duke University, will deliver the 2023 Mark Kleiman Innovation for Public Policy Memorial Lecture.
Shinobu Kitayama on Cultural Differences in Psychology
Psychologist Shinobu Kitayama explores the cultural differences between Asia and America, the possible origins of those differences, and how the brain and body may reflect those differences.
Karma Yoga: Intelligent Action in the Modern Workplace
Modern workplaces are periled by issues like burnout, depression, and job stress. Is achieving performance and employee well-being a zero-sum game?
Celebrating Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Every year in May, Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebrates the histories and cultures of AANHPIs in the United States.
The Impact of Global Value Chains and Wage Bargaining Agreements on Wages
Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz, Dagmara Nikulin, and Sabina Szymczak from Gdańsk University of Technology discuss their recent paper “Global value chains and wages under […]
Talking With Paschal Anosike About African Development and His Award-Winning Book
Professor Paschal Anosike, author of the new book ‘Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Africa,’ has received the second Sage Social Justice Book Award.
Social Science Research Council Turns 100: Examining Its Present-Day Impact
Children in Sierra Leone require five vaccinations by the age of one, but many parents—especially those who face a five to eight-mile […]
