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 […]
CASBS Names 37 Scholars and Practitioners to 2023-24 Fellows Class
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University has named 37 scholars and practitioners to its 2023-24 fellows class.
Medium and Short-term Recommendations to Move Forward on Measuring Social Impact
In the concluding article from their measuring impact in the business field series, Usha Haley and Andrew Jack ask: Who does this system of research benefit, and how do we throw a wider net?
Latest Defense Department Minerva Grants Look at AI, Misinformation, Climate
The Pentagon’s Minerva Research Initiative has funded six social science projects under its Defense Education and Civilian University Research banner.
President Biden’s 2024 Budget Request Calls for 18.6 Percent Increase in NSF Budget
Although it’s purely aspirational at best, the Biden administration is seeking an 18.6 percent increase in the budget for the National Science Foundation, the United States’ largest funder of academic social science research.
Rebecca Blank, 1955-2023: Economist Devoted To Academia And Public Service
Rebecca “Becky” Blank, an economist and administrator whose career spanned academe and the policy world, died of pancreatic cancer February 17 near Madison, Wisconsin. She was 67.
Report Discusses Recommendations For Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Canadian Social Science Research
To address institutional barriers facing Black researchers, Canada’s Social Science and Humanities Research Council released the report, “Advisory Committee to Address Anti-Black Racism in Research and Research Training.”
Should ChatGPT Be Listed as an Academic Author?
Several recent academic papers have listed ChatGPT as an author. But should the artificially intelligent writing bot be considered an academic author?
Business Education and Impact: Efforts to Turn the Tide
A number of data points suggest that business education has a ways to go before it really steps up addressing social impact and not just literature impact. But there are also a number of data points suggesting it is increasingly supporting efforts to redress that lag.
