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 […]
Mercury Project Names First Cohort to Fight Health Misinformation and Increase Vaccine Uptake
Through the SSRC’s Mercury Project, a first cohort of 12 teams from 17 countries is tasked with researching locally tailored solutions on how bad health information spreads, how to combat it, how to build stronger information systems, and how to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates.
Decent Gig Work in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Desmond T. Ayentimi, a senior lecturer of management at the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania, reflects on his most recent paper, “Decent Gig Work in sub-Saharan Africa.”
Webinar: Exploring the Social Dimensions of the Climate Crisis
In an upcoming webinar on September 28, the Campaign for Social Science and SAGE Publishing (the parent of Social Science Space) will […]
Qualitative in Every Sense of the Word
Matthew CB Lyle recounts the journey behind his co-authored qualitative methods paper and the uphill trek it represented because, as he puts, ‘I didn’t know anything when I started.’
Andy Tattersall Identifies the Four Styles of Research Communication
Research communication can often seem like a monolith, if you want to take your research beyond the walls of the university then do x-y-z. As Andy Tattersall describes, there are in fact many hands and styles of work that contribute to effective research communications.
Reflecting on the ‘Curated Debate’ Over Using ‘Templates’ in Qualitative Research
One of the currently raging issues in the management field has to do with the use of “templates” in qualitative research.
We’re Seeing a Link Between Academic Freedom and Democracy in Africa
There’s a strong correlation between academic freedom and other elements of democracy. But cause and effect are not so clear. The African experience makes the relationship clearer because simultaneously, and in a relatively short time, the whole continent moved from one-party to multiparty systems.
SAGE Shares Open Research Related to Monkeypox
SAGE has collected recent open research related to monkeypox and orthopoxvirus (the genus that includes monkeypox) in an effort to support the global response to the disease.
