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 […]
December 15, 2021
Has COVID Created a ‘Lost Generation’ of Early Career Researchers?
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Academic Freedom Can Clash With Employers’ Rights in U.S.
First Amendment law in the United states generally prohibits the government from restricting individuals’ right to speak freely. But the First Amendment rules that apply to the government when it limits the speech of its own employees are much more government-friendly, allowing greater restrictions of those workers’ speech.
Take the Survey: SAGE Explores Impact of Academic Research Outside Academe
SAGE Publishing, the parent of Social Science Space, is encouraging social and behavioral science researchers to take a short survey on how they approach research that makes an impact outside of academia. Results of the survey are for research purposes only will be reported publicly in a future white paper.
“Are We There Yet?”: The Path Forward for Women in Politics
Just over a month ago in November, Michelle Wu was sworn in as the first woman and person of color elected as Boston’s mayor. […]
Diversity in the U.S. Government: Let’s Look at the Economists
A report from the Brookings Institution finds, at least in the case of economists, the U.S. government is roughly at the same place as academe when it comes to diversity.
Ping, Read, Reply, Repeat: Research-Based Tips About Breaking Bad Email Habits
At a time when there are so many concerns being raised about always-on work cultures and our right to disconnect, email is the bane of many of our working lives.
Corporate Social Responsibility with Debbie Haski-Leventhal: Watch the Teaching Business for People and Planet Webinar
“What many businesses now understand is that CSR is not a department or role or office or report, but a mindset.” Debbie […]
Watch the Lecture: It’s Institutions Stupid: The Moralisation of Capitalism
The Campaign for Social Science and SAGE Publishing’s jointly sponsored annual lecture for 2021 featured political economist, author and columnist Will Hutton, […]
A Further Response on the Application of Academic Freedom
In an essay last month on Social Science Space, I pointed out the hypocrisy of activists who demand maximum academic freedom for […]
