Archives for 2016

Rapeglish: A Program that Spits Out Hate — For the Greater Good
News
December 28, 2016

Rapeglish: A Program that Spits Out Hate — For the Greater Good

Read Now
View NIH’s Inaugural Behavioral and Social Science Festival
Videos
December 20, 2016

View NIH’s Inaugural Behavioral and Social Science Festival

Read Now
The Research on Communicating Science in a Post-Truth Era
Communication
December 14, 2016

The Research on Communicating Science in a Post-Truth Era

Read Now
AAPSS Names 2017 Fellows
News
December 13, 2016

AAPSS Names 2017 Fellows

Read Now
UNC Chapel Hill Tops for Federal Social Science Funding

UNC Chapel Hill Tops for Federal Social Science Funding

The Consortium of Social Science Associations has released its 2017 College and University Rankings for Federal Social and Behavioral Science R&D, which highlights the top university recipients of research dollars in the social and behavioral sciences.

Read Now
Book Review: 100 Activities for Teaching Research Methods

Book Review: 100 Activities for Teaching Research Methods

Reviewer Sarah Lewthwaite finds that in ‘100 Activities for Teaching Research Methods,’ Catherine Dawson offers an important and welcome addition to the emerging literature on the practical aspects of teaching research methods.

Read Now
Do We Really Want Historians as Policy Advisers?

Do We Really Want Historians as Policy Advisers?

The claim that Thucydides’ account of the past is useful is often extended to historiography in general, rather than just to his specific – and idiosyncratic – approach. And that, suggests Neville Morley, may be the real trap of Thucydides.

Read Now
NSF Policy Bill, Without Budget Authorization, Looks Likely to Pass

NSF Policy Bill, Without Budget Authorization, Looks Likely to Pass

UPDATED WITH HOUSE PASSAGE: A bill that was the latest version of the beloved America COMPETES — but which no longer authorizes funding for key federal science research agencies — looks likely to land on the president’s desk. The new version has lost a particularly toxic aspect of earlier versions.

Read Now
Will November Prove to be the Cruelest Month for Science?

Will November Prove to be the Cruelest Month for Science?

T.S. Eliot said “April is the cruelest month.” This November has been pretty harsh, too, says blogger Howard J. Silver, who wonders what the new U.S. president will mean for a number of issues, including research funding.

Read Now
NIH’s Social, Behavioral Office Releases New Strategic Plan

NIH’s Social, Behavioral Office Releases New Strategic Plan

The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the U.S. National institutes of Health has released a new strategic plan to exploit the synergies between behavior and health.

Read Now
An Engineer at the NSF: Erich Bloch, 1925-2016

An Engineer at the NSF: Erich Bloch, 1925-2016

Erich Bloch was the first non-academic to serve as director of the NSF. Although a computer engineer by background, he recognized the value of the social and behavioral sciences.

Read Now
How Will Big Data Affect Evolution of Social Science?

How Will Big Data Affect Evolution of Social Science?

How will social science research and teaching evolve to meet the challenges and opportunities big data creates? How can we bring down barriers to make this new computational social science accessible for all social researchers? That was the subject of a panel discussion at last month’s ESRC Festival of Social Sciences 2016.

Read Now

Subscribe to our mailing list

Get the latest news from the social and behavioral science community delivered straight to your inbox.