The National Science Foundation’s Build and Broaden program aims to support research and research capacity at minority-serving institutions in the United States.
The British Academy has announced the Net Zero Policy Programme is calling for research proposals from UK-based universities or research institutes with a submission deadline of February 8, 2023. There will is a single award available of £150,000, and the duration of the award is 15 months with a start date in March 2023.
As is the wont of many media websites, with the end of the year here at Social Science Space, we like to look back at the year-that-was as the-year-that-is-to-be looms.
In the previous blog we learned about the type of psychogeographical thinking which was developed by Guy Debord and Situationist International. The latter movement was centered on France and mainland Europe in the immediate decades after World War II. Ultimately they failed to get their message through to wider society. In this article I explore how their basic principles re-emerged as a new form of psychogeography in the British Isles. This form would be less political than the work of Debord, at least on the surface, and would be championed by poets, writers of historical fiction and other forms of literature.
Drawing on work carried out for the Realising Just Cities program, Beth Perry discusses how co-production enabled participants to collectively develop and refine a form of critique that can drive positive change.
Every day across the United States, more than 120 people die from firearm injuries. This is a crisis that requires urgent attention from the scientific community, and social scientists have a critical role to play.
Yi-Fu Tuan, University of Wisconsin–Madison professor emeritus of geography, died August 10 at the age of 91.
The Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences has launched the Big Thinking Podcast, a show series that features leading researchers in the humanities and social sciences in conversation about the most important and interesting issues of our time.
Drawing on discussions with academics who have oriented their work around public engagement and social impact, Daniel Pearson suggests these academics present an opportunity to rethink the existing structures of reward and recognition in higher education. “We are, as a species, addicted to story,” says English professor Jonathan Gottschall in his book, The Storytelling Animal. “Even when the […] Tom Burns, whose combination of play — and plays – with teaching in higher education added a light, collaborative and engaging model […] A 2024 report by the National Academies explores the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technology and their potential effects on economic productivity, job stability, and income inequality. It also highlights key research opportunities and data needs to help workers and policymakers adapt to the evolving AI landscape. In this post, co-authors Frank T. Piller, Tucker J. Marion, and Mahdi Srour reflect on the inspiration behind their research article, “Generative […] During the final stages of editing the proofs for Artificial Intelligence and Work: Transforming Work, Organizations, and Society in an Age of Insecurity, […]
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