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NIST Report: There’s More to AI Bias Than Biased Data
Industry
March 28, 2022

NIST Report: There’s More to AI Bias Than Biased Data

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Connecting Social Science And Policy: A View from Nigeria
Public Policy
March 24, 2022

Connecting Social Science And Policy: A View from Nigeria

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NSF Adding New Technology Directorate (But Not New Funding)
Investment
March 22, 2022

NSF Adding New Technology Directorate (But Not New Funding)

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New Statement Supports Academic Inquiry by Actors Both On and Off Campus
Higher Education Reform
March 4, 2022

New Statement Supports Academic Inquiry by Actors Both On and Off Campus

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The Role and Impact of Preprints in Open Access Publishing

The Role and Impact of Preprints in Open Access Publishing

Preprint repositories have become the hotspot for disseminating research articles. As a result, many researchers choose preprint over journal publishing to save […]

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Dental Researchers Affirm Importance of Social and Behavioral Science to Their Work

Dental Researchers Affirm Importance of Social and Behavioral Science to Their Work

A coalition of more than 400 oral health, behavioral science, and social science groups and scientists, crafted a mission statement as a first step towards a more interdisciplinary approach to oral health around the world.

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Federal Fraud Hunters on Their Symbiosis with Social Science

Federal Fraud Hunters on Their Symbiosis with Social Science

We interviewed two officials at the U.S. Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery to talk about their thoughts on the importance of the social sciences in government oversight.

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A Look Inside the Team that Safeguards Trillions in COVID Relief Spending

A Look Inside the Team that Safeguards Trillions in COVID Relief Spending

The focus of these special inspector general offices is to not only keep a watchful eye on the trillions of dollars flowing from Washington to families and business across the country, but to also prevent and deter people defrauding the federal government and thus the tax-paying American public.

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Social Scientists Need Data on Gender Identity – and on Sex

Social Scientists Need Data on Gender Identity – and on Sex

Rather than removing data on sex, we should collect data on both sex and gender identity, in order to develop a better understanding of the influence of both of these factors and the intersection between them.

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Credit Due? Opposing One Form of Institutional Support for an Academic Boycott

Credit Due? Opposing One Form of Institutional Support for an Academic Boycott

Steven Lubet argues that while students have the right to call for academic boycott of Israeli institutions, their university has a responsibility not to award them academic credit for doing so.

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Take the Survey: SAGE Explores Impact of Academic Research Outside Academe

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.

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Does the Business Model for Academic Publishing Promote Scholarly Progress?

Does the Business Model for Academic Publishing Promote Scholarly Progress?

The the latest Questions & Unanswers About Social Innovation seminar series put on by the Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation examined if the business model of academic publishing helps or hinders scholarly progress.

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