Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Parsing Fact and Perception in Ethnography
Fact and perception are simply different categories, neither of which is necessarily more important than the other, argues Steve Lubet. . The challenge for ethnographers lies in making clear and careful distinctions between what they have actually seen and what they have only heard about.
Event: APDU Workshop Series: Making the Best of the 2020 Census
Join the APDU for a free virtual workshop series that includes town halls (April 14-May12), trainings (June 16, August 18 and September […]
It Is Not a Joke: Racist Humor Normalizes Anti-Asian Racism and Must Stop
For decades, American society has normalized the presence of anti-Asian humor. Caricatured on television, belittled at comedy clubs, targeted on social media, and mocked in private conversations, this subtle, yet widely accepted form of racism dehumanizes the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
The Pandemic Has Been a Proving Ground for Preprints
New research suggests that the pandemic has resulted in scientists increasingly using preprints to release findings, and that these papers are read more frequently.
Resisting the Biosecurity State
These are extraordinary times, and not just because we are coming through the greatest national trauma since the Second World War. The […]
Webinar: Myths and Realities of U.S. Inequalities
While poverty and inequality in the United States are appalling realities, it’s safe to say that a substantial body of myth enshrouds the sad facts. Join sociologists Mark Rank and Dawne Mouzon as they lead an hourlong online discussion on “Myths and Realities of U.S. Inequalities.”
Online Event: A Turning Point for International Climate Policy?
On May 13, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. EDT, the American Academy of Political and Social Science will host an online seminar, co-sponsored by SAGE Publishing, focused on international economic and policy approaches to environmental regulation. “A Turning Point for International Climate Policy? New Approaches to Environmental and Economic Cooperation” features this year’s recipient of the AAPSS Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, Nobel-winning economist William Nordhaus.
Status List of 2021 Social and Behavioral Science Conferences
Amid the ongoing pandemic, venues and events around the world are slowly reopening while others continue to remain online. Conferences in the […]
