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 […]
Microsite Offers Look at UN Sustainable Development Goals
In one of its series of interdisciplinary microsites addressing important public issues, SAGE Publishing is offering free access to a suite of […]
The Psychological and Emotional Trap That Sabotages Climate Science
It’s a great idea, in principle to work diligently toward removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Unfortunately, in practice it helps perpetuate a belief in technological salvation and diminishes the sense of urgency surrounding the need to curb emissions now.
Watch the Webinar: Deconstructing Neoliberalism in Higher Education
Higher education is striving to address problems such as access, inclusion, and elitism, but is a neoliberalist foundation undermining these efforts—or even the system itself? An online forum held on April 21, “Deconstructing Neoliberalism in Higher Education: How can we promote greater equity and re-professionalize the professoriate?” addressed this quandary.
After the Chauvin Verdict, Changes to Policing are a Must
The guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd signposts a defining moment beyond policing. Finding Chauvin guilty on all counts should have consequences for policing in the United States, the trial-by-jury system and, crucially, race and justice.
Event: CNSTAT Seminar: Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency
On Wednesday, April 21, 2021 the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) will hold a public webinar from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. […]
Event: The Future of Open Science: The Need to Change Culture to Change Science
Join the American Psychological Association for a free webinar on April 26, 2021. Improvements in the openness, rigor, and reproducibility of psychological […]
Where Social Discrimination Is the Name of the Game
An elegant experiment mapped social discrimination -based on how foreign someone’s name sounds in a given country – among European amateur football teams.
‘Future Proof’ Universities Must Have Visible Strategies for the Disruption Upon Us
Research from Loren Falkenberg and Elizabeth Cannon shows universities must “future proof” themselves, which happens when an institutional strategy is focused on the future while mitigating the impact of unforeseen events.
