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 […]
A Murder in Egypt; an Attack on Academic Freedom
While murder and torture are inherently of concern, Giulio Regeni’s case has much broader implications for higher education in the UK and beyond, argues his friend Neil Pyper.
Success Story: How the Adelante Program Uses Social Marketing to Engage Latino Youth
[We’re pleased to welcome William Douglas Evans of George Washington University. Dr. Evans recently published an article in the March 2016 issue […]
The March Issue of Administrative Science Quarterly is Now Online!
The March issue of Administrative Science Quarterly is now available and can be read online for free for the next 30 days. […]
Testing a Hypothesis? Be Upfront About It and Win $1,000
Both researchers and publishers are drawn to interesting results, and at times research bends itself to achieve those results — regardless of what hypothesis was originally under scrutiny. We must hold ourselves accountable to decisions made before seeing the data, argues David Mellor, who introduces a new prize for scholars who preregister their research.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Current efforts to solve wicked problems with a quick dusting of data are unlikely to result in socially useful answers. Luckily, there are innovative people and initiatives using a variety of methods to home in on real solutions.
Old Stress, New Stress, Bad Stress, Eustress: Challenging Employees with Positive Organizational Stress
[We’re pleased to welcome Wendy Becker of Shippensburg University. Dr. Becker recently published an article in Human Resource Development Review with co-authors […]
Duflo, Heckman, James, Sugrue, Tetlock Named AAPSS Fellows
The American Academy of Political and Social Science has elected five distinguished scholars and practitioners as 2016 fellows. Since founding its Fellows […]
NSF’s Three “Sensational Surveys” Survive and Thrive
This election season, spare a thought for the travails of the American national Election Study and two other data-rich surveys promoted — and protected — by the National Science Foundation’s Social, Behavioral and Econoic directorate.
