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 […]
An Editor Asks: Are OA Journals Bane or Boon?
The editor of an open-access journal looks at the benefits (and some of the headaches) associated with that model.
Social Science in the News
ESRC Sheffield Festival of Social Science Sheffield Hallam University Social science is everywhere. From helping us to make sense of our finances […]
Book Review: Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace
Hard to believe it, but the American office we go to Monday through Friday actually has quite a history. Deborah C. Andrews […]
Charles Pavitt on Social Influence During Group Decision Making
[Editor’s Note: A special thanks to Charles Pavitt of University of Delaware, who took the time to give us some background on […]
Poli Sci’s Robert Axelrod Receives Science Medal
Robert Axelrod, a political scientist at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, is one of 10 researchers […]
Want to Be a Reviewer for Business and Society?
Business and Society is extends an invitation to review for the journal. Business and Society, peer-reviewed and published bimonthly, is the official […]
Mobilizing Social Science to Fight Ebola
The National Science Foundation is calling for some shovel-ready social science research to help combat the current crises circling around the Ebola explosion. Social science has some experiences in the field already.
How Do You Say, ‘Read Me?’ Or Choosing Keywords to Retrieve Information
So you’ve written a snappy and yet accurate and informative title for your journal article, and so after your victory lap you spend just a few seconds thinking about the keywords. That’s probably a mistake, argues the just-retired editor of an important political science journal.
