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 […]
Matchmaking Research to Policy: Introducing Britain’s Areas of Research Interest Database
Kathryn Oliver discusses the recent launch of the United Kingdom’s Areas of Research Interest Database. A new tool that promises to provide a mechanism to link researchers, funders and policymakers more effectively collaboratively and transparently.
Watch The Lecture: The ‘E’ In Science Stands For Equity
According to the National Science Foundation, the percentage of American adults with a great deal of trust in the scientific community dropped […]
Deborah Small on Charitable Giving
In this Social Science Bites podcast, Deborah Small, the Adrian C. Israel Professor of Marketing at Yale University, details some of the thought processes and outcomes that research provides about charitable giving.
Too Many ‘Gray Areas’ In Workplace Culture Fosters Racism And Discrimination
The new president of the American Sociological Association spent more than 10 years interviewing over 200 Black workers in a variety of roles – from the gig economy to the C-suite. I found that many of the problems they face come down to organizational culture. Too often, companies elevate diversity as a concept but overlook the internal processes that disadvantage Black workers.
Fake News, Misinformation Focus of New Microsite
A new Information Literacy Microsite from sage can be your new home for pressing research on the digital age and the ways to combat mis-, dis-, and misinformation.
Our Academic-Industry ‘Research Sprints’ Can Solve Problems in 30 Days
Inspired by ‘design sprints’ a Google where projects could create a prototype in five days, the authors started doing ‘research sprints’ in 2015.
Berggruen Philosophy Prize Awarded to Sociologist Patricia Hill Collins
Patricia Hill Collins, a sociologist and social theorist whose work helped set the stage for theoretical examinations of intersectionality, especially for African-American women, was awarded the 2023 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture
Political Studies Association Annual Lecture Offers Insight into UK 2024 General Election
Kate Dommett, professor of digital politics at the University of Sheffield, and Sir John Curtice, senior research fellow at the National Centre for Social Research and professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde, plan to delve deep into the upcoming UK general election at the Political Studies Association’s annual lecture.
