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Archivists Are Being Tasked With Ever-Tougher Calls With Far-Reaching Consequences
Communication
January 12, 2023

Archivists Are Being Tasked With Ever-Tougher Calls With Far-Reaching Consequences

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Orientalism and the Advocacy of Face Masks
International Debate
January 11, 2023

Orientalism and the Advocacy of Face Masks

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Can Research Be Both Impactful and Neutral?
News
January 10, 2023

Can Research Be Both Impactful and Neutral?

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Psychogeography Becomes More Accessible — and Goes Online
Insights
January 9, 2023

Psychogeography Becomes More Accessible — and Goes Online

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‘Peer Community In’ for Preprints Offers a Model for Diamond Open Access

‘Peer Community In’ for Preprints Offers a Model for Diamond Open Access

Peer Community In is a peer-review-based service for recommending preprints which greenlights articles and makes them and their reviews, data, codes and scripts available on an open-access basis.

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New U.S. Budget Includes 12 Percent Hike for NSF

New U.S. Budget Includes 12 Percent Hike for NSF

Shortly before the new year, legislation — which among many other things increased funding for the United States National Science Foundation by 12 percent compared to the current year – was signed by President Joe Biden.

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Are Trigger Warnings Hitting Their Target?

Are Trigger Warnings Hitting Their Target?

Given the prevalence of trigger warnings, there is little consensus on the extent to which they are, in fact, an effective strategy for reducing the risk of trauma exposure, vicarious trauma, and re-traumatization.

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Academic Publishers and the Challenges of AI

Academic Publishers and the Challenges of AI

The role of AI in the production of research papers is rapidly moving from being a futuristic vision, towards an everyday reality; a situation with significant consequences for research integrity and the detection of fraudulent research. Rebecca Lawrence and Sabina Alam argue that for publishers, collaboration and open research workflows are key to ensuring the reliability of the scholarly record.

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Deadline Nears for NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in SBE

Deadline Nears for NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in SBE

The National Science Foundation has announced the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. This initiative seeks to encourage early career independence by supporting individuals’ research or training goals. Proposals must address scientific questions within the SBE’s scope, either in fundamental research in the SBE sciences or broadening participation in the SBE sciences.

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Dunning and Kruger Given 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology

Dunning and Kruger Given 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology

Social psychologists David Dunning of the University of Michigan and Justin Kruger of New York University, whose research captured the public imagination by suggesting that unskilled people often overrate their own abilities, have received the 2023 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Psychology.

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David Dunning on the Dunning-Kruger Effect

David Dunning on the Dunning-Kruger Effect

The Dunning-Kruger Effect, explains David Dunning, comes when “people who are incompetent or unskilled or not expert in a field lack expertise to recognize that they lack expertise. So they come to conclusions, decisions, opinions that they think are just fine when they’re, well, wrong.”

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A Conversation with Nasser Fakouhi on the Social Sciences in Iran

A Conversation with Nasser Fakouhi on the Social Sciences in Iran

Nasser Fakouhi is professor of Anthropology at the University of Tehran. In a 2016 interview with Social Science Space, he reflected on the origins and development of social science in Iran and how political repression has impacted academic freedom.

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