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(Maintaining quality in) social research in straitened times
Patrick Sturgis, University of Southampton, National Centre for Research Methods speaking at the SRA Summer Event in July SRAsummerevent Patrick Sturgiss (ps1r07 v1) Share and Enjoy:
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“Analysis will set us free”
An article this week in Canada’s ‘Globe and Mail’ by Mel Cappe, president of the Institute for Research on Public Policy, sets out the case for better information and analysis in a world where public...
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Why academics should learn how to influence government policy
This was originally published on the Guardian Higher Education Network blog. By Chris O’Brien Back in 2008, a report by the Council for Science and Technology said “healthy engagement between academics...
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Academy of Social Sciences launches evidence-gathering process
At a time when the debates over benefit uprating and the cuts to Child Benefit dominate the headlines, we hardly need reminding that money is tight and the government will have to make some difficult...
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Diversity: Good Intentions Aren’t Same as Evidence
You’d be forgiven for assuming a quick and sure way to multiply profits and amplify organizational success is to increase the gender and racial diversity of any group. According to claims in the...
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John Ioannidis Responds to His COVID-19 Critics
Dr. John Ioannidis is director of the Stanford Prevention Research Center, although he may be better known in social and behavioral science circles for his work that spurred serious conversations...
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Why Social Science? Leaders Need to Know How to Lead with Evidence
Being bad at math can kill people. Even experts who should understand medical science and help us make good health decisions sometimes fail. In December, a doctor—let’s call him Dr. Smith—advised a...
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As the Science Shifts So Should Rational Behavior
(Photo: ORC Forensics) The world around us, and the way researchers study and understand it, changes all the time. The constant change means that what we know through science also shifts.Take the...
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Nominations Open For 2023 John Maddox Prize for Promoting Evidence-Based...
Nominations are open for the 2023 John Maddox Prize, an international award that recognizes researchers who have defended scientific evidence and advanced public discourse even when faced with...
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