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The State of Social Science Research on COVID-19
This is the first scientometric study of the performance of social science research on COVID-19. It provides insight into the landscape, the research fields, and international collaboration in this domain. The results are useful for finding potential collaborators and for identifying the frontier and gaps in social science research on COVID-19 to shape future studies.
The Science Policy Script, Revised
Offering a revised set of foundational assumptions on science policy and a fresh point of entry for the field of Science & Technology Studies to contribute to the discourse.
Key Social Science Priorities for Long-term COVID-19 Response - World
The COVID-19 response continues to be driven by epidemiological priorities, and yet, the epidemic and responses are situated within specific political and health system contexts. Social science brings an understanding of context and draws attention to politics, power and social difference.
The Rise of Citizen Social Science Raises More Questions About Social Science Than It Answers
The Rise of Citizen Social Science Raises More Questions About Social Science Than It Answers
The true potential of citizen social science, whereby members of the public participate in the investigation and analysis of social phenomena, remains to be realised.
David Budtz Pedersen on Measuring the Impact of Science Advice
David Budtz Pedersen on Measuring the Impact of Science Advice
Science, and especially social sciences and humanities, have always had a broad range of impacts on society — impacts which are not easily measured using traditional academic indicators.
Wait, Vaccine Lotteries Actually Work?
Ooh, the behavioral economists are going to be so smug about this.
What Constitutes Authorship in the Social Sciences?
Authorship represents a highly discussed topic in nowadays academia. The share of co-authored papers has increased substantially in recent years allowing scientists to specialize and focus on specific tasks. But what does authorship actually mean in the social sciences?
COVID-19 Recovery: STEM Isn't Enough to Save Us
Policymakers need insight from humanities and social sciences to tackle the pandemic.
A Training Discovery Toolkit for the Social Sciences and Humanities
A Training Discovery Toolkit for the Social Sciences and Humanities
Finding and reusing train-the-trainer materials in Social Sciences and Humanities: The SSH Training Discovery Toolkit The Training Discovery Toolkit is an inventory of various learning and training materials that trainers of different disciplines in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) can use to find materials for re-use in their own training activities.
People with Poor Numerical Literacy 'more Susceptible' to Covid-19 'fake News'
People with Poor Numerical Literacy 'more Susceptible' to Covid-19 'fake News'
Cambridge University study also suggests older people less likely to believe coronavirus misinformation.
'Humanities Graduates Are Just As Employable': Do the Sciences Really Lead to More Jobs?
'Humanities Graduates Are Just As Employable': Do the Sciences Really Lead to More Jobs?
The UK government wants more students to study science subjects - but employers want humanities graduates too.
A New Nordic Journal With a "No-Bullshit" Open Access Model
A New Nordic Journal With a "No-Bullshit" Open Access Model
A new star has been born on the academic Nordic journal scene: the Journal of Digital Social Research, launched last year. We talked to the editor-in-chief Simon Lindgren from Umeå University.
Cross-Sectoral Mobility Funding and the Challenge of Immersion: The Case of SSH
Cross-Sectoral Mobility Funding and the Challenge of Immersion: The Case of SSH
Cross-sectoral mobility funding requires recipients to change their environment and often some aspects of their research. There is a need to understand the impact on the researchers' experiences as knowledge producers within such programs, as part of the broader potential and significance of cross-sectoral mobility funding.
Methods for Mapping the Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities - A Literature Review
Methods for Mapping the Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities - A Literature Review
This article explores the current literature on ‘research impact’ in the social sciences and humanities (SSH).
Open Humanities: Why Open Science in the Humanities is Not Enough
Open Humanities: Why Open Science in the Humanities is Not Enough
The author argues that for the humanities to successfully adopt digital technologies, they need to develop an independent open humanities discourse.
OPERAS Survey on SSH Scholarly Communication
OPERAS Survey on SSH Scholarly Communication
OPERAS runs a survey to find out more about social sciences and humanities (SSH) scholarly communication.
Understanding the Key Dimensions in Developing SSH Research Societal Impact
Understanding the Key Dimensions in Developing SSH Research Societal Impact
Impact is increasingly important for science policy-makers. Science policy studies have reacted to this heightened urgency by studying these policy-interventions.
Global Problems Need Social Science
Without human insights, data and the hard sciences will not meet the challenges of the next decade.
Switch to English 'risks Social Relevance' of European Humanities
There have been big declines in the proportion of humanities and social science papers published in Norwegian, conference told
Big Qual - Why We Should Be Thinking Big About Qualitative Data for Research, Teaching and Policy
Big Qual - Why We Should Be Thinking Big About Qualitative Data for Research, Teaching and Policy
When social scientists think about big data, they often think in terms of quantitative number crunching. However, the growing availability of ‘big’ qualitative datasets presents new opportunities for qualitative research.
UC Press Supports University of California's Stance on Elsevier
UC Press Supports University of California's Stance on Elsevier
As the publishing arm of the University of California system, UC Press supports the UC libraries in their cancellation of the Elsevier "big deal" package. As small to medium-sized publishers of largely humanities and social sciences (HSS) journals, university presses (including UC Press) have had to compete for diminishing library resources to support our publishing programs.
Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda
Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda
The idea of the conference is to bring to the fore the impact contributions of social sciences and humanities (SSH) research to transformative national and European research and innovation agendas, as well as to openly reflect on and structurally discuss the topic. Due to the huge interest in the conference and limited seating, a live-streaming of the main sessions of the conference on both conference days is offered.
Hoax Science
Another set of fake papers takes aim at social science’s nether regions.
Attempt to Replicate Major Social Scientific Findings of Past Decade Fails
Attempt to Replicate Major Social Scientific Findings of Past Decade Fails
Scientists and the design of experiments under scrutiny after a major project fails to reproduce results of high profile studies.
Facebook Shuts the Gate After the Horse Has Bolted, and Hurts Real Research in the Process
Facebook Shuts the Gate After the Horse Has Bolted, and Hurts Real Research in the Process
Facebook has recently announced a substantial tightening of access restrictions to the APIs of Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms it owns. While these changes may generate some positive publicity for the company, they are likely to compound the real problem, further diminishing transparency and opportunities for independent oversight.
We Need the Humanities More Than Ever, Despite All the Shouting
We Need the Humanities More Than Ever, Despite All the Shouting
In today’s knowledge economy, the practical value of a STEM degree is obvious. Yet our future depends on graduates who are steeped in the humanities and social sciences.
The Scant Science Behind Cambridge Analytica's Marketing Techniques
The Scant Science Behind Cambridge Analytica's Marketing Techniques
Nature peers into the evidence for ‘psychographic targeting’.
A New ‘Accelerator’ Aims to Bring Big Science to Psychology
Psychology initiative aims to engage dozens of laboratories around the world in large-scale studies, since the “tentative, preliminary results” produced by small studies conducted in relatively isolated laboratories “just aren’t getting the job done."
Radical Open Access Website Officially Launched
A community of scholar-led, not-for-profit presses, journals and other open access projects in the humanities and social sciences.
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