Inside Higher Ed

Can We Trust Social Science Research?

Is social science research trustworthy? The economist Noah Smith raises this question in a recent piece entitled “How many of our ‘facts’ about society health, and the economy are fake?” As he points ...
The Conversation

Basic research advances science, and can also have broader impacts on modern society

Bruce J. MacFadden has received funding from the U. S. National Science Foundation. It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn’t just for scientists. A component of many federal grants ...
Nature

A new European platform for advancing regulatory science research

Launching in 2025, the European Platform for Regulatory Science Research will bring together academia, regulators and other stakeholders to accelerate collaborative regulatory science research ...
ssir.org

The Promise of Impact Science

Over the past two centuries, economists, policy makers, and researchers have aspired to “harden” social science. A lot of progress has been made: using randomized, controlled experiments; making ...
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Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences

Basic behavioral and social sciences research is indispensible to the mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Not only do psycho-social-biological factors directly affect disease outcomes ...
Forbes

HERD Survey Ranks Top U.S. Colleges In Social Science Research Spending

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Where is leading social science research being conducted in the U.S.? Which universities ...
The Conversation

Beyond the hype: How AI could change the game for social science research

Igor Grossmann receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, The John Templeton Foundation, and the ...