News in Brief Big Ideas in Social Science: An Interview With Rom Harré on What Is Social Science The latest in a series of conversations with leading intellectuals in collaboration with the Social Science Bites podcast… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Big Ideas in Social Science: A Series of Interviews With Leading Intellectuals Introducing a new series in collaboration with the Social Science Bites podcast and the Social Science Space website.… Pacific Standard Staff
Social Justice Since We Last Spoke: Saving Social Science Updates to past Pacific Standard stories. Kate Wheeling
Environment A Fix for Social Science Drawing on experience, one pair of young social scientists offer a way to cut down on mistakes in their field. Francie Diep
Environment What the 2015 MacArthur Fellows Are Up to The latest scientists to win the "genius grants" are learning about the brain, turning sewage into useful stuff, and everything in between. Nathan Collins
Social Justice What Happens When Social Scientists Critique Their Peers’ Work? Polite entrenchment, at least in one recent case. Francie Diep
Social Justice What Social Science Grants Say About Women in Science Researchers find much less bias in the grant process compared with other sciences, but highlight the need to break down institutions that hinder women's careers. Nathan Collins
Economics Are People Who Major in Economics More Anti-Social Than the Rest of Us? Probably. And that's concerning. Lisa Wade
Social Justice The Pseudoscience of Jane Jacobs and Innovation Districts Where we find innovation, we find industry clusters. That doesn't mean the two are causally linked. Jim Russell