Category Archives: Peer Review

Impact, impact, impact | Pioneers Post

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

Discussing the term ‘impact’ — something we did at this workshop, and elsewhere. Impact, impact, impact | Pioneers Post.

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Not Safe for Funding: The N.S.F. and the Economics of Science : The New Yorker

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

Aside from the inherent interest of all things having to do with NSF merit review … what, that’s not just us CSID folks, is it? … anyway, there’s also some really interesting stuff about what motivates scientists in this article. … Continue reading →

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The impact imperative can be better understood through the opportunities and contraints of feminist scholarship | Impact of Social Sciences

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

Feminist researchers are motivated to undertake impact activities because of their feminism. We want to change, as well as observe, the world. via The impact imperative can be better understood through the opportunities and contraints of feminist scholarship | Impact … Continue reading →

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Holdren Attacks House Bill, Defends NSF’s Grant Selection Process – ScienceInsider

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

Holdren Attacks House Bill, Defends NSF’s Grant Selection Process – ScienceInsider.

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The ‘Broader Impacts’ of Sequestration on Science

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Keith Brown

CSID Director Bob Frodeman has some suggestions about the interconnection of research & society in post-austerity world. Now that we’ve been driven off the “fiscal cliff,” perhaps we should look around and assess the results. It turns out that sequestration … Continue reading →

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Subcommittee Reviews NSF’s FY 2014 Budget Request | Democrats -Committee on Science, Space and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

Links on NSF Merit Review hearing: Subcommittee Reviews NSF’s FY 2014 Budget Request | Democrats -Committee on Science, Space and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives. http://science.house.gov/press-release/subcommittee-reviews-nsf-budget-explores-ways-improve-grant-approval-process http://science.house.gov/hearing/research-subcommittee-hearing-overview-national-science-foundation-budget-fiscal-year-2014 http://science.edgeboss.net/wmedia/science/sst2013/RS041713.wvx        

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NSF Peer Review Under Scrutiny by House Science Panel – ScienceInsider

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

John Holdren to Science House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: “I think it’s a dangerous thing for Congress, or anybody else, to be trying to specify in detail what types of fundamental research NSF should be funding.” NSF Peer … Continue reading →

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Academics don’t let themselves be free – Opinion – Al Jazeera English

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

@alicebell has something to say to us academics: Fellow academics, if you really want to stand up for your special forms of freedoms you need to recognise the role you already play in the systems that curtail them and reflect … Continue reading →

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Who Killed the PrePrint, and Could It Make a Return? | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

A very interesting piece written on preprints here: Who Killed the PrePrint, and Could It Make a Return? | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network. Preprints are essentially working papers that are ‘published’ in order to solicit feedback prior to … Continue reading →

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Re-engineering Ethics, Kelli Barr and Wenlong Lu « Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Keith Brown

CSID fellows Kelli Barr and Wenlong Lu just published a thoughtful piece at the Social Epistemology Review & Reply Collective. They consider a recent professional meeting that they attended and the implications of having a diverse crowd of trained experts … Continue reading →

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Broader Impacts of the Fact that NASA Suspends All Education and Public Outreach Update – NASA Watch

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

Effective immediately, all education and public outreach activities should be suspended, pending further review. In terms of scope, this includes all public engagement and outreach events, programs, activities, and products developed and implemented by Headquarters, Mission Directorates, and Centers across … Continue reading →

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Open Access, the Impact Agenda and resistance to the neoliberal paradigm | Impact of Social Sciences

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

Yesterday’s post introduced the context of neoliberalism as the backdrop of change in higher education. Here Martin Eve provides further clarification of the neoliberal context, linking the impact agenda under the Research Excellence Framework as a key trait of a privatised … Continue reading →

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Institutions starting to walk the Broader Impacts walk

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Kelli Barr

CSID’s own Robert Frodeman is slated to keynote an upcoming Broader Impacts Infrastructure Summit. This summit marks the first of its kind for its focus on institutional infrastructure, primarily at universities and colleges, to support faculty and staff in coordinating, … Continue reading →

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An unusual take on the Research Excellence Framework – HERAVALUE

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

An unusual take on the Research Excellence Framework – HERAVALUE.

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“The Individual and Scholarly Networks” webinar: Notes from the not-so-underground philosopher

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Kelli Barr

My initial reaction is that the single-day webinar in which I presented on Tuesday (and in which I was the only humanist – !) was a success. Excepting some minor and very intermittent technical difficulties with sound and visual, the presenters … Continue reading →

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“The Individual and Scholarly Networks” — Research Trends Webinar

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

Just finished listening to this webinar, in which CSID’s own Kelli Barr participated as a presenter. One of the most interesting aspects of the webinar was the discussion of the use of new ways for the individual researcher to extend … Continue reading →

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Is NSF’s ‘Product’ Category a Finished Product? – Science Careers

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

Science Careers weighs in on NSF’s recent changes to the Grant Proposal Guide: Is NSF’s ‘Product’ Category a Finished Product? – Science Careers – Biotech, Pharmaceutical, Faculty, Postdoc jobs on Science Careers. Interesting take on what counts as a ‘product’ … Continue reading →

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Don’t Underestimate NSF’s New Grant-Submission Rules – Manage Your Career – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

I left a comment* about one point I take issue with; but this is a good article, with lots of good advice. Don’t Underestimate NSF’s New Grant-Submission Rules – Manage Your Career – The Chronicle of Higher Education. * Just … Continue reading →

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Faculty appointments and the record of scholarship | eLife

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

The paper is well worth reading for those interested in scholarly communications. The journal, eLife, is also worth checking out. Faculty appointments and the record of scholarship | eLife.

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From Peer Review to the Wisdom of Crowds? Open Access & Peer Review | History Workshop

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Britt Holbrook

Open Access, for some at least, goes hand in hand with a move towards Open Evaluation. From Peer Review to the Wisdom of Crowds? Open Access & Peer Review | History Workshop.

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Broader Impacts, Take Two

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Britt Holbrook

Some interesting quotes about changes to NSF’s Merit Review Criteria in this article Chemical and Engineering News (via the Penn research office). C&ENewsDec10.pdf (application/pdf Object). If you’re interested in the history behind these changes, see “Reassessing the Science-Society Relation” here. … Continue reading →

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Bieberians at the Gate? | Inside Higher Ed

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Britt Holbrook

Essay on the idea that non-philosophers should judge philosophers | Inside Higher Ed. Comments on this piece are most welcome!

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Is visual content separable from the implied message?

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Kelli Barr

As an example of the interface of aesthetics, visual content in this case, and ethics, the implied message and its implications, I would rate this as good design (intellectual) merit, but poor ethical and social merit (impact)… … which, in … Continue reading →

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America’s secret fracking war – Salon.com

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Keith Brown

There’s a war going on that you know nothing about between a coalition of great powers and a small insurgent movement.  It’s a secret war being waged in the shadows while you go about your everyday life. In the end, … Continue reading →

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ESRC success rates by discipline: what on earth is going on? | Impact of Social Sciences

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Britt Holbrook

Adam Golberg analyzes success rates for various disciplines applying for grants from the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC): ESRC success rates by discipline: what on earth is going on? | Impact of Social Sciences. Not surprisingly, some disciplines … Continue reading →

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