April 2022

Welcome to the Social & Behavioral Science Monthly Roundup, brought to you by Social Science Space. Each month we’ll bring you a selection of resources of interest across the social and behavioral science (SBS) community. Have news you'd like considered for future newsletters from your part of the SBS world? Send suggestions to PR@sagepub.co.uk.

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• Social Science Space released Social and Behavioral Science and the Russia-Ukraine War: A Collection. This contains curated resources and publications relating to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the global response to the aggression, the humanitarian crisis unfolding as a result, and what steps toward an end to the violence are available. 
• Science for Ukraine is collecting and disseminating information about support opportunities at the university, national, and international level for graduate students and researchers directly affiliated to an academic institution in Ukraine. 

Articles of Interest

• “Colleges Divest From Russia” from Inside Higher Ed
• “Humanities are essential in understanding the Russian war against Ukraine” from The Conversation
• “Ignoring behavioral and social sciences undermines the U.S. response to Covid-19” from STAT
• “Making Sense of What We Hear About Ukraine: An Interview with Dr Daniela Dimitrova” from Social Science Space 
• “There’s More to AI Bias Than Biased Data, NIST Report Highlights” from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
• “The Unintended Consequences of the pandemic on Non-COVID-19 Research Activities” from the LSE Impact Blog 
• "'Where Is Everybody?’ Some Public Colleges Cut Ties With Russia Over Ukraine War” from The Chronicle of Higher Education
• “Why climate solutions will fail without the help of social scientists” from Vox
• “Why Social Science? Because Changing Behavior is Essential to Addressing Climate Change” by Corbin Evans, Senior Director of Congressional and Federal Relations, American Psychological Association, from the Consortium of Social Science Associations

Awards & Funding Opportunities

• The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University named its 2022-23 fellows class, comprising 36 scholars
• The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health announced the 2022 James Jackson Memorial Award (April 18 deadline)
• Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence from the William T. Grant Foundation (May 4 deadline)
• The U.S. National Science Foundation is calling for nominations for the 2022 National Medal of Science (May 20 deadline)

General News

• The American Academy of Political & Social Science released the webinar recording of Lessons from Democracies at Risk: A Global Perspective
• The U.S. National Science Foundation announced an expansion of the Strengthening American Infrastructure program with new funding opportunities 

Job Openings

• The American Sociological Association is inviting applications for the position of Senior Publications Associate
• The U.S. National Institutes of Health is seeking candidates for the position of Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
• The British Academy’s Global Professorships program to provide mid-career to senior scholars active in any discipline within the humanities or social sciences with the opportunity to work in the UK for four years (April 27 deadline)
• The Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science is open for applications

Events

• Political Studies Association Annual Conference (April 11-13, University of York, UK)
• Towards a Global Science of Child Development: Challenges and Opportunities from the Society for Research in Child Development (Webinar: April 14, 6-8 PM ET)
• Open Science & Societal Impact seminar from the Network for Advancing & Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science (April 20, Helsinki, Finland)
• Strengthening University-Industry Partnerships in the Social Sciences workshop from the University-Industry Partnerships (April 20-21, College Park, Maryland)
• British Sociological Association Annual Conference (April 20-22, Virtual)
• The 2022 SAGE-CASBS Award Lecture: The Mythology of Racial Progress by Jennifer Richeson (April 21, 5:30-6:30 PM PDT). CASBS meanwhile has named Walter W. "Woody" Powell to serve as its interim director, replacing Margret Levi who steps down in August.
• American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (April 21-26, San Diego, California)
• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International Conference and Annual Meeting (April 24-26, New Orleans, Louisiana)
• Social, Behavioral & Economic COVID-19 Health Impacts webinar from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (April 27-28, Virtual)
• American Council of Learned Societies Annual Meeting (April 28-30, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Congress 2022 from Canada’s Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (May 12-20, Virtual)
• The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2022 Congress (May 15-19, Sydney, Australia)
• Institutional Structures for Societal Impact of Science workshop from the Network for Advancing and Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science (May 24-27, Virtual)

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