May 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.

Support & How To's

• The Equitable Data Working Group released their report of recommended practices for federal agencies towards a vision for equitable data. The group was established by President Biden’s Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.
• Social Science Space continues to update the 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.

Articles of Interest

• "After half a century of ‘wicked’ policy problems, are we any better at managing them?" from the LSE Impact Blog
• “Biden White House Resurrects Social and Behavioral Science Advisory Panel” from Social Science Space
• “Revisiting NSF’s Founding Compromise” from Issues in Science and Technology
• “SSRC, NSF Team Up To Examine Impact of Public Health Guidance” from Social Science Space
• "US Getting a Permanent Chief Statistician After Two-Year Gap” from Social Science Space
• “Why Social Science? Because People Should be at the Center of Policymaking: Reflections from COSSA’s 2022 Social Science Advocacy Day” from the Consortium of Social Science Associations

Awards & Funding Opportunities

• The U.S. National Science Foundation is calling for nominations for the 2022 National Medal of Science (May 20 deadline)
• The United Kingdom's Academy of Social Sciences welcomes Fellows nominations for Autumn 2022 (June 1 deadline)
• SAGE Publishing is inviting applications for the 2022 SAGE Concept Grants, which provide funding for new software tools for social science research (June 5 deadline)
• Political Studies Association launched their new Diverse Voices PhD Scholarships (June 17 deadline)
• The William T. Grant Scholars Program for Researchers in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences is open for applications (July 6 deadline)

General News

• The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences released its Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization Progress Update.
• The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences introduces their Big Thinking series, bringing together leading scholars and public figures who present forward-thinking research, ideas, and solutions to the critical questions and issues of our time.
• The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released recommendations for the Future of Education Research at the Institute of Education Sciences.
• SAGE signed onto two letters by the Coalition for National Science Funding urging Congress (House and Senate) to fund the National Science Foundation at least $11 billion for Fiscal Year 2023.
• The U.S. National Science Foundation is partnering with the Social Science Research Council to support research on public health guidance and its impact on the health and well-being of individuals and communities.

Job Openings

• The U.S. National Institutes of Health is seeking candidates for the position of Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (Open until filled)

Events

• CoProducing Knowledge with Communities: Equity in Federal Research Programs, a conversation with the White House Office of Science and Technology's Dr. Alondra Nelson from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (May 12, 4-5PM ET, Hybrid)
• 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)
• Structural Racism and Rigorous Models of Social Inequity from the National Academy of Sciences (Workshops: May 16, 10am-4pm ET and May 17, 9am-3pm ET)
• Institutional Structures for Societal Impact of Science workshop from the Network for Advancing and Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science (May 24-27, Virtual)
• The Association for Psychological Science annual convention (May 26-29, Chicago, Illinois)
• Reimagining Science Communication in the COVID Era and Beyond: The 5th Science Communication Colloquium from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication (June 1, 2, and 6, Hybrid)
• Possibility space: The role of the social sciences in understanding, mapping and shaping the future from the Academy of Social Sciences Annual Lecture (June 16, 9:30-10:30 PDT, Virtual)
• The Impact of Science 2022 Conference from the Network for Advancing and Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science (June 22-24, Leiden, the Netherlands)

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