January 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.

Advice & How To's

• “How to increase the societal impact of your research” from University World News
• “Sharing Health Data: The Why, The Will, and the Way Forward” from the National Academy of Medicine
• An interview study with a selection of chief editors from social science and humanities journals on open peer review from Research Integrity and Peer Review

Articles of Interest

• “How Technology Has Transformed Social and Behavioral Research” from The Brink
• “America’s Best Universities for Social Science Research” from Forbes
• Parting thoughts from the outgoing director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health's Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
• “Why social science needs stories” from The New Statesman
• Why Social Science? Because It Can Teach Us How to Be Kinder to Ourselves from the Consortium of Social Science Associations
• “Survey: Mental Health a Key Concern Among American University Leaders” from Social Science Space

Awards & Funding Opportunities

• Society for Research in Child Development U.S. Policy Fellowship Programs (State: Jan. 24 deadline)
• The Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research Early Stage Investigator Fellowship Award (Feb. 1 deadline)
• The Causal Inference for Social Impact Lab’s Data Challenge from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
• Dissertation Research Grants from the Russell SAGE Foundation (Webinar: Feb. 1 / Mar. 1 deadline)
• Evidence-based strategies to combat health mis- and disinformation: Call for Proposals from the Mercury Project

General News

• The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia released their “State of the Social Sciences 2021” guide
• The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released its year two annual report of activities from the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
• The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program Celebrates Ten Years of Funding Doctoral Studies in Africa from the Social Science Research Council

Job Openings

• Board Director - Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - United States)
• Board Director - Board on Human Systems Integration (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - United States)

Events

• Council for Exceptional Children CEC 2022 (Feb. 1-4, Virtual)
• Society for Judgment and Decision Making (Feb. 10-12, Virtual)
• Strengthening the Evidence Base to Improve Economic and Social Mobility in the United States: A Workshop from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Feb. 14-15, Virtual)
• Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention (Feb. 16-19, San Francisco, California)
• American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting (Feb. 25 - Mar. 1, New York)
• Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting (Mar. 3-5, New Orleans, Louisiana)
• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting (Mar. 15-19, Las Vegas, Nevada)
• “Helping Organizations Achieve Impact” a workshop by the University-Industry Partnerships in the Social Sciences (Apr. 20-21, College Park, Maryland)

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