Monthly Archives: August 2016
The economics of SSHRC research grants I: Why are success rates so low?
I've participated a few times in the adjudication process for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) research grant programs: twice as a reviewer, and three times as chair. (Chairs have to be bilingual, so Quebec profs are often called up to serve as chair.) Regular WCI readers – and of course researchers in humanities […]
Time use: what’s the Big Question?
Whole academic publishing industries have been built around Big Questions. There's the Big Trust Question: “Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you need to be very careful in dealing with people?” There's the Big Satisfaction Question: "All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole […]
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