Responding to objections from APS and other stakeholders, US lawmakers have directed the National Institutes of Health to delay a new policy that would reclassify basic research involving humans as “clinical trials.”… More
The Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking has issued a report that points to significant new opportunities in research and leadership for psychological scientists with expertise in areas including judgment and decision making, analysis and research design, data privacy and ethics issues, and more… More
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has released its most recent Science and Engineering Indicators Report, one of two congressionally mandated biennial reports, on the state of science and engineering investments and the workforce in the US and abroad… More
The US Office of Evaluation Sciences (OES), a team of social and behavioral scientists tasked with designing and testing evidence-based interventions within the federal government, has released the results of their most recent evaluations of government programs… More
University of Chicago economist Richard H. Thaler, whose work has roots in the groundbreaking research of APS William James Fellows… More
According to APS William James Fellow Nora Newcombe, the answer is an investment in Big Data sets, data sharing, and standardized evaluation tools… More
