The steps you take to prepare for a videoconference presentation or meeting will make the difference between an engaging or a frustrating experience.

Learn about the eclectic research featured in the SAGE journal, Management Learning, and read open-access articles.

The 11 co-authors of “Self-in-Field Action Research in Natural Spaces of Encounter: Inclusion, Learning, and Organizational Change” discuss their research.

Learn about action research from Ernie Stringer and Alfredo Ortiz Aragon, co-authors of a new book on this important methodology.

Tom Chatfield and Janet Salmons discuss critical and creative thinking in this updated post from the archives. Both kinds of thinking are crucial for research, especially when the study uses new methods.

Find a collection of readings and cases about LGBTQ+ researchers and research.

In a spirit of self-evaluation, Aqueelah Ellzy reflects on the transformational learning her practitioner research and professional inquiry have evinced. She offers suggestions for Practitioner-Researchers.

In this interview one of co-authors of Evaluation: A Systematic Approach discusses evaluative practices.

Find over 100 resources on evaluation: books, cases, and videos, on SAGE Research Methods.

Summer Institute in Computational Social Science site sponsored by Howard University and Mathematica (SICSS-Howard/Mathematica) awards individuals and teams for the inaugural Excellence in Computational Social Science Research Fund as a unique and exclusive benefit offered to alumni of the site.

The rapidly changing nature of organizational life requires that researchers become newly curious about how shifting societal norms and personal conditions shape our research. See this post from Etienne LeGrand and Sharon Ravitch.

Moving from being a practitioner to being a scholar is an adjustment!

How do students learn to use research for applied problem-solving? Learn about the Story+ program internship model at Duke University.

A SICSS-Howard Mathematica 2021 participant shares how he reconnected with others in a meaningful way and grew personally during his virtual SICSS experience.

Paul Decker PhD, president and chief executive officer of Mathematica and nationally recognized expert on policy research, delivered the closing plenary address on Friday, June 25th at SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021.

Timnit Gebru, co-founder of Black in AI, advocate for diversity in the field of technology, and Fortune’s Top 50 Leaders in the World in 2021 delivered the keynote address for SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021.

The first Summer Institute in Computational Social Science hosted at a Historically Black College or University featured a panel of guest speakers who inspired participants with their research and professional trajectory. Lecture topics include re-entry into the job force for incarcerated people, financial statuses of small businesses in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, social identities and systems of power, and discriminatory bias within technology.

SICSS-Howard/Mathematica participants had the benefit of novel Bite-Sized Lunchtime Talks during the inaugural SICSS at a Historically Black College or University. The purpose of this SICSS-H/M specific site innovation was to introduce participants to people and organizations doing impactful and complementary work with data.

Wayne A.I. Frederick, seventeenth president of Howard University, delivered the opening plenary address on Sunday, June 13th at the end of SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021’s pre-institute, Praxis to Power.

This blog post is the second of nine in a series called “The Future of Computational Social Science is Black” about SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021, the first Summer Institute in Computational Social Science held at a Historically Black College or University.