It’s been 25 years since Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war. Here’s what we know about helping communities recover. Rachel Glennerster - May 13, 2016 [caption id="attachment_40498" align="aligncenter" width="1027"] Innovations for Poverty Action Sierra Leone
How do you reduce prejudice toward transgender people? This new study explains. Andrew Gelman - April 7, 2016 Last year, there was a big scandal in political science
Yes, you can trust international surveys. Mostly. Michael Robbins - March 26, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36430" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)[/caption] How do you know
Does social science have a replication crisis? Joshua Tucker - March 9, 2016 [caption id="attachment_34081" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] What population sample will bring us
Political scientists are debating a new initiative to make research more trustworthy. Here’s why I’m skeptical. Chris Blattman - November 9, 2015 [caption id="attachment_17595" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] istockphoto[/caption] In the past year, a
We can end poverty, but at what cost? Chris Blattman - July 6, 2015 The past year has produced evidence on some of the
Ireland’s voters approve same-sex marriage. Here’s how that happened. Henry Farrell and Niamh Hardiman - May 23, 2015 The official results make it clear that Ireland has voted
Ireland's voters approve same-sex marriage. Here's how that happened. Henry Farrell - May 23, 2015 The official results make it clear that Ireland has voted
Fake study on changing attitudes: Sometimes a claim that is too good to be true, isn't Andrew Gelman - May 20, 2015 A few months ago we reported on a recently published
Fake study on changing attitudes: Sometimes a claim that is too good to be true, isn’t Andrew Gelman - May 20, 2015 A few months ago we reported on a recently published