I am conducting a study that examines the growing trend of women as primary financial household contributors and men as stay-at-home dads and the relationship impacts and discourse that exists between husband and wife in this situation. Participation in the study survey would take approximately 5 minutes of your time. You can take the surveyRead… Read more »
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IBM Center Funds Nine New Research Projects
This article was originally posted by Dan Chenok at the IBM Center for the Business of Government Blog. Since the creation of the IBM Center for The Business of Government more than 15 years ago, we have sought to help public sector executives and managers address real-world problems by sponsoring independent, third-party research from topRead… Read more »
A Call for Research into Key Challenges Facing Government
This article was first posted by Dan Chenok at the IBM Center for the Business of Government blog. Last week, The IBM Center for The Business of Government released our most recent “Call for Research Proposals” – a guide to what key challenges faced by government will benefit from Center-sponsored reports in the next severalRead… Read more »
Crafting a Research Agenda to Manage a 21st Government
This blog was originally posted by Dan Chenok on the Center for the Business of Government blog. In order to keep The Center for The Business of Government’s research current, we host occasional roundtable discussions with leaders from the public sector, the academic research community, and across industry; these discussions help to challenge current assumptionsRead… Read more »
New Corporate Sensation with Ben Patinkin, Patinkin Research Strategies
Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »
Shape research and knowledge about the important work you do
The Public Service Research Panel (PSRPanel) is a project housed at Rutgers University that supports academic and applied research in public and non-profit management and related fields. As a public service professional, you’re invited to visit the PSRPanel.org webstie to view results of our prior surveys — and to sign up to be included inRead… Read more »
Please join the Public Service Research Panel, if you work in the public sector!
If you work in the public/nonprofit sectors, please join the Public Service Research Panel (http:www.PSRPanel.org) The PSR Panel is an opt-in, online community of professionals in the public and nonprofit sectors who receive occasional email invitations to participate in web-based surveys. Survey topics may include job satisfactions, decision making, technology, collaboration, leadership, and other topics.Read… Read more »
Online Education Startup Minerva Launches Non-profit to Reimagine 21st-Century Research Universities
Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — The Minerva Project, an education startup self-described as “the first elite American university launched in a century,” has $25 million in venture funding and advisors including former Harvard president Larry Summers. From their website: Minerva is assembling an exceptional team dedicated to providing a uniquely rigorous and challenging education toRead… Read more »
PNNL joins with UW to form big data institute, Researchers find weakness in Microsoft’s Fix It
By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. PNNL joins with UW to form big data institute – The PNNL and the University of Washington are partnering to create the Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing. The institute aims to be a collaboration center for researchers to explore advanced computer systemRead… Read more »
In Praise of Basic Research, or It Doesn’t All Have to Be Useful
I try to remember to do basic research every once in a while, where I figure out how the world works without a goal in mind. This contrasts with applied research, which is about solving particular problems or taking advantage of specific opportunities. The distinction can be pretty clear in science. For example, in physicsRead… Read more »