Research - Quillette

The Problem with Lived Experience

Some lived experiences are selected and elevated over others.

Sarah A. Font / Naomi Schaefer Riley

17 Jul 2023 · 7 min read

If The Findings Detract, You Must Retract

How dissent is policed in social science.

Jukka Savolainen

18 Jun 2023 · 10 min read

Masking Uncertainty in Public Health

Had it actually been “following the science,” the CDC would have transparently communicated its uncertainty at every step.

Mark Alan Smith

18 Apr 2023 · 12 min read

Gender Equity When It Suits

Organisations should apply the principle evenhandedly.

Anthony Jorm

13 Mar 2023 · 5 min read

Science by Quota

Australia’s unnecessary new NHMRC policy will lead to a decline in scientific quality.

Anthony Jorm

3 Nov 2022 · 8 min read

Shame and Silence: The LWS Twin Studies Revisited

Identical twins, especially, are favorites when it comes to exploring identity and duality in dramatic and literary works.

Nancy L. Segal

26 Sep 2021 · 7 min read

How to Tackle the Unfolding Research Crisis

The poor and worsening position of research is not self-correcting, and the sector needs to be redirected towards the solution of real world problems and developing an effective predictive capability.

Les Coleman

14 Dec 2019 · 8 min read

Against Research Ethics Committees

The guidelines ethics committees follow present themselves as universal rules derived from reason.

Paul Oslington

17 Oct 2019 · 13 min read

In Social Research Fields, Conservatives Are the Most Underrepresented Group

The lack of ideological diversity seems to be vastly more pronounced in social research fields than underrepresentation in terms of gender, sexuality, and race.

Musa al-Gharbi

5 Apr 2018 · 4 min read

How Activists Took Control of a University: The Case Study of Evergreen State

Understanding these mechanisms can hopefully produce a broader sense of how ideologically motivated people are able to acquire and wield so much power.

Uri Harris

18 Dec 2017 · 8 min read

Education NGO Faces Backlash from Academics After Retracting Essay Citing Intelligence Research

The essay’s author and summit panelist, Toby Young, says he was blindsided at the sudden retraction two days after its publication.

Andy Ngo

31 Oct 2017 · 5 min read

How Sexual Dominance Influences Politics

The link between sex and dominance has a deep evolutionary history. The perennial battles between males over reproductive access to females fill the annals of natural history.

Gregory Gorelik

21 Jul 2016 · 10 min read