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Spring 2026
ARL Monitor: Public Edition (Spring 2026) In the Government Affairs section of this issue, the Trump budget targets social science and Congress grapples with publishing, while Canada takes stock of caps on...
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Repertoires: How the Public Humanities Contend with Climate Change
In the first few minutes of a Zoom meeting, as the faces we expect appear one by one, it’s easy to fill the space by swapping notes about the weather...
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ARL Champions Federal Support for Social Science Research, Infrastructure
A record number of advocates from 24 US states met with members of Congress during the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) annual Social Science Advocacy Day on March 24....
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Winter 2026
ARL Monitor: Public Edition (Winter 2026) In the Government Affairs section of this issue, Capitol Hill pushes back on the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to research funding, while Ottawa looks to research...
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Repertoires: How Researchers Struggle to Stay in Sync
The last few working days of a very long year are an apt moment to reflect on how we experience time within the research enterprise. A recent book by science...
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Fall 2025
ARL Monitor: Public Edition (Fall 2025) In the Government Affairs section of this issue, research funding on either side of the 49th parallel gets top billing. Around the Ecosystem presents new approaches to tracking...
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Repertoires: How Social Science Theory Gets Made and Remade
In 2008, technologist Chris Anderson famously predicted the end of theory, as massively abundant data reduced the need for researchers to develop and test explanatory models. “Who knows why people...
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Summer 2025
ARL Monitor: Public Edition (Summer 2025) From the Government Affairs section of this issue, the Gold Standard Science executive order and updates to the NIH’s Public Access Policy loom large in the...
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Repertoires: How Forest Research Outlives Its Institutions
A mature forest can take decades to regenerate after it is harvested for timber. But what happens when the human institutions charged with its management change course or even disappear...
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The Past and Future of Indirect Costs: An Interview with Hilary Craiglow
Reimbursements to institutions for so-called indirect costs have been in the headlines this year. Even as ARL is supporting litigation that seeks to reverse a 15% cap on reimbursement rates...