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Our latest Independence with Impact report is here - sharing our work developing resources that advance disciplines, cultivate critical thinking, and drive social change. This work embodies the core values that have guided us since our founding and continue to inspire us 60 years later. The report highlights the meaningful actions we have taken as an independent company, including publishing on an array of topics that impact humanity; advocating for the value of social and behavioral science in addressing real world problems; sparking critical, evidence-based conversations both inside and outside the classroom; and supporting academic freedom. We are proud of this work and even prouder to be able to say that, as an independent company, we can continue to lead with our mission and stay firm to our values for the next 60 years and beyond. Read the report: https://bit.ly/40MGCeo

Writing for AACSB, author Tom Chatfield offers insights on his recent Sage white paper, “Human Skills for an AI Age,” emphasizing four core capabilities that business schools must cultivate as AI continues to evolve 👇

Countdown to publication day this week, and lovely to have the actual copy after all these years! Thanks to everyone Bloomsbury Publishing Plc for such a nice job.

In the wake of Wednesday's shooting in Minneapolis, we're providing free access to research on gun violence and gun control to support evidence-based policymaking: https://lnkd.in/epMuzykZ Find research on media responses, victims, trauma, and more.

In a recent CHOICE360 webinar, Euan Adie of Overton discussed how librarians can use Sage Policy Profiles to help faculty discover their work’s policy impact for free. Watch the recording: https://ow.ly/Yst050WMSg1 “Researchers want it, but they don’t often feel equipped to pull the data together, or to, you know, understand the impact they’re having, or how to best create impact in the first place. And that’s where … we feel we can add some value, to work with librarians and policy officers and other professional staff to help equip researchers with those tools that they need.” 

Watch the recording of Sage’s 6th-annual Critical Thinking Bootcamp: bit.ly/3HPXfQO This year’s Bootcamp explored the future of critical thinking. Our speakers shared expert insights on the relationship between creativity and critical thinking, counteracting misinformation about universities, DEI and academic freedom, and supporting young people to think critically. #CriticalThinkingBootcamp

Join us for a free webinar on September 15 on how research can drive real-world change: https://lnkd.in/eg9p7w9j Dr. Anne Toomey, award-winning author of "Science with Impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence Policy" and lead advisor of Epigeum's "Research with Impact" program, will discuss practical strategies for engaging communities and influencing policy.

From social concerns to innovative research methods to diversity, equity and inclusion, social and behavioral scientists have fueled conversations leading to change. To celebrate our 60th anniversary, we’re spotlighting 60 UK books that helped shape the teaching and learning of social and behavioral sciences. Explore the collection: https://lnkd.in/enSdeJDt #AcademicPublishing #SBS #Sage60

I asked Claude to write a brief description of my new book on Noticing, due out next month. This is what it came up with. I still prefer my editor Liza Thompson’s blurb, but Bloomsbury Publishing Plc take note, as we should at Sage that LLMs are not bad! Noticing: How We Attend to the World and Each Other explores a deceptively simple question: What are you good at noticing? Most people can't answer easily, revealing how unconscious and obscure our attention patterns really are. This book shows how what we see—and what we miss—shapes everything from our relationships to our politics. Drawing on psychology experiments (like the famous "invisible gorilla" test), personal memoir, and close readings of literature from Nabokov to George Eliot, Marar reveals that noticing isn't neutral. It's driven by hopes, fears, experience, temperament, expertise, hidden motives, often manipulated by others, and reflects deep patterns of power and privilege. The powerful can afford not to notice; the powerless must see everything. Servants anticipate their employers' needs while remaining invisible themselves. Meanwhile, tech companies and "attention merchants" fight to control where we look, pushing us toward extremes while we scroll through life half-awake. But here's the radical possibility: learning to truly see others might be the most important kind of noticing we can do. Not seeking attention, but giving it—with curiosity, kindness, and care. Unlike other books on attention that focus on productivity or distraction, Noticing treats paying attention as fundamentally moral work. In our fractured age, it offers a path toward genuine human connection through the simple but transformative act of really seeing each other.

It’s the last chance to register for Critical Thinking Bootcamp: The Future of Critical Thinking, our free, virtual event taking place tomorrow at 8:30 AM PT, 11:30 AM ET, 4:30 PM BST. Learn more: https://bit.ly/445fY3h Join our expert panel for discussions about creativity and critical thinking, DEI and academic freedom, combating misinformation, and more. There will be interactive breakout rooms, ample time for Q&A, and the recording will be distributed to registrants. #CriticalThinkingBootcamp - Jesse Richardson, Renee Hill, Si Beales 👨🏼🎤, Bradford Vivian