So-called “positionality statements” are a threat to scientific inquiry. A foundational principle of truth-seeking is the norm of universalism: the concept that work must be judged on its own merits. ...

P ositionality statements, in which scholars declare identity categories to which they belong and indicate how such categories might bias their research, have become commonplace in the social sciences ...

Is a gay Republican Latino more capable of conducting a physics experiment than a white progressive heterosexual woman? Would they come to different conclusions based on the same data because of their ...

On November 26, a roundtable discussion titled There’s No View from Nowhere: Embracing Positionality in Research, hosted by the CSLP, brought PhD and MA students for an in-depth conversation about the ...

Increased recognition about the history, influence, and role of racism as a driver of health inequity has led to calls for improved diversity of representation in investigative teams and research ...