LSE Impact Blog
London School of Economics and Political Science
The LSE Impact Blog is a hub for researchers, administrative staff, librarians, students, think tanks, government, and anyone else interested in maximising the impact of academic work in the social sciences and other disciplines. We hope to encourage debate, share best practice and keep the impact community up to date with news, events and the latest research.
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LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 2 May 2024 English
In Who’s Afraid of Gender?, Judith Butler confronts contemporary attacks on gender from right-wing movements that have undermined the rights of women, queer and trans people in areas from reproductive …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 1 May 2024 English
As the landscape of social media is constantly shifting, and with many academics migrating from Twitter, LinkedIn has become an increasingly popular platform and is considered by many academics to …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 30 April 2024 English
Social media and a rolling news cycle have led to significant increase in and diversification of the types experts and expertise circulating in the public sphere. It has also introduced …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 29 April 2024 English
From job markets, to housing prices, to shifting quality standards, academia is arranged in a way that benefits senior faculty to the detriment of early career researchers argues Kyle Siler. …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 19 April 2024 English
Reflecting on the cancellation of New Zealand’s Performance Based Research Fund, Roger Smyth explores the origins of this policy change and what it might mean for the future prospects of …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 18 April 2024 English
Popular elections and changes of government have a significant impact on the kinds of research that are prioritised. Julián D. Cortés and Catalina Ramírez draw on a study of research …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 17 April 2024 English
Reflecting on his appearances on the GB News channel to discuss issues relating to climate policy, Bob Ward argues that researcher communicators should engage in spaces where opposing views hold …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 15 April 2024 English
Last year saw significant changes in data protections laws across Europe, the UK and the USA. Daniel Spichtinger, outlines how these changes have created a more complex, but GDPR aligned …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 11 April 2024 English
Drawing on a study of 223,587 science news stories, Hao Peng, Misha Teplitskiy, and David Jurgens find that researchers with non-Anglo names are more likely to not be directly named …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 9 April 2024 English
Following the announcement of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s new open access policy, Richard Sever assesses whether this change signals the beginning of a wider preprint-led open access transition. …