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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 · 16 May 2024 English
Based on an analysis of the relationship between peer review reports and subsequent citations, Abdelghani Maddi argues that longer and hence more constructive and engaged peer review reports are closely …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 15 May 2024 English
The 18th of May is International Museums Day (IMD), which, in 2024, focuses on the potential for museums and collections to unlock knowledge. Kylie Message suggests that although this objective …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 14 May 2024 English
Discussing the findings of their recent independent review of the ESRC’s research data policy, Paul Allanson, Angela Daly, Alistair Geddes, Maeve Malone, Niamh Nic Daeid, and Lucille Tetley-Brown, outline how …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 13 May 2024 English
How individuals and groups are named and designated is inextricably linked to the expected outcomes of policy decisions aimed at influencing them. Discussing her recent work on these ‘objects of …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 8 May 2024 English
Reflecting on the challenges and benefits of publishing research under a group name, Robert Thibault argues group authorship, although at present poorly supported, could be an important means of realigning …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 7 May 2024 English
The word ‘stakeholder’ stands in for a range of people and practices across many research fields. Caitlin Hafferty, Ursula Pool and Pedi Obani argue that the colonial connotations and ingrained …
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. …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 8 April 2024 English
What exactly is a 4 star REF output or impact case study worth? Jon Collett runs the numbers and suggests how universities might use this information to shape submissions for …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 4 April 2024 English
In policy and legal systems, focusing too narrowly on one discipline can lead to questionable conclusions. Tsuyoshi Hondou and Ismael Rafols introduce ‘Concurrent evidence’, as a framework to consider evidence …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 2 April 2024 English
In The Big Con, Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington claim that our overreliance on the consulting industry has negative consequences for society, inhibiting knowledge transfer and corporate and political accountability. …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 28 March 2024 English
Reflecting on a recent LSE Library late hosted by The Women’s Library at LSE, Gillian Murphy considers the ongoing influence of the The Women’s Library on research, education, culture and …