LSE Impact Blog

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 · 21 March 2024 English

Open peer review is often discussed more in theory than practice. Drawing on evidence from a recent systematic review of open peer review studies, Tony Ross-Hellauer and Serge P.J.M. Horbach …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 19 March 2024 English

Following the release of the British Library’s cyber incident report, Simon Bowie argues that the hack was symptomatic of an under-resourced technical team and the outsourcing of key infrastructure. The …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 18 March 2024 English

There have long been calls for policies to be evidence-based. Christian Gade reflects on the conditions under which a policymaker is justified in claiming that a given policy is evidence-based …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 15 March 2024 English

The use of AI-generated images, text and code are becoming a normal occurrence in academic work. Mohammad Hosseini and Kristi Holmes reflect on a recent misadventure with AI image generation …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 14 March 2024 English

In Tactical Publishing: Using Senses, Software, and Archives in the Twenty-First Century, Alessandro Ludovico assembles a vast repertoire of post-digital publications to make the case for their importance in shaping …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 11 March 2024 English

Does all policy research benefit from co-production? Matthew Johnson, Elliott Johnson, Irene Hardill and Daniel Nettle argue that the key benefits co-production for policymaking lie not in areas of high …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 8 March 2024 English

Higher education is often presumed to be a uniquely egalitarian and meritocratic field. However, persistent inequalities within academic work and increasingly the current and historic mechanisms underlying them that disadvantage …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 8 March 2024 English

Drawing on qualitative data and CV evidence Margaretha Järvinen and Nanna Mik-Meyer explore the gendered nature of academic service work and highlight how different expectations and strategies affect the workloads …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 7 March 2024 English

For PhD researchers it can be hard to say no to the opportunity to take on new “side projects”. Pat Thomson considers when and how side projects can be useful …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 4 March 2024 English

The qualitative-quantitative debate, that has been a defining feature of social scientific research, has become a hinderance. Alex Gillespie, Vlad Glăveanu, and Constance de Saint-Laurent argue, in their new book …