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 · 22 February 2024 English

ITV’s primetime drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office hastened legislation to compensate sub-postmasters caught up in the Horizon scandal, overturning the judicial process after years of legal wrangling. Joseph …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 21 February 2024 English

Despite being emulated in similar exercises around the world, the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) had been widely criticised in the UK. One sticking point is the use of narrative …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 20 February 2024 English

In Understanding Humans: How Social Science Can Help Solve Our Problems, David Edmonds curates a selection of interviews with social science researchers covering the breadth of human life and society, …


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

Policy engagement is often described in terms that are universal and without specificity to the individuals undertaking this kind of research. Sarah Weakley and David Waite argue that for early …


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

In Global Language Justice, Lydia H. Liu and Anupama Rao bring together contributions at the intersection of language, justice and technology, exploring topics including ecolinguistics, colonial legacies and the threat …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 13 February 2024 English

In the past the preservation of the scholarly record relied on physical print publications being archived in multiple places by different institutions. In principle this holds true for digital preservation, …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 12 February 2024 English

The humanities can make a significant contribution to both the realisation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and to the design of Australia’s new national assessment model. Kylie Message argues …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 9 February 2024 English

Across all disciplines norms are being established around the role of generative AI in research. Discussing a recent LSE Impact Blogpost on academic responses to AI, Eric A. Jensen suggests …


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

Drawing on insights from a recent international survey on research integrity and a recent high-profile case, Nick Allum and Robin Brooker find previous work on scientific plagiarism may have underestimated …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 6 February 2024 English

Following the resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay over allegations of plagiarism, questions around research integrity and the integrity of the scholarly record have come to the fore. Till Bruckner …