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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 · 5 September 2024 English
For research communications professionals and academics, X can feel a little like being the band on the Titanic, defiantly playing on as the once great ship slides under the water. …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 4 September 2024 English
The creation of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) has led to a heated debate on the balance between peer review and evaluative metrics in research assessment regimes. Luciana …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 3 September 2024 English
Charting the history of open access policy for long form publications in the UK, Simon Kerridge argues that the most recent delay may herald an even more distant future for …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 2 September 2024 English
The public expects scientists to be certain and unbiased when informing policy. Often they can’t be, which leads to distrust. Vanessa Schipani argues journalists can help scientists earn the public’s …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 29 August 2024 English
Drawing on a review of the published research into the societal impact of open science, Nicki Lisa Cole and colleagues find considerable evidence for the benefits of citizen science, but …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 28 August 2024 English
Deep social ventures are social ventures (including charities), where the products, services and interventions they offer draw directly on research expertise for the public good. Chris Fellingham makes the case …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 27 August 2024 English
Studies in psychological and behavioural sciences are often framed around understanding why the subjects of research deviate in irrational ways from a preferred outcome when making decisions. Jens Koed Madsen …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 21 August 2024 English
Research assessments regularly focus on outstanding and unique achievements, rather than the everyday failures and disappointments associated with academic work. Discussing a recent self-assessment and annual research report at Maastricht …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 15 August 2024 English
Anthropologists have often explained human behaviour as though people predictably act in their own interests. But in Against Better Judgment, Patrick McKearney and Nicholas H. A. Evans compile research on …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 7 August 2024 English
The UK has a well-respected and extensive official statistics system, but does this system lean too heavily towards the needs of government at the expense of public use? Outlining a …