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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 · 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 …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 26 March 2024 English
The priorities of academic researchers and research users in practice and industry are poorly aligned. Drawing on the practical expertise of those working at the interface of research and practice, …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 25 March 2024 English
Strong evidence suggests that women are not cited less per article than men, but that they accumulate fewer citations over time and at the career level. Cary Wu argues that …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 22 March 2024 English
Caty Borum‘s The Revolution Will Be Hilarious: Comedy for Social Change and Civic Power considers how comedy intersects with activism and drives social change. Borum’s accessible text draws from case …
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 …