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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. …