Archives for 2020

Why Academic Writing is Dry and Boring by Necessity
Interdisciplinarity
January 15, 2020

Why Academic Writing is Dry and Boring by Necessity

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Assessing Australia’s Poor Record of Impact Assessment
Impact
January 14, 2020

Assessing Australia’s Poor Record of Impact Assessment

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How Bibliometrics Incentivize Self-Citation
Impact
January 8, 2020

How Bibliometrics Incentivize Self-Citation

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Susan Michie on Behavioral Change
Public Policy
January 7, 2020

Susan Michie on Behavioral Change

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Dickens’s Heart of Darkness – Not Your Muppet Christmas Carol

Dickens’s Heart of Darkness – Not Your Muppet Christmas Carol

If you missed the broadcast of the new BBC/FX version of A Christmas Carol, it is well worth tracking down on a streaming service. While the production is occasionally bonkers, it brilliantly captures Charles Dickens’s passionate anger about social injustice in Victorian Britain.

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Should We Take a Chance on Lotteries Determining Research Funding?

Should We Take a Chance on Lotteries Determining Research Funding?

Peer review is integral to the award of funds for academic research. Lambros Roumbanis argues that randomly awarding research funding via lotteries presents a more rational, efficient and most importantly unbiased means of distributing research funding.

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