Donald Trump’s executive actions have to a surprising extent focused on education and knowledge production. Philip N. Cohen argues beyond their short-term implications, these measures represent a concerted effort to undermine scientific enquiry across all fields of research.
Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research, undermining […]
The United States is (mostly) a great country. I have many friends there. My profession has given me opportunities to visit, travel […]
It is a truism that academia is in crisis, in the UK as much as in many other countries around the world. […]
How is class defined these these days – asking specifically about Britain here but the question certainly resonates globally – and when […]
As an investigative journalist, Julia Ebner had the freedom to do something she freely admits that as an academic (the hat she […]
As the U.S. presidential election approaches, news reports and social media feeds are increasingly filled with data from public opinion polls. How […]
With over 50 countries around the world holding major elections during 2024 it has been a hugely significant year for democracy as […]
In recent years there has been an increased focus on how research papers and supplemental data can be preserved openly. Andy Tattersall, Liz Such, Joe Langley and Fiona Marshall argue equal attention should also be paid to curating communication outputs aimed at engaging non-academic audiences.
Michael Burawoy, whose embrace of public sociology and the public at work lead him to describe his influential academic niche as “industrial […]
To address research credibility issues, we must reform the role of metrics, rankings, and incentives in universities.
In recent years there has been an increased focus on how research papers and supplemental data can be preserved openly. Andy Tattersall, Liz Such, Joe Langley and Fiona Marshall argue equal attention should also be paid to curating communication outputs aimed at engaging non-academic audiences.
A new people has emerged in the digital age, that of ‘internet famous’ celebrities. And that new people has a class of […]
Xenotransplantation is a fascinating subject – for obvious reasons, as it involves transplanting organs or other body parts across species boundaries (in […]
