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Parenting with mental health: An ESRC Better Lives Essay
Career
April 23, 2019

Parenting with mental health: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

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Hate Speech on Social Media Undermines Important UN Declarations
International Debate
April 22, 2019

Hate Speech on Social Media Undermines Important UN Declarations

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Working relationships: An ESRC Better Lives Essay
Career
April 18, 2019

Working relationships: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

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Building a better life with dementia: An ESRC Better Lives Essay
Career
April 16, 2019

Building a better life with dementia: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

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This Land Is My Land: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

This Land Is My Land: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

In this shortlisted essay from the ESRC Better Lives Writing Competition, in which PhD students who have received money from the ESRC write short essays about how their research leads too better lives, anthropologist Holly Chalcraft from Durham University discusses how the ethnic swap between Greece and Turkey after World War I affects self-identity today.

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What’s That? The Replication Crisis is Good for Science?

What’s That? The Replication Crisis is Good for Science?

The ‘replication crisis’ certainly is uncomfortable for many scientists whose work gets undercut, and the rate of failures may currently be unacceptably high. But psychologist and statistician Eric Loken argues that confronting the replication crisis is good for science as a whole.

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Playtime in the Camps: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

Playtime in the Camps: An ESRC Better Lives Essay

On April 4 winners were announced in the year’s ESRC Writing Competition, in which PhD students who have received money from the ESRC write short essays about how their research leads too better lives. Today we posting the shortlisted and winning essays with Bobby Beaumont, a PhD research at the University of Birmingham, and his essay titled “Playtime in the camps.” Beaumont, whose research focuses on how circus, play and arts-based interventions play out in refugee camps and temporary settlements.

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How Could Google Scholar (and the Citation System) Be Improved?

How Could Google Scholar (and the Citation System) Be Improved?

To end his trilogy of articles on the research metric system (and Google Scholar in particular), Louis Coiffait explores what improvements could be made.

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Criticisms of the Citation System, and Google Scholar in Particular

Criticisms of the Citation System, and Google Scholar in Particular

In his second article about the citation system and Google Scholar, Louis Coiffait looks at some of the current criticisms.

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How Google Scholar Judges Research

How Google Scholar Judges Research

Louis Coiffait’s third article in his series on impact looks at the system of citation metrics, in particular Google Scholar.

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At a Glance: The UK’s Twin-track Approach to Measuring Impact

At a Glance: The UK’s Twin-track Approach to Measuring Impact

In his second article in a series on impact, Louis Coiffait looks at how REF and KEF treat impact in the UK.

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The Risks of Doing Research That Has Impact

The Risks of Doing Research That Has Impact

David Canter considers the emotional and physical challenges of field research and the limits of conventional ethical approval.

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