Australia

Researchers Talk About University Impact and How to Measure It
Impact
November 25, 2020

Researchers Talk About University Impact and How to Measure It

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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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Meanwhile, Impact Down Under
Impact
May 22, 2019

Meanwhile, Impact Down Under

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Special Pleading: Free Speech and Australian Universities
Communication
December 13, 2018

Special Pleading: Free Speech and Australian Universities

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In Australia, Publicly Funded Research Must Soon Prove Its Impact

In Australia, Publicly Funded Research Must Soon Prove Its Impact

Starting in 2018, Australian universities will be required to prove their research provides concrete benefits for taxpayers and the government, who fund it.

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Does Australia’s Nudge Unit Need Its Own Nudge?

Does Australia’s Nudge Unit Need Its Own Nudge?

Evidence shows that the Australian government’s ‘nudge unit’ may be the wrong way to address major problems like inequality, argue Andrew Frain and Randal Tame.

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Unpacking the Ethics of Research on Sexual Assault

Unpacking the Ethics of Research on Sexual Assault

Why does it matter if research is ethical or not? And what steps could or should have been taken to ensure that issues such as those the Australian Human Rights Commission now faces — in a case related to well-intentioned research into sexual assault — are avoided?

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Five Considerations for Any Policy to Measure Research Impact

Five Considerations for Any Policy to Measure Research Impact

An Australian directive to measure the engagement with and impact of academic research can itself by improved by applying new research.

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In Australia, Academic Contracts Threaten Freed Speech

In Australia, Academic Contracts Threaten Freed Speech

Academics need to retain their freedom to speak on matters of interest, which intersect with their specialized knowledge, even where that intersection is tangential or not visible to others.

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Inane Criticism of ‘Absurd’ Research Leaves No One the Wiser

Inane Criticism of ‘Absurd’ Research Leaves No One the Wiser

Perhaps the solution to conflicting spending priorities, write Rod Lamberts and Will J. Grant, is simply to acknowledge that people will always have conflicting priorities, and think about how best to live alongside each other: mythical, homogeneous pub-goer and irrelevant, out-of-touch academic alike.

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Free Advice: Do Some Homework Before Ridiculing Research

Free Advice: Do Some Homework Before Ridiculing Research

Shonkily researched assertions are okay if you enjoy the safe patronage of a major news organisation, argues Rob Brooks. But know, he adds, you would never get away with such abject laziness, or such contempt for professional disinterest in a grant proposal to a federal funding body.

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There’s Life Beyond STEM: A Plea from Australia

There’s Life Beyond STEM: A Plea from Australia

Academia has long recognized that wicked problems require cross-disciplinary research approaches, yet Australia’s Science and Research Priorities enthrall mainly STEM researchers. This divide puts academia back into silos: those on the sunny side of funding decisions and those under a constant rain cloud.

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