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Your Data Likely Isn’t Best Served in a Pie Chart
Insights
January 16, 2024

Your Data Likely Isn’t Best Served in a Pie Chart

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What Do We Know about Plagiarism These Days?
Ethics
January 10, 2024

What Do We Know about Plagiarism These Days?

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When University Decolonization in Canada Mends Relationships with Indigenous Nations and Lands
Higher Education Reform
January 9, 2024

When University Decolonization in Canada Mends Relationships with Indigenous Nations and Lands

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Reimagining Higher Education In Australia, From The Past To The Present
Higher Education Reform
November 27, 2023

Reimagining Higher Education In Australia, From The Past To The Present

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When Social Impact And Global University Rankings Collide: Successful Beginnings For African Universities

When Social Impact And Global University Rankings Collide: Successful Beginnings For African Universities

The authors have launched a new international, multi-institution and interdisciplinary research project. “African universities as enablers of social innovation and sustainable development” is funded by the Worldwide Universities Network.

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Too Many ‘Gray Areas’ In Workplace Culture Fosters Racism And Discrimination

Too Many ‘Gray Areas’ In Workplace Culture Fosters Racism And Discrimination

The new president of the American Sociological Association spent more than 10 years interviewing over 200 Black workers in a variety of roles – from the gig economy to the C-suite. I found that many of the problems they face come down to organizational culture. Too often, companies elevate diversity as a concept but overlook the internal processes that disadvantage Black workers.

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Our Academic-Industry ‘Research Sprints’ Can Solve Problems in 30 Days

Our Academic-Industry ‘Research Sprints’ Can Solve Problems in 30 Days

Inspired by ‘design sprints’ a Google where projects could create a prototype in five days, the authors started doing ‘research sprints’ in 2015.

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The Many Wins Represented by Claudia Goldin’s  Nobel Prize

The Many Wins Represented by Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize

Decades of research have seen economic historian Claudia Goldin methodically collate data and archival stories, detective style, to uncover explanations for the rise and fall (and rise again) of women’s paid employment over the centuries

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Efforts To Protect Endangered Minority Languages: Helpful Or Harmful?

Efforts To Protect Endangered Minority Languages: Helpful Or Harmful?

Headlines abound with the plight of endangered minority languages around the world. Read a few of these and you’ll see some common themes: the rising number of languages dying worldwide, the distressing isolation of individual last speakers and the wider cultural loss for humanity.

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Marc Augé, 1935-2023: Anthropologist Founder Of ‘Non-Places’

Marc Augé, 1935-2023: Anthropologist Founder Of ‘Non-Places’

French anthropologist Marc Augé, who died on July 24, is renowned for his concept of “non-places”. His 1993 text of the same name describes a reality that is very much relevant to our everyday lives.

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How Employees and Employers Can Encourage Psychological Safety In The Workplace

How Employees and Employers Can Encourage Psychological Safety In The Workplace

The individual ACT Matrix provides a framework for increasing psychological flexibility, fostering behavior change and increasing actions that are consistent with our values. It can be an effective intervention for promoting psychological safety in the workplace.

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Seeking Policy Impact? Cite Your Evidence

Seeking Policy Impact? Cite Your Evidence

When communicating with a policymaker, especially one with whom you disagree, you want to stop them from discounting your opinion. One way to do this is by citing quality evidence to support your position.

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