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Daniel Nehring
The Branded Sociologist: Can We Still Be On Anyone’s Side?
Sociology is a brand. To survive or even thrive in the academic marketplace, sociology needs to take care of its image. But at what cost?
Signs of the Times
Tom Wolfe, Miami, and the shallowness of our image-driven modern life.
Posted in Featured, International Debate Tagged Book Review, celebrity culture, Image-obsessed, Literature, Reading, Superficiality, Tome Wolfe Leave a comment
So Much Noise: Are Academics being Over-Branded?
The Ivory Tower has been toppled and academia has an impact in the ‘real world’. The problem is that this may have come at the expense of truly innovative and critical scholarship.
How Useful are E-Readers for Academic Reading, Really?
E-readers are now commonplace. But how useful are e-readers as a replacement for printed academic books and journal articles?
Posted in News Tagged academia, Academic articles, Academic Books, digital technology, E-Readers, pdf, research and technology, social science, travel Leave a comment
How Does Sociology Feel?
Just as it is insufficiently recognised in public debates, the emotional side of forced flexibility in academic labour does not appear to be a major topic of conversation among established sociologists
To build a successful academic career, you need to play by the rules.
So what exactly are the rules by which academic careers work? Where does one learn them? How does one learn them? And how, exactly, is playing by the rules to the benefit of one’s career?
Posted in News Tagged Academic Career, Academic Job, Academic Job Market, Academic Job Search, Higher Education Teaching, PhD, social science, sociology 7 Comments
How can textbooks further student engagement?
All criticism of the genre notwithstanding, textbooks do have a central role to play in turning sociology students into sociologists. Sometimes I do wonder, however, whether it is time to re-invent the textbook.
And Then There Were No Books
When the customs agent started to smile, I knew that things would go badly indeed. He told me that my books would not be allowed into the country, unless I paid a fine of 50 per cent of their current price (a lot of money, and more than I could possibly afford).
Posted in Featured, International Debate, Open Access Tagged academia, OA, open access, Paywall, social science, teaching, Textbooks 3 Comments






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