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The British Academy is honoring political journalists Zeinab Badawi and Dame Frances Cairncross among a number of individuals awarded for their services to the humanities and social sciences.
A record 76 academics — four of them alumni of the Social Science Bites podcast series here at Social Science Space — have been elected as fellows of the British Academy in recognition of their achievements in the humanities and social sciences.
The British Academy last week elected a full slate of distinguished UK academics from 19 universities as fellows for 2014. […]
Monographs are an intrinsically important mode of academic production and must not be sacrificed on the altar of open access, argues Nigel Vincent in Debating Open Access, a new publication from the British Academy.
Open movements focus on the consumption of information but neglect to focus on its mode of production, writes Ziyad Marar […]
Open Access (OA) is not about abandoning peer review but it does provide the opportunity to rethink its role and […]
The issue of OA is technically, culturally and politically complex and deserves careful engagement by all scholars, writes Stephen Curry […]
In his chapter for Debating Open Access, a new publication from the British Academy, Chris Wickham considers the view from […]
Academic research is different in kind from industrial contract research where the funder determines the activity and therefore is entitled […]
The principles underlying the Finch report – access, usability, quality, cost and sustainability – are broadly to be commended, writes […]
Learned societies are a fundamental part of the research ecology, providing a substantial intellectual, public and reputational good, at minimal […]
The furious controversies of last year following the announcement of the new Research Councils UK policies on open access may have quietened down, but there remain many practical problems.
