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Returning Absentee Ballots during the 2020 Election – A Surprise Ending?
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April 13, 2021

Returning Absentee Ballots during the 2020 Election – A Surprise Ending?

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Overconsumption or a Move Towards Minimalism?
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March 15, 2021

Overconsumption or a Move Towards Minimalism?

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To Better Serve Students and Future Workforces, We Must Diversify the Syllabi
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November 30, 2020

To Better Serve Students and Future Workforces, We Must Diversify the Syllabi

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Watch the Webinar: Publishing Trends and Academic Writers
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November 17, 2020

Watch the Webinar: Publishing Trends and Academic Writers

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How Dangerous is Donald Trump?

How Dangerous is Donald Trump?

Internationally renowned applied social researcher David Canter reviews the debate around the president’s personality.

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How Coronavirus Became a Political Problem

How Coronavirus Became a Political Problem

The Italian government’s decision to expand its lockdown from two small areas of the north to encompass the entire country is a sign of its increasing desperation to control the spread of novel coronavirus. The number of positive cases by the evening of March 9 stood at at least 7,000 with more than 400 people having lost their lives. This has even been described as Italy’s “darkest hour” by Giuseppe Conte, the country’s prime minister.

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A Renaissance Primer on Academic Writing

A Renaissance Primer on Academic Writing

Stoyan V. Sgourev, possibly the only management professor teaching (and indulging in) art history, argues that many of the key principles that guided the evolution of painting during the Italian Renaissance can be usefully applied to the domain of academic writing. Leonardo quite likely never intended to articulate advice on writing as an intellectual activity, but Stoyan borrows generously from his style and writings in formulating a number of basic principles that can help connect with the reader in a similar way to his paintings.

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Registration for ICTeSSH 2020 Now Open!

Registration for ICTeSSH 2020 Now Open!

The conference organizers are happy to welcome anyone interested in Information-Communication Technologies (ICT) and Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH) to the conference! The conference will bring together SSH researchers, computer scientists, informaticians, publishers, librarians, vendors of research ICT tools, SSH decision makers and others. There are many reasons why you should consider participating…

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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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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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How the Brazilian Elite Delegitimize Demands for Greater Racial Equality

How the Brazilian Elite Delegitimize Demands for Greater Racial Equality

Brazilian elite have an enduring resistance to acknowledging the existence and the pernicious effects of racism in shaping the country’s contemporary social relations. These effects will have major implications on the way Brazil will continue to react toward prejudices and color-blind racism. Something that Brazilian author Luiz Trindade says is “problematic for Brazil and all Brazilians.”

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