Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
The Accelerated University: Power, Governance, and the Loss of Academic Purpose
It might seem that the constant crisis of universities is best captured through their most visible excesses such as managerial frustration, disciplinary […]
An Introduction: After the University?
Around the world, universities find themselves in crisis, with higher education governance, academic labor, and the meaning of scholarship undergoing profound transformations. […]
Rejecting University Rankings: Throwing the Baby Out With the Bath Water
This week Berend van der Kolk published a call to ban university rankings. He concludes: ”So, let’s have (inter)national and/or local discussions […]
Stop the University Ranking Circus
It’s that time of the year again. Some 50 percent of your academic LinkedIn connections share they are “happy” or even “thrilled” […]
The Need for Speed vs. Reliable Science
Lately, there have been many headlines on scientific fraud and journal article retractions. If this trend continues, it represents a serious threat […]
Harshad Keval on White Narcissism in the Academy
Sociologist Jason Arday, one of two editors for Sage’s Social Science for Social Justice book series, interviews Harshad Keval about his book […]
AI is Here, But Is It Here to Help Us or Replace Us?
Decisions taken now around how generative AI is used by academics and universities will shape the future of research. Mark Carrigan argues whilst optimistic scenarios are possible, generative AI stands ready to feed into an existing productivity oriented framing of academic work.
How Research Credibility Suffers in a Quantified Society
To address research credibility issues, we must reform the role of metrics, rankings, and incentives in universities.
