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Popular Paper Examines Ensuring Trustworthiness in Qualitative Analysis
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July 10, 2025

Popular Paper Examines Ensuring Trustworthiness in Qualitative Analysis

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Examining How Open Research Affects Vulnerable Participants
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July 8, 2025

Examining How Open Research Affects Vulnerable Participants

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Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, 1941-2025: The Philosopher on the ‘Invention’ of Africa
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May 7, 2025

Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, 1941-2025: The Philosopher on the ‘Invention’ of Africa

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Christopher Jencks, 1936-2025: An Innovative Voice on Inequality
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May 1, 2025

Christopher Jencks, 1936-2025: An Innovative Voice on Inequality

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Long-Term Impact Requires Archiving Research Communication

Long-Term Impact Requires Archiving Research Communication

In recent years there has been an increased focus on how research papers and supplemental data can be preserved openly. Andy Tattersall, Liz Such, Joe Langley and Fiona Marshall argue equal attention should also be paid to curating communication outputs aimed at engaging non-academic audiences.

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Michael Burawoy, 1947-2025: Patron Saint of Public Sociology

Michael Burawoy, 1947-2025: Patron Saint of Public Sociology

Michael Burawoy, whose embrace of public sociology and the public at work lead him to describe his influential academic niche as “industrial […]

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How Research Credibility Suffers in a Quantified Society

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.

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Young Scholars Can’t Take the Field in Game of  Academic Metrics

Young Scholars Can’t Take the Field in Game of Academic Metrics

Drawing on discussions with academics who have oriented their work around public engagement and social impact, Daniel Pearson suggests these academics present an opportunity to rethink the existing structures of reward and recognition in higher education.

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Canada’s Storytellers Challenge Seeks Compelling Narratives About Student Research

Canada’s Storytellers Challenge Seeks Compelling Narratives About Student Research

“We are, as a species, addicted to story,” says English professor Jonathan Gottschall in his book, The Storytelling Animal. “Even when the […]

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Tom Burns, 1959-2024: A Pioneer in Learning Development 

Tom Burns, 1959-2024: A Pioneer in Learning Development 

Tom Burns, whose combination of play — and plays – with teaching in higher education added a light, collaborative and engaging model […]

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Research Assessment, Scientometrics, and Qualitative v. Quantitative Measures

Research Assessment, Scientometrics, and Qualitative v. Quantitative Measures

The creation of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) has led to a heated debate on the balance between peer review and evaluative metrics in research assessment regimes. Luciana Balboa, Elizabeth Gadd, Eva Mendez, Janne Pölönen, Karen Stroobants, Erzsebet Toth Cithra and the CoARA Steering Board address these arguments and state CoARA’s commitment to finding ways in which peer review and bibliometrics can be used together responsibly.

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Paper to Advance Debate on Dual-Process Theories Genuinely Advanced Debate

Paper to Advance Debate on Dual-Process Theories Genuinely Advanced Debate

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Psychologists Jonathan St. B. T. Evans and Keith E. Stanovich have a history of publishing important research papers that resonate for years.

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