Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Researchers Talk About University Impact and How to Measure It
As part of the Impact at UTS podcast series, staff at University of Technology Sydney spoke to researchers about how they navigate collaboration, engagement – with communities, industry and government – and impact.
Connective Consumption? Lockdown Life is Restructuring the Ways We Socialize
People have had a host of responses to lockdown living, ranging from cutting off all contact with others, to maintaining not only […]
Should PhD Students Be Trained to Make an Impact?
In addition to thesis writing, PhD candidates in SHAPE subjects are expected to be able to communicate their research to diverse audiences […]
Marketing Opportunities and the Commercialization of Social Sciences
The social sciences have a crucial role to play in the COVID-19 recovery, and in addressing many other challenges society faces. However, […]
Layard Receives Lifetime Achievement Award as ESRC Names 2020 Impact Winners
Britain’s Celebrating Impact competition, now in its eighth year, recognizes and rewards ESRC-funded researchers who have achieved impact through outstanding research, knowledge exchange activities, collaborative partnerships and engagement with different communities.
CASBS Leader Margaret Levi Receives Breakthrough of the Year Award
Margaret Levi’s conception of “an expanded community of fate” gained international recognition as the 2020 “Breakthrough of the Year” in the social sciences and humanities. The Falling Walls Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Berlin, selected 10 “Breakthroughs” out of a pool of nearly 1,000 nominations from 111 countries.
How Can We Ensure Our Research is Inclusive?
COVID-19 has led to new ways of working which have transformed research practices. This has created opportunities for research cultures to be more inclusive and accessible- especially to those for whom the university is a barrier. However, post-pandemic, research cultures also need to change. In this post, Stuart Read, Anne Parfitt and Tanvir Bush outline three provocations that researchers can ask as part of an inclusive research practice.
How to Run an Academic Writing Retreat
Since it started in 2011, Academic Writing Month has seen a growth of workshops and initiatives aimed at helping researchers to prioritise […]
