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 […]
How do you establish trust and authority in today’s scholarly digital environment?
We would like to invite early career researchers to take part in a focus group to look at how scholars assign trust […]
Are You a Viking? University, Masculinity and the Language of Violence
The academic world today is in the process of being colonised by the values, mindset, and operational principles of business.
How to Improve Your CV and Get a Great Job
The unsettling truth about the Academic job market.
Why Open Access is Good News for Neo-Nazis
Much of the debate on Open Access has concentrated on the shift from a subscription model that opens access for authors, while […]
I Have No Time to Think and Write
The extent to which academics in different situations own their time appears to be closely associated with the distribution of privilege. In an academic world that is elitist one needs to acquire privileges in order to have time.
How Much Autonomy Do You Have as a Post-Doc
Considering the relationship between researcher and institution – maybe the disclaimer isn’t enough.
Gangster Anthropologist
Jorja Leap immersed herself in the culture of Los Angeles’ notorious street gangs for over 10 years, interviewing and working with hundreds of active and former gang members.
British Higher Education and the Language of Business
Money, markets, and higher education in the media.
