Public Policy

Sociology Outside Academia
Featured
October 19, 2013

Sociology Outside Academia

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The Ethics of Impact
Impact
October 15, 2013

The Ethics of Impact

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Universities awarded £19.5 million for overhaul of quantitative social science training
Academic Funding
October 8, 2013

Universities awarded £19.5 million for overhaul of quantitative social science training

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Speakers’ Corner at the British Library
Communication
August 29, 2013

Speakers’ Corner at the British Library

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Why Social Science Education is as Important as STEM…

Why Social Science Education is as Important as STEM…

A recent Ipsos-Mori survey reveals the crucial role that social science has to play in modern democracy, a role which is frequently sabotaged.

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Social Science Must Change to Realise Its Full Value

Social Science Must Change to Realise Its Full Value

Social scientists have nothing to fear from the impact agenda, but must be more willing to talk to “strangers” such as the government in order to realise their full value – a talk by Prof. John Brewer

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Nigel Vincent reflects on the Open Access monograph challenge

Nigel Vincent reflects on the Open Access monograph challenge

Monographs are an intrinsically important mode of academic production and must not be sacrificed on the altar of open access, argues Nigel Vincent in Debating Open Access, a new publication from the British Academy.

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Ziyad Marar on the Creation of Scholarly Knowledge in the Digital Age

Ziyad Marar on the Creation of Scholarly Knowledge in the Digital Age

Open movements focus on the consumption of information but neglect to focus on its mode of production, writes Ziyad Marar in Debating […]

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Martin Paul Eve considers how OA might influence quality control

Martin Paul Eve considers how OA might influence quality control

Open Access (OA) is not about abandoning peer review but it does provide the opportunity to rethink its role and our methods, […]

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Stephen Curry explores dimensions of open access

Stephen Curry explores dimensions of open access

The issue of OA is technically, culturally and politically complex and deserves careful engagement by all scholars, writes Stephen Curry in Debating Open […]

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Chris Wickham Considers OA in the UK and International Environment

Chris Wickham Considers OA in the UK and International Environment

In his chapter for Debating Open Access, a new publication from the British Academy, Chris Wickham considers the view from Humanities and […]

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Robin Osborne on why open access makes no sense

Robin Osborne on why open access makes no sense

Academic research is different in kind from industrial contract research where the funder determines the activity and therefore is entitled to decide […]

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