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 […]
“Journals Serving as Tombstones” 学术期刊只是墓碑
In the New York Times recently Paul Krugman described how academic economists grow up, and how blogging might change that….
The LSE Big Questions Lecture 2011: Organized Common Sense
In June 2011, I was lucky enough to deliver the inaugural LSE Big Questions Lecture. I chose to lecture on whether the […]
Economics blogs impact positively on paper downloads and professional reputation : stand to exert an influence on policy.
With large impacts on dissemination of research and significant benefits in terms of individual reputations, David McKenzie and Berk Özler, conclude that […]
My social science career: Interview with Elinor Ostrom
As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading social scientists, Elinor Ostrom spoke to socialsciencespace. In 2009, she became the […]
The Low-Carbon Industrial Revolution
On Thursday, March 17, 2011, Nicholas Stern gave the next lecture in the LSE Works series. Sponsored by SAGE, LSE Works is […]
Britain: a country divided?
John Hills, professor of social policy at LSE, and Dr Polly Vizard gave another lecture in the LSE Works series on Thursday, […]
Best Ideas: can fund managers beat the market?
LSE Works is a lecture series sponsored by SAGE. In this session, Christopher Polk gave a discussion on the efficiency of the stock […]
Where is future growth going to come from?
On February 17, 2011, Professor John Van Reenen gave a lecture on the future of economic growth in Britain, continuing the LSE […]
