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 African Ubuntu Might Help Decolonize Research
The author and her colleagues identified four practical ways that a complementary use of ubuntu can positively shape how research is done.
What May the Review into the Australian Research Council Bode for University Research?
After years of concerns about the ARC – about political interference and low success rates – the review is a welcome step. But will it tackle the big issues?
Feeling Saved by Feedback? Six Strategies That Help Academics to Cope
Six coping strategies drawn from positive psychology can help us cope with the sting of negative feedback.
‘Prebunking’ on YouTube in the Fight Against Misinformation
From the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine, misinformation is rife worldwide. Many tools have been designed to help people spot […]
A Social Scientist, A Syrian Refugee – and Now a Fringe Festival Act Reclaiming Her Story
To expose the double standards that exist both at the UK border and in the media’s portrayal of refugees, Lina Fadel took to the stage for a one-woman show.
Critics of Academic Freedom Must Not See the Value It Brings
Academic freedom is simply the commonplace and understandable request of workers asking for the conditions they need to competently and effectively carry out their duties as expected, required and urgently needed by society.
We’re Seeing a Link Between Academic Freedom and Democracy in Africa
There’s a strong correlation between academic freedom and other elements of democracy. But cause and effect are not so clear. The African experience makes the relationship clearer because simultaneously, and in a relatively short time, the whole continent moved from one-party to multiparty systems.
Our Study Finds Women Are Better at Statistics Than They Think
Women in statistics classes do better academically than men over a semester despite having more negative attitudes regarding their own abilities, according to our recent study.
