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 […]
Sonia Livingstone Discusses Digital Publishing in the Face of a Global Pandemic
In this Q&A conducted by the LSE Impact blog, social psychologist Sonia Livingstone outlines the ways that the pandemic has transformed the process of promoting a book. She discusses the heightened importance of social media and the opportunities that digital technologies have afforded for reaching new audiences and adapting conventional formats.
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 […]
Thinking of Taking an Academic Job in China? Let’s Talk About ‘De-coupling’ and the ‘China Bubble’
To what extent do the realities of social research in China live up to the favorable image created by job ads on academic recruitment sites?
What is a Social Science Essay?
We present this article, adapted from a chapter of ‘Good Essay Writing: A Social Sciences Guide,’ as a resource for Academic Writing Month.
Journalism vs. Ethnography: Checking the Facts
While journalism might at times be seen as a sort of ‘ethnography lite,’ when it comes to checking out the field reporter’s facts it’s much more of a heavy hitter.
Roger Hood, 1936-2020: Compassionate Criminologist Dedicated to Justice
Professor Roger Hood CBE, QC (Hon), PhD, DCL, LLD (Hon), FBA, known for his immense contributions to the international discipline of criminology, […]
Watch the Webinar: Publishing Trends and Academic Writers
From scholarly article to practical guides, from textbooks to media, from weighty tomes to tweets, researchers and academic writers have many options […]
