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 […]
OA in Britain: We Have a Rule, Now Let’s Get Some Data
The landscape for open access in Britain’s social science and humanities fields is very different and very similar to the better studied STEM fields, a new report from the British Academy finds.
Aussie Academics Keep Publishing, and May Start Perishing
Under attack from some quarters for research that is portrayed as wasteful or out of touch, it’s time, argues Jason Ensor, to find newer and more public ways to engage the community beyond the ivory tower.
Snowden and … Sophocles? Whistleblowing in Antigone
While figures like Edward Snowden and Julian Assange have been in the public eye in recent years, whistleblowers are not a new […]
Academic Excellence and Other Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
‘It’s not what you know but who you know’ is a trope that’s common in many careers but which the academy often claims to avoid. Except that in many cases it doesn’t.
Out of Whack: On the Strength of Weak Ties
[Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to reproduce Journal of Management Inquiry‘s “Out of Whack” by Charles M. Vance.] Read “Out of Whack” for […]
Please Take A More Open View Of Openness
Ben Johnson posits that frequently asked questions concerning open access implementation for particular disciplines arise from an incomplete conception of the nature of openness that neglects one vital component: connection.
How Satisfied Are Team Members Individually?
[Editor’s Note: We are pleased to welcome Jose M. de la Torre-Ruiz who collaborated with Vera Ferron-Vilchez and Natalia Ortiz-e-Mandojana on their […]
1984 Is Knocking At The Door. Let It In
When governments nudge people to do healthful things it IS a little bit like 1984, says Mike Marinetto. But it’s more like a big brother than Big Brother, he adds.
