LSE Impact Blog

Research and research impact are often represented and recorded as the product of discrete research projects and individuals. Drawing on their research into the wives of famous sociologists, Rosalind Edwards and Val Gillies suggest how reconsidering the impact of these researchers can nuance our understanding and approaches to public engagement and impact. #Sociology #STS #ResearchImpact #ThanksForTyping

The transition towards an open access scholarly communication system has transformed the technology and underlying function of journals. Damian Pattinson and George Currie (eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.) argue one consequence of this change has been the rise of journals as holders of brand value over research quality and offer three ways of escaping this dynamic. #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing #OpenScience

In Pragmatism and Methodology, Alex Gillespie, Vlad Glăveanu and Constance de Saint Laurent advocate for pragmatism as a flexible framework for impactful social science research. Balancing philosophical and psychological depth with accessibility, the book effectively shows how a blend of methodologies grounded in real life can enable researchers to navigate contemporary challenges, writes Job Allan Wefwafwa in his review. #Pragmatism #ResearchMethods #SocialScience

Retractions have a bad reputation. The retraction of academic papers often functions as an indictment against the reputation of a researcher. In this LSE Impact Blog , Tim Kersjes, Head of Research Integrity, Resolutions, argues that for retractions to function as an effective corrective to the scholarly record they need shed this punitive reputation: https://lnkd.in/dYHmDECk

The retraction of academic papers often functions as an indictment against the reputation of a researcher. Tim Kersjes argues that for retractions to function as an effective corrective to the scholarly record they need shed this punitive reputation. #Retractions #ResearchIntegrity #ScholComm

The recording and indexing of research plays a vital role in how it can be found and used, but what happens when the output from a research project is not a written document, but a performance, series of events or an artistic work? Holly Ranger, Jenny Evans and Adam Vials Moore discuss findings from a series of projects exploring how these forms of practice research can be better documented and made more accessible to researchers and research users. #ResearchManagemennt #HumanitiesResarch #PIDs

Universities espouse a universalist approach to creating and accessing research-based knowledge. However, as Helen Kara and Petra Boynton argue, seen from the outside these claims are hollow. #IndependentResearchers #HigherEducation #ResearchFunding

💥New: Patrick Dunleavy offers eight suggestions to cut out some of the repetitive blah blah of Election Nights – and offer all voters better quality information on the results and on how the UK’s flawed voting system works. #GE2024 #PolSci #ElectionNight https://lnkd.in/eCP5ccas

In Fluke, Brian Klaas explores the phenomenon of chance, examining how seemingly random happenings and actions can profoundly shape our lives. Klaas skilfully interweaves different perspectives – from physics, neuroscience and philosophy to real-life stories – to persuade readers that we live within a complex, interconnected system rather than a predictable one driven by cause and effect, writes Ulviyya Khalilova. #Chance #Fate #Prediction

Poetry likely appears in relatively few impact case studies. However, outlining a new project focused on the intersection of evidence, place and policymaking, Joseph Owen and Nicky Marsh argue that poetry provides a unique rejoinder to narrative expertise. #AcWri #EvidenceBasedPolicy #KnowledgeExchange