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Can changing the way we talk about impact make research more impactful?

Taster — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:30:02 +0000

The way we talk about research impact, reflects assumptions about the processes underpinning it. Could changing this language make research more impactful?

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Underfunding and a reliance on metrics make Pakistani research less relevant

Taster — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:02:30 +0000

Research institutions in Pakistan face reduced funding & bibliometric management, could redesigning higher education around national challenges be a solution?

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Is AI influencing qualitative data histories and futures?

Taster — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:01:24 +0000

As qualitative data is increasingly produced & analysed by AI, do secondary data analysis methods provide a way of maintaining ethical standards of data reuse?

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What does it take to lead challenge-led research?

Taster — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:10:43 +0000

Research is often designed to be mission or challenge-led, but what does it take to be successful & what skills are required from emerging "mission managers".

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Universities rarely use research evidence in their decision-making, so why do they expect anyone else to?

Taster — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:27 +0000

Despite universities’ important role as evidence-producing organisations, they rarely draw upon research evidence for internal decision making, why?

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What kind of discipline is AI?

Taster — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:00:12 +0000

Universities are opening schools of artificial intelligence that sit alongside logic, economics and communication, with no account of what these disciplinary neighbours share. Mouhamdy M. Dahoud argues the problem is … Continued

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Putting art into dialogue with research can reframe approaches to wealth inequality

Taster — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:00:32 +0000

Can bringing art and social science into dialogue place “research facts” and “artistic values” into new and productive relationships?

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What climate policymakers could learn from platforms like Reddit

Taster — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:07:16 +0000

Can forums like Reddit's r/heat_prep provide contextual and timely knowledge for policymakers grappling with the impact of extreme heat?

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For a decade CRediT has quietly reshaped academic authorship – what comes next?

mcclell2 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:02:08 +0000

The CredIT taxonomy has become a feature of academic publishing, but has its potential for creating research insights been fully exploited?

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Why Mega-conferences work better than their critics think

mcclell2 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:53:41 +0000

Critics attack academic mega-conferences as too big and too cliquish, favouring smaller, curated meetings as the humane alternative. For Dritjon Gruda, Bex Hewett, Joe Carpini, Kiera Dempsey-Brench, Julian Jonathan Markus, and Jorrit Alkema, scale is what makes … Continued

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