LSE Impact https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences Understanding impact and practice in academic research Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:20:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://i0.wp.com/blogsmedia.lse.ac.uk/blogs.dir/9/files/2019/02/LSE_Linked_In_Logo_400x400_DR_e0112b.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 LSE Impact https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences 32 32 64384046 On-campus food poverty – what can and should universities do? https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/16/on-campus-food-poverty-what-can-and-should-universities-do/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/16/on-campus-food-poverty-what-can-and-should-universities-do/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:00:08 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55667 Faced with a cost-of-living crisis more students in England are attending university courses hungry. Reporting on new findings, Emma Wainwright and Ellen McHugh reveal the scale of this issue and … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/16/on-campus-food-poverty-what-can-and-should-universities-do/feed/ 0 55667 Before AI agents act for us, we need to know how AI searches for us https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/15/before-ai-agents-act-for-us-we-need-to-know-how-ai-searches-for-us/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/15/before-ai-agents-act-for-us-we-need-to-know-how-ai-searches-for-us/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:17 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55573 Generative AI agents are pitched as being a new gateway to engaging with the Internet. Based on a new study of how AI reads and searches the internet in a … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/15/before-ai-agents-act-for-us-we-need-to-know-how-ai-searches-for-us/feed/ 0 55573 The myth of STEM only growth holds back the UK https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/14/the-myth-of-stem-only-growth-holds-back-the-uk/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/14/the-myth-of-stem-only-growth-holds-back-the-uk/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:01:03 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55563 An increasingly common view in government holds that STEM subjects alone drive growth. Geoff Mulgan argues such positions are fundamentally blind to the value of social sciences and humanities, even … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/14/the-myth-of-stem-only-growth-holds-back-the-uk/feed/ 1 55563 The missing catalogue – Why finding books in translation is still so hard https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/13/the-missing-catalogue-why-finding-books-in-translation-is-still-so-hard/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/13/the-missing-catalogue-why-finding-books-in-translation-is-still-so-hard/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:00:07 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55554 Finding a work in translation is harder than you think. Discussing the creation of Zenòdot, a cross-referencing project for books in translation, Ausiàs Tsel outlines the challenges of creating a record … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/13/the-missing-catalogue-why-finding-books-in-translation-is-still-so-hard/feed/ 1 55554 By linking national scholarly infrastructures we can better understand the impact of global research https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/01/by-linking-national-scholarly-infrastructures-we-can-better-understand-the-impact-of-global-research/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/01/by-linking-national-scholarly-infrastructures-we-can-better-understand-the-impact-of-global-research/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:00:42 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55461 Global scholarly information systems provide poor coverage for social science and humanities research taking place outside of the anglophone world and in languages other than English. Paul Donner, Stephan Stahlschmidt, … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/01/by-linking-national-scholarly-infrastructures-we-can-better-understand-the-impact-of-global-research/feed/ 2 55461 More evidence doesn’t mean more justice – The limits of visual technologies in human rights cases https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/31/more-evidence-doesnt-mean-more-justice-the-limits-of-visual-technologies-in-human-rights-cases/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/31/more-evidence-doesnt-mean-more-justice-the-limits-of-visual-technologies-in-human-rights-cases/#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:00:11 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55451 Digital technologies have democratised the collection of visual evidence. However, as Kamari Maxine Clarke, Jennifer Burrell and Sara Kendall show, how this evidence is translated into evidentiary standards through the … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/31/more-evidence-doesnt-mean-more-justice-the-limits-of-visual-technologies-in-human-rights-cases/feed/ 0 55451 The real threat to trust in science isn’t outright fraud, but the pervasive tweaking of research designs and models https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/30/the-real-threat-to-trust-in-science-isnt-outright-fraud-but-the-pervasive-tweaking-of-research-designs-and-models/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/30/the-real-threat-to-trust-in-science-isnt-outright-fraud-but-the-pervasive-tweaking-of-research-designs-and-models/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:15 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55441 Spectacular cases of data fabrication and manipulation unearthed by dedicated “sleuths” are often seen as evidence of a crisis in science. However, discussing their new book, Thomas Plümper and Eric … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/30/the-real-threat-to-trust-in-science-isnt-outright-fraud-but-the-pervasive-tweaking-of-research-designs-and-models/feed/ 4 55441 Three red flags for “evidenced-based” EdTech https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/27/three-red-flags-for-evidenced-based-edtech/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/27/three-red-flags-for-evidenced-based-edtech/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:00:30 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55432 Given the sector they are targeting, it is perhaps unsurprising that new EdTech tools often claim to be evidence-based. However, as Natalia Kucirkova outlines, these claims can sometimes be difficult … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/27/three-red-flags-for-evidenced-based-edtech/feed/ 0 55432 For open research to work, research institutions and publishers need to collaborate https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/26/for-open-research-to-work-research-institutions-and-publishers-need-to-collaborate/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/26/for-open-research-to-work-research-institutions-and-publishers-need-to-collaborate/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:00:06 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55416 The growth in global and open research has fuelled structural change in scholarly communications and at the same time created significant challenges in ensuring research integrity. Heidi Ormstad, Rebecca Lawrence, … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/26/for-open-research-to-work-research-institutions-and-publishers-need-to-collaborate/feed/ 5 55416 Predatory university rankings jeopardise the value of Webometrics https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/25/predatory-university-rankings-jeopardise-the-value-of-webometrics/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/25/predatory-university-rankings-jeopardise-the-value-of-webometrics/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:57 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55408 The Webometrics ranking of universities provides a valuable and more comprehensive open data alternative to traditional university rankings. However, as Vladimir M. Moskovkin shows mirror sites and an emergent market … Continued

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