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Information literacy needs to be more than fact checking

Taster — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:00:42 +0000

Modern societies rely on models, optimisation systems, and institutional frameworks to interpret complex problems. But how can you tell when technically rigorous systems present an overly narrow interpretation of the … Continued

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If you want to publish papers in your own language, look to Diamond OA

Taster — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:00:07 +0000

The English language has long sat at the top of a prestige hierarchy in academic publishing. Exploring the diversity of multilingual and non-English diamond open access publications, Johan Rooryck and … Continued

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How Brexit repositioned UK global science

Taster — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:00:07 +0000

Brexit not only took the UK out of the political orbit of Europe, it also disrupted close research ties that existed with the continent. Using Brexit as a natural experiment, … Continued

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AI promised to democratise academic publishing – the evidence says otherwise

Taster — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:01:11 +0000

Generative AI has been widely embraced as a tool that could level the playing field in academic publishing, giving non-native English speakers and researchers in under-resourced settings a fairer chance. … Continued

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The UN is advocating for a GDP alternative – can social science provide one?

Taster — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:10:52 +0000

The UN is considering the future of GDP. Could a new metric encompass a far wider range of social scientific indicators?

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How a cartoon fox became a research method

Taster — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:00:55 +0000

After spending three years with two Mixtec Indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico, Mariana Hernández-Montilla created an animation of a fox as a way of thanking them. What began as an … Continued

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Rejection in academia is structural not personal

Taster — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000

From student assessments, peer review reports to funding and job applications, rejection is an increasingly common feature of academic life. Tara-Lyn Camilleri and Ed Ivimey-Cook argue that unlike other high-profile … Continued

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Why knowing who studies social science and humanities matters

Taster — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:04:14 +0000

In an increasingly financially constrained higher education system social science and humanities disciplines find themselves under increasing pressure. Discussing the British Academy’s new Who studies SHAPE dashboard, Almendra Guzman Rivas … Continued

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New rules for federal research grants will limit their reach and leave US research isolated

Taster — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:00:23 +0000

A proposed overhaul of US federal grant rules has been debated mainly as a fight over political control of science. But, Rob Johnson argues, it would also reshape how publicly … Continued

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Gendered AI design reflects and reinforces society’s biases

Taster — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:00:18 +0000

When AI tools are designed with a gender, they don't just encode gendered values they also encourage users to engage with them in biased ways.

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