LSE Impact https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences Understanding impact and practice in academic research Fri, 01 May 2026 15:10:49 +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 A successful open access book mandate requires infrastructure not compliance https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/05/01/a-successful-open-access-book-mandate-requires-infrastructure-not-compliance/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/05/01/a-successful-open-access-book-mandate-requires-infrastructure-not-compliance/#respond Fri, 01 May 2026 15:10:45 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55911 The requirement for longform publications to be open access always seems to be one REF cycle away. Considering the findings of a recent British Academy report on open access book … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/05/01/a-successful-open-access-book-mandate-requires-infrastructure-not-compliance/feed/ 0 55911 Changing the clocks won’t address inequalities in Indian education https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/30/changing-the-clocks-wont-address-inequalities-in-indian-education/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/30/changing-the-clocks-wont-address-inequalities-in-indian-education/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:48 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55890 A recent declaration to establish an Indian global timescale based on Mahakal Standard Time has re-opened debates around decolonisation and the ongoing legacy of the “Macaulay mindset” in Indian education. … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/30/changing-the-clocks-wont-address-inequalities-in-indian-education/feed/ 1 55890 What is ethical knowledge brokering? https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/28/what-is-ethical-knowledge-brokering/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/28/what-is-ethical-knowledge-brokering/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:00:10 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55872 As knowledge brokering becomes more central to evidence‑informed decision-making, so too does the need to recognise the ethical complexity embedded in this work. Drawing on their experience working in this … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/28/what-is-ethical-knowledge-brokering/feed/ 1 55872 Nothing is “100% human authored” https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/27/nothing-is-100-human-authored/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/27/nothing-is-100-human-authored/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:10:04 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55858 Generative AI is unsettling longstanding conventions of authorship, ownership and credit in academia and across cultural production. This has prompted responses that seek to reassert the role of the intelligent, … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/27/nothing-is-100-human-authored/feed/ 4 55858 Reading for me, but not for thee – The long history of limiting access to books https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/22/reading-for-me-but-not-for-thee-the-long-history-of-limiting-access-to-books/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/22/reading-for-me-but-not-for-thee-the-long-history-of-limiting-access-to-books/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:01:17 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55793 Access to books and the opportunity to read has throughout history been a site of social struggle. Reflecting on his new book Reading Wars, Don Herzog argues the categorisation of … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/22/reading-for-me-but-not-for-thee-the-long-history-of-limiting-access-to-books/feed/ 1 55793 Is the scientific literature a database or a library? https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/21/is-the-scientific-literature-a-database-or-a-library/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/21/is-the-scientific-literature-a-database-or-a-library/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:02:17 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55709 What do we mean when we say the scientific literature, or just the literature? Willem Halffman and Serge Horbach suggest two conflicting visions of the scientific literature as either a … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/21/is-the-scientific-literature-a-database-or-a-library/feed/ 2 55709 What policy citations “do” and “do not” reveal about the societal impact of research https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/20/what-policy-citations-do-and-do-not-reveal-about-the-societal-impact-of-research/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/20/what-policy-citations-do-and-do-not-reveal-about-the-societal-impact-of-research/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:01:30 +0000 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=55692 It has long been understood that academic citations can mean many things other than direct influence. However, citations in policy documents are often conveniently conflated with societal impact. Marion Poetz, … Continued

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]]> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/20/what-policy-citations-do-and-do-not-reveal-about-the-societal-impact-of-research/feed/ 1 55692 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/#comments 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/ 1 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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