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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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Why we built the Journal of Research on Research and what it cost us

Taster — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:00:56 +0000

Creating a new journal that provides equitable and open access presents challenges and tradeoffs. Discussing the launch of The Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR), a new publication focused on … Continued

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Can Socratic dialogue cut through AI “bullshit”?

Taster — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:00:38 +0000

Socratic dialogue is one of the foundational forms of teaching and learning. At a time when society faces the challenge of critically sorting through an exponentially growing volume of AI … Continued

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The lack of women at the top of the academic ladder is driven by unequal childcare responsibilities

Taster — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:01:05 +0000

Motherhood, and the unequal childcare responsibilities that follow, explain a large share of the observed gender gap in academic employment. Sofie Cairo, Ria Ivandic, Anne Sophie Lassen and Valentina Tartari … Continued

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AI is degrading the value of a university degree

Taster — Thu, 28 May 2026 10:08:55 +0000

Widespread use of generative AI by students poses serious challenges to universities and their credentials. If AI widens the gap between what is assessed and what students learn, Marvin Starominski-Uehara … Continued

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International relations’ capture of cybersecurity research makes it less useful for policymakers

Taster — Wed, 27 May 2026 10:10:45 +0000

Cybersecurity research in the social sciences emerged out of international relations (IR) and security studies departments. Cristian Tracci argues cybersecurity research needs to refocus and draw on established concepts from … Continued

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If universities are integral to industrial strategy, should government more closely scrutinise mergers?

Taster — Tue, 26 May 2026 10:00:09 +0000

Higher education institutions find themselves in a contradictory position of being squeezed financially and relied on to contribute to economic development. Considering the growing interest in institutional mergers in higher … Continued

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Eager to please AI assistants smooth over the gaps in our thinking

Taster — Thu, 21 May 2026 10:00:31 +0000

A competent paper used to prove a competent mind. It no longer does. The research integrity tools we have were built for fraud and for selective reporting. As Timothy Cook … Continued

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Without guidelines academic authorship defaults to power politics

Taster — Wed, 20 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000

In many areas of social science co-authorship is the default. Drawing on a meta-analysis of academics in fields related to management, Lorenz Graf-Vlachy outlines a pervasive culture of questionable authorship … Continued

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The Matthew effect in AI summary

Taster — Tue, 19 May 2026 10:30:33 +0000

At the heart of AI applications to scholarly communication are processes of summarisation and the ranking of “too much” information. Considering how unequal dynamics of attention, such as the Matthew … Continued

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