How to build value into the doctorate – ideas for PhD supervisors
PhD graduates make valuable contributions to society and its organisations. But what of the value of the doctorate to the graduates themselves?
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How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
Jennifer Raff has prepared a helpful guide for non-scientists on how to read a scientific paper, for the LSE Impact Blog. Steps and tips useful to anyone interested in the presentation of scientific findings.
How to save space and stick to the limit when writing research funding applications
Advice to researchers looking to find a little more space in their applications.
How will the emerging generation of scholars transform scholarly communication?
Presenting evidence from the Harbingers Study, a three-year longitudinal study of Early Career Researchers (ECRs), David Nicholas assesses the extent to which the new wave of researchers are driving changes in scholarly practices.
Improving representation of female scientists in the media
Can this show future generations of women that they belong?
Just how important is the problem of predatory publishing?
In this post from LSE Impact Blog, Simon Linacre urges less focus on predatory publishing & more on the real world negative impact caused by predatory journals
LSE Impact Blog: Top Posts of 2022
Want to know what the ten most read LSE Impact Blog posts were this year? We count down the ten most read blogposts published in 2022.
Negative Impact – Is it possible to manage potentially harmful research findings?
What do you do with research that produces potentially harmful results? In this post for the LSE Impact Blog Andrew Crane, explores how research can produce negative as well as positive impacts on society.
Planning on writing over the holidays? Here is how to do it
Many academics use the summer holidays as a time to relax, unwind and finally get that writing project done. However, is setting aside large chunks of time over the holidays the best way to approach academic writing?
Pushing research to the limit – Who innovates in social science research?
Innovation in any field of research often runs the risk of being poorly judged and misunderstood by researchers beholden to more conventional methods. What then allows researchers to undertake research that could leave them ostracised from their disciplinary communities?
Reflections on academic fundraising: the art of getting there
In this post from the LSE Impact Blog, Abel Polese reflects on his own experiences of academic fundraising and argues that for researchers seeking research funding, failure is relative and that rather than trying to game the system academics should focus on quality.
Self-plagiarism: When is re-purposing text ethically justifiable?
Mark Israel explores the ethics of self-plagiarism for the LSE Impact Blog and asks, when is it right to reproduce social research?