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A platform for those interested in increasing the impact of academic research. Managing Editor: @MichaelTaster

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šŸ’„ New: FAIR for research software (FAIR4RS) ā€“ Can funders keep up with open science developments? āœļø Eric A. Jensen & Daniel S. Katz of @UofIllinois #OpenResearch #FAIR4RS #ResearchFunding ow.ly/NNo950WKjLl

FAIR for research software (FAIR4RS) ā€“ Can funders keep up with open science developments? - LSE...

A new survey of international funders finds recognition of the FAIR principles for research software lags well behind the FAIR framework for data management.

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šŸ’„New: How #authoritarian states co-opt academic modernisation and bibliometrics for control āœļø Aikerim Bektemirova @GWtweets @Cambridge_Uni #HigherEducation #AcademicFreedom #Bibliometrics ow.ly/n25g50WKbYs

How authoritarian states co-opt academic modernisation and bibliometrics for control - LSE Impact

Do bibliometric performance metrics, which underpin global higher education policies, also provide a means for authoritarian states to coerce academics?

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šŸ’„New: What IfĆ”, an Indigenous binary knowledge system, can teach us about AI āœļø @UyiosaOM #AI #IndigenousKnowledge #DecolonialAI #TechEthics #AIandSociety #Innovation #KnowledgeSystems ow.ly/zNnA50WKceG

What IfĆ”, an Indigenous binary knowledge system can teach us about AI - LSE Impact

Uyiosa Omoregie argues, Indigenous knowledge systems, such as IfĆ”, provide an alternative lens through which to understand AI & its impact on society.

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Untold Stories of Britain's queer South Asians Desi Queers: South Asians & Cultural Belonging in Britain by @churnjeet @UniStrathclyde @RKDasgupta @LSEGenderTweet & @djritu1 @HurstPublishers Review by @Kanchi_16 @LSEReviewBooks #SouthAsianHeritageMonth ow.ly/z4f650WHoI2

Untold stories of Britainā€™s queer South Asians - LSE Review of Books

Desi Queers: LGBTQ South Asians and Cultural Belonging in Britain fills documents the experiences and activism of South Asian queer communities in Britain.

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šŸ’„New: Are newsletters the new academic social media? Drawing on a global survey, Deirdre Watchorn & Marion Schnelle @degruyter_brill find early career researchers increasingly favor traditional, more controlled forms of academic socialising #Newsletters blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsociā€¦

Are newsletters the new academic social media? - LSE Impact

A new reports finds growing interest in more traditional and controlled forms of academic socialisation amongst early career researchers.

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From the archive: The best peer review reports are at least 947 words #PeerReview #ScholComm ow.ly/mBzs50WACXt

The best peer review reports are at least 947 words - LSE Impact

How long are the best peer review reports? Abdelghani Maddi argues that on average peer review of 947 words or more a more closely related to better papers.

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From the archive: #Randomisation can resolve the uncertainty at the heart of peer review #PeerReview #ScholComm ow.ly/7rGj50WACSV

Randomisation can resolve the uncertainty at the heart of peer review - LSE Impact

Discussing a new study into uncertainty peer review choices, Adrian Barnett, suggests embracing randomisation could improve peer review processes.

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From the archive: If generative AI accelerates science, peer review needs to catch up #PeerReview #ScholComm #AI ow.ly/eG2J50WACN1

If generative AI accelerates science, peer review needs to catch up - LSE Impact

Simone Ragavooloo argues that editors and reviewers should embrace AI tools to undertake the heavy lifting of statistical and methodological review.

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šŸ’„New: Natureā€™s decision to publish positive peer review reports only gives half the picture #PeerReview #ScholComm #OpenScience blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsociā€¦

Natureā€™s decision to publish positive peer review reports only gives half the picture - LSE Impact

As the journal Nature moves to publish peer review reports for accepted papers, Bodo Stern argues this partial openness falls short of true transparency.

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Is there a strain on peer review? ā€“ Itā€™s more complicated than you think #PeerReview #ScholComm ow.ly/zxzP50WACJT

Is there a strain on peer review? ā€“ Itā€™s more complicated than you think - LSE Impact

The significant growth of academic publishing in recent years has led some to argue the system is reaching a breaking point, but is it this simple?

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Germany, EU fiscal rules and the illusion of objectivity #Germany #EU ow.ly/Kq2W50WAE3B

Germany, EU fiscal rules and the illusion of objectivity

German defence spending risks breaking EU fiscal rules. But while the rules are presented as a technical calculation, they are less objective than it appears.

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šŸ’„New: As @Nature moves to publish peer review reports for accepted papers, Bodo Stern argues this partial openness falls short of true transparency in scholarly communication. #PeerReview #ScholComm ow.ly/ib7H50WACyz

Natureā€™s decision to publish positive peer review reports only gives half the picture - LSE Impact

As the journal Nature moves to publish peer review reports for accepted papers, Bodo Stern argues this partial openness falls short of true transparency.

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From the archive: Telling the truth, uniting behind the science ā€“ #Climate coalitions and scienceā€™s place in society ow.ly/nTHq50WzYoR

Telling the truth, uniting behind the science ā€“ Climate coalitions and scienceā€™s place in society -...

In recent years, a new wave of climate activist groups, such as Extinction Rebellion, Fridays for Future and the Sunrise Movement have reshaped public debates on climate action. In so doing they...

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Separating religion from #climate communication leads to failure ow.ly/hYyu50WzYlb

Separating religion from climate communication leads to failure - LSE Impact

Kristian Noll argues that for climate communication to be effective, religious understandings of climate change cannot simply be ignored.

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From the archive: By sidelining climate misinformation COP29 undermines #climate action ow.ly/xomQ50WzYjS

By sidelining climate misinformation COP29 undermines climate action - LSE Impact

Pallavi Sethi argues governments have a key role in creating conditions that mitigate the impacts of false narratives around climate change and action.

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Solution-orientated simulations can drive real action on the #climate crisis ow.ly/g02p50WzYhv

Solution-orientated simulations can drive real action on the climate crisis - LSE Impact

As the world confronts the catastrophic risks of surpassing 2Ā°C of warming, tools like Enā€‘ROADSā€”a global climate simulator that lets users test the impact of climate policies in real timeā€”offer a...

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The #Trump administration is aggressively rolling back #climate action: erasing data, slashing #research funding, and scrubbing ā€œclimate changeā€ from federal websites. Pallavi Sethi (@LSEnews @GRI_LSE) maps the rollback timeline. Full postšŸ‘‰ ow.ly/xAcI50WzQUs
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We are all losers in #Trumpā€™s ā€˜common senseā€™ war on social science ow.ly/mhkk50WzqF6

We are all losers in Trumpā€™s ā€˜common senseā€™ war on social science - LSE Impact

Beyond their short-term implications, Trump's executive orders represent a concerted effort to undermine scientific enquiry across all fields of research.

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Is the quest for net-zero a form of scientism? ow.ly/uw8E50WzqMl

Is the quest for net-zero a form of scientism? - LSE Impact

Climate policy is often reduced to a quest to achieve Net Zero, what would a more epistemically diverse approach look like?

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Is federal #funding still a viable research assessment indicator in the age of #Trump? ow.ly/eXhh50Wzqt7

Is federal funding still a viable research assessment indicator in the age of Trump? - LSE Impact

Federal funding has long played an important role in research assessment in the United States. The HuMetricsHSS Initiative argues this must now be reassessed in light of the Trump administrationā€™s...

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