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- The British Library hack is a warning for all academic libraries
- Why are women cited less than men?
- Academic research and industry need more mutual feedback
- How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
- How to design an award-winning conference poster
- Lack of experimentation has stalled the debate on open peer review
- How to write a killer conference abstract: The first step towards an engaging presentation.
- What are the most-cited publications in the social sciences (according to Google Scholar)?
- Common policy problems and what researchers can do about them
- What or where is the ‘Global South’? A social science perspective
- How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang
- 8 common problems with literature reviews and how to fix them
- Who, What, Where, When, Why: Using the 5 Ws to communicate your research
- When is policy evidence-based?
- Book Review: How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future by Vaclav Smil
- Is it ethical to use generative AI if you can’t tell whether it is right or wrong?
- What exactly is a PhD by publication?
- LawGPT? How AI is Reshaping the Legal Profession
- Hootsuite for academia? How to increase the visibility, downloads and impact of publications using Kudos
- The Revolution Will Be Hilarious: Comedy for Social Change and Civic Power – review