Looking for something to read? Here’s a quick look at what other people are reading on the Impact Blog. This page shows a continually updated list of the past week’s 20 most popular blog posts by readership. We know readership statistics aren’t everything, but it’s a useful place to start!
- Is our current research culture on the brink of major change?
- Publication is not enough, to generate impact you need to campaign
- How to design an award-winning conference poster
- The Art of Connection – To deliver a good research seminar you need to connect with an audience at a pragmatic, intellectual and emotional level
- If we choose to align open access to research with geo-political borders we negate the moral value of open access
- Student evaluations of teaching are not only unreliable, they are significantly biased against female instructors.
- Who, What, Where, When, Why: Using the 5 Ws to communicate your research
- If we’re serious about changing the world, we need to get our evidence right – A comment on the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics.
- Academic travel culture is not only bad for the planet, it is also bad for the diversity and equity of research.
- Using Twitter as a data source: an overview of social media research tools (2019)
- How to write a killer conference abstract: The first step towards an engaging presentation.
- What is the difference between an impact and an outcome? Impact is the longer term effect of an outcome.
- Book Review: The Good University: What Universities Actually Do and Why It’s Time for Radical Change by Raewyn Connell
- How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
- Book Review: Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime by Bruno Latour
- A PhD by publication is a great way to build your academic profile, but be mindful of its challenges
- Negative Impact – Is it possible to manage potentially harmful research findings?
- What are the most-cited publications in the social sciences (according to Google Scholar)?
- 10 Counter-intuitive insights from an academic writing coach
- Who are stakeholders in research? A Science and Technology Studies approach to navigating research impact
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