The Manhattan Project is often invoked as a model for mission-driven research projects, such as the search for a Covid-19 vaccine. Daniel P. Gross and Bhaven N. Sampat argue that the broader U.S. approach to mobilising science and technology in World War II, led by the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), provides a … Continued
AI and algorithmic decision-making tools already influence many aspects of our lives and are likely to become increasingly embedded within businesses and governments. Drawing on recent research and examples from across the social sciences, Frederic Gerdon and Frauke Kreuter outline where and how social science is vital to the ethical use of algorithmic decision-making systems. … Continued
Four aspects of the Supreme Court's ruling in 303 Creative suggest that the ruling will similarly protect online platforms' First Amendment right not to speak in future cases regarding social media. The post How the Supreme Court's Decision About Same-Sex Wedding Websites May Affect Social Media Regulations, Part II appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
One of the benefits of generative AI is the ability to transform one media from text, to speech, to imagery to video. In this post Andy Tattersall explores one aspect of this ability, by transforming his archive written blogposts into a podcast format, Talking Threads, and discusses why and how this could be beneficial for research communication. … Continued
Is academic writing thinking, or simply the written output at the end of a research project? Morten Hansen argues that as large language models become better at producing academic copy educators should focus on the fundamentally developmental and human aspects of research writing. My students, like many others, have noticed the power of artificial intelligence. Let … Continued
For their supporters, narrative academic CVs present a means to bypass aspects of a research evaluation culture that is overly focused on the volume and venue of publications. Drawing on a sample of work promoting this format, Frédérique Bordignon, Lauranne Chaignon and Daniel Egret, show how these texts more often foreground the problems they are … Continued
This blog is based on an article in the Journal of Social Policy by Gianluca Scarano. Click here to access the article. Of the various aspects of activation policies, marketisation has probably been discussed and investigated most. It is frequently argued in the public debate that contracting out public employment services (PES) to private providers… Continue reading Outcome-based Contracting and Gaming Practices in Marketised Public Employment Services. Dilemmas from the Italian Case →
Research Impact is the ‘raison d’etre’ of the LSE Impact Blog. This review brings together a selection of posts exploring different aspects of impactful research featured on the LSE Impact Blog over the past year. Want to find even more? You can read a selection of posts on research impact and evidence based policy via the links … Continued
The Attorney General of Missouri, Andrew Bailey, is investigating private advocacy group Media Matters over its advocacy campaign against Elon Musk's social media site X, formerly known as Twitter. The most ridiculous aspect? Bailey's claim to be promoting free speech.
With Giudizio Universale, climate litigation has found its way to Italy. This case has many aspects in common with the general transnational phenomenon, both in terms of the structure and content of the legal arguments used. The case highlights the difficulties that courts face in view of the high social expectations connected to this kind of proceedings.
Alina Felder & Merli Tamtik Even though barrier‐free access to student mobility has become a significant policy problem for governments (Cairns, 2019), issues of social justice have been largely absent from institutional strategies of higher education (HE) internationalisation (Buckner et al., 2020a; Özturgut 2017). With our research we contribute to this aspect, offering a comparative […] The post The Role of Inclusion in Macro‐Regional Policies for Student Mobility appeared first on Ideas on Europe.
Alina Felder & Merli Tamtik Even though barrier‐free access to student mobility has become a significant policy problem for governments (Cairns, 2019), issues of social justice have been largely absent from institutional strategies of higher education (HE) internationalisation (Buckner et al., 2020a; Özturgut 2017). With our research we contribute to this aspect, offering a comparative […] The post The Role of Inclusion in Macro‐Regional Policies for Student Mobility appeared first on Europe of Knowledge.
Despite its small size, with a population of only 3.4 million, and its geographical location, sandwiched between two giants such as Brazil and Argentina, Uruguay frequently features in the international press. These regular appearances are generally to highlight positive aspects regarding its solid institutions, its democratic credentials, its economic stability and predictability, its social protection […] La entrada Uruguay's high public debt and low credit risk puzzle: 'what you don't see is what you get' se publicó primero en Elcano Royal Institute.
Is the world better off now that Elon Musk owns Twitter? The $44 billion acquisition is the largest leveraged buyout of a technology company in history, and also the first time in well over a decade that the ownership of a global social media platform has changed hands. It also begs the evergreen question that this podcast explores: Is the saga an example of Capital-Is or Isn't?
Bethany and Luigi debate and discuss the many different aspects of the deal: how Musk might be forced to run Twitter as a traditional business even if he initially claimed otherwise, his content moderation experiments to prevent it from becoming a "free-for-all hellscape", the effects of mass layoffs, and much more.
Higher education is at the core of the political challenges confronting the Albanese government, principally of boosting capital accumulation whilst safeguarding aspects of social reproduction. The Albanese government has prioritised skills training and an industry policy focusing on green energy, but this is at the expense of social reproduction including in areas of education. The Accord is designed to support the production of 'labour power' via skill training and subsidisation of employers for job training but notably recognises that higher education is at the heart of the current social reproduction crises – evident in the shortages in trained employees in areas that are essential to ensure that labour is available for capital. Yet, at the same time, it shifts the cost of this to students - international and domestic- whilst remaining committed to fiscal austerity. The current student debt crisis speaks directly to this contradiction. By 2024 student debt is around $78 billion, ten times the figure of 2005, caused by governmental policies particularly three rounds of student contribution increases and the Coalition government's student loan schemes, plus high inflation that is indexed into yearly HECS/HELP repayments, which has resulted in 3 million students in debt. The post The University Accord: Plus ça change… appeared first on Progress in Political Economy (PPE).