Interested in learning more about what’s new in the Library of Congress’ digital collections? The Signal shares bi-monthly updates of new additions to publicly available digital collections and we love showing off all the hard work of our colleagues from across the Library. Read on for a sample of what’s been added recently and some …
The bias puzzle – Understanding gender differences in academia
Bias in academia can often be difficult to pinpoint and separate out from difference. Responding to a recent call from the journal Nature to set new guidelines for studies dealing with race and ethnicity, Vincent A. Traag and Ludo Waltman, outline how …
Data, Data Management, Data Sharing, Nelson Memo, NIH, open data, open science, OSTP, policy, Re-curation, webinar, Webinar recording
Dryad in the community: Responding to the Nelson Memo: repository re-curation for open science
Available to watch now: “Responding to the Nelson Memo: repository re-curation for open science”. This talk introduces the concept of re-curation with examples from three different types of repositories and research organisations; generalist, instituti…
Book Review: The Palgrave Handbook of Imposter Syndrome in Higher Education edited by Michelle Addison, Maddie Breeze and Yvette Taylor
In The Palgrave Handbook of Imposter Syndrome in Higher Education, editors Michelle Addison, Maddie Breeze and Yvette Taylor bring together contributors to reflect on the crisis of imposter syndrome in higher education. The book gives fascinating insig…
COVID-19, engaged research, Evidence for Policy, Evidence-based Policy, Featured, LSE Comment, transdisciplinarity
Reconnecting community, research and policy through post-Covid recovery
In the aftermath of COVID-19, the Falkland Islands Government has taken concrete steps to tackle long-standing inequalities, prompted by evidence of the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on local communities. How was the evidence-policy gap bridged in th…
If UKRI wants to support a diverse research environment, it should include independent researchers
Responding to the publication of UKRI’s EDI strategy, Helen Kara and Linda Baines argue that by excluding the work of independent researchers, the strategy will struggle to achieve its objective of promoting an inclusive research system. Earlier this y…