This second post by Neil Selwyn and his collaborators shares some of the preliminary results from their research survey, which was discussed in an RW post earlier this year ‘Academics’ …

How do we move from collecting evidence and designing frameworks to meaningful transformation? Lauren Flannery and Helen Leggett look for accountability for equalities work

I’ve been thinking about Australian’s recent Open Access (OA) deal now that the dust has settled on the recent showdown with Elsevier. After all, we’d been spending some $500 million to $1 billion …

“[Nvidia CEO] Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI” — Headline from Gizmodo - - — Guys, enough is enough. Bullying is a s...

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UniSuper says change was made ‘to expand the investible universe’ but complaint to Asic claims members were not properly informed * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A major Australian super fund has been accused of greenwashing after it continued to badge an investment option as “sustainable” despite quietly halving its environmental criteria. UniSuper, which invests $158bn on behalf of 670,000 members, promotes its Global Environmental Opportunities option as a portfolio “selected on the basis of environmental considerations”. Continue reading...

Photo by Carlos Cram on Unsplash In economics and planning, there is a thing called the sunk cost fallacy. It comes about when people continue with something that isn’t working because they have pu…

Although universities remain keen to tackle inappropriate uses of generative AI (GenAI) by students, it is becoming increasingly clear that we need to talk much more openly about academics’ (mis)us…

Photo by Warren Griffiths on Unsplash. 2026 is shaping up to be an interesting year. It feels like every year since 2020 has been an ‘interesting year’ for different reasons. Could we h…

In a recent post on Research Whisperer, two anonymous authors decry the universities’ rush to wind back work-from-home arrangements that were instituted during the COVID crisis. In particular, the …

Competition for jobs and grants in academia has never been tougher. The constant drive to “publish or perish” can make you feel like your career will end unless your output is superhuman. Sometimes…

The freewriting way of life Freewriting, as you may know, is the technique whereby you set a timer, open a text file or notebook, then just write whatever comes to mind, even if...

After careful consideration, Elsevier have made the difficult decision to sunset Researchfish on July 31st 2027, when the product will no longer be availab

Screen capture from Wikipedia, by the author. Earlier this year, I realised that there was no Wikipedia page for ‘research culture’. I was surprised by the omission, but I probably shouldn’t have b…

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To use public data researchers must navigate legal regulations & platform norms. The PETLP framework shows how privacy-by-design can be built in at the outset.

“Decay continues” as Australian Research Council’s Decra scheme announces 13.1 per cent success rate

Photo by Webvilla on Unsplash. Most research development models assume that time, energy, and executive functioning are equally distributed across scholars. They aren’t. Especially not for early ca…

Photo of London’s National Art Library by Sebastien LE DEROUT on Unsplash Here at the Research Whisperer, we love librarians. They are smart, dedicated people who want to help you with your researc…

I’ve been a relatively slow-adopter of the genAI movement in academia. For a while now I’ve been under the (misguided?) perception that if I used genAI in any way to conduct my research, I would so…

NOTE for those who don’t know what the ARC (Australian Research Council) or DECRA (Discovery Early Career Research Award) are: The funding body and specific scheme is not the crucial part here. Res…

Science doesn’t occur in a vacuum – politics, harassment and intimidation can hamstring progress.

🤔 Who do trust markers benefit anyway? And why should you care? This #WatchItWednesday, explore 'ORCID's Community Trust Network' and learn how trust markers in ORCID records help uphold research integrity. 🔹 What are trust markers? 🔹 How do they appear in ORCID records? 🔹 Why do they matter for researchers? 🎥 Watch the highlights and check out the full webinar session: https://info.orcid.org/event/the-orcid-community-trust-network-how-orcid-members-elevate-trust-and-integrity-of-the-research-ecosystem/