Losing control: REF 2029 and the downgrading of academic outputs
Abstract In June 2023 UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) announced that the contribution of research outputs to the next REF (Research Excellence Framework) exercise will be radically reduced. In addition, the link between individuals and research publications is to be replaced by a more generic emphasis on ‘research culture’. In this commentary I argue
Matthew Gandy
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How the Marsden Fund has failed to achieve its full potential in the ESA panel: evidence of limitations in scope, biased outcomes, and futile applications [PDF]
We have analysed the scope of proposals funded by the ‘Earth Sciences and Astronomy’ (ESA) panel of the Marsden Fund for the period 2004 to 2013.
Bryan, Karin R., Lowe, David J.
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With the announcement and initial proposal for transformation of the Science System in Aotearoa, there is a generational opportunity to recognise and invest in Māori research centres as hubs of Māori research excellence. However, there is no explicit recognition of Māori research centres within this vision, despite literature consistently highlighting ...
Logan Hamley +4 more
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Confronting uncertainty: Anthropology and zones of the extraordinary [PDF]
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below, copyright @ 2013 the American Anthropological Association.Anthropological theory has privileged consideration of the regularities of everyday life and
Niehaus, I
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“You Are Safe Now”: Migrant Youth Constructions of Safety and Schooling in the U.S.
ABSTRACT Drawing on multisited ethnographic research with migrant families from Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras who were detained, separated, or endured prolonged transit due to US immigration policies, we articulate how ideas of “relational safety” are situated in relationships with people, place, and time. Contrasting abundant literature
Michelle J. Bellino, Gabrielle Oliveira
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Conflicto, equilibiro y cambio social en la obra de Max Gluckman
El artículo analiza la contribución de Max Gluckman a la crítica del funcionalismo y su propuesta teórico-metodológica para el análisis del conflicto en la antropología.
Menara Lube Guizardi
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Trading Zones Between Thick and Thin: Anthropological Description as Scaffold or Mosaic
ABSTRACT Referring to the work of historian of science Peter Galison, I argue that anthropology requires thin description as an essential counterpart for thick description. Thin accounts provide the scaffolding within which thick descriptions sit. Galison uses the idea of a “trading zone” connecting different communities who, despite their differences (
David Zeitlyn
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Conflicto, equilibrio y cambio social en la obra de Max Gluckman
El artículo analiza la contribución de Max Gluckman a la crítica del funcionalismo y su propuesta teóricometodológica para el análisis del conflicto en la antropología.
Menara Lube Guizardi
doaj
Transcriptional profiling of rats subjected to gestational undernourishment: implications for the developmental variations in metabolic traits. [PDF]
A link has been established between prenatal nutrition and the development of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases later in life, a process referred to as developmental programming.
Tiffany J Morris +4 more
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Effect of competitive cues on reproductive morphology and behavioral plasticity in male fruitflies [PDF]
Phenotypic plasticity will be favored whenever there are significant fitness benefits of responding to environmental variation. The extent and nature of the plasticity that evolves depends on the rate of environmental fluctuations and the capacity to ...
Bretman, Amanda +3 more
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