Information School News

Professor Stephen Pinfield has contributed to an article for The Conversation, entitled 'The peer review system no longer works to guarantee academic rigour - a different approach is needed' The article discusses the issues with academic peer review and the innovative platform MetaROR which is intended to help address some of these problems, whilst also acting as a sort of 'metaresearch experiment'. Read the article here.

Senior Lecturer Dr Paul Reilly was recently published in The Conversation, with a piece about the role of social media in Northern Ireland's recent wave of protests and riots. The piece, entitled 'Twelfth of July: How to responsibly follow Northern Ireland’s summer of protest on social media', can be read here:  https://theconversation.com/twelfth-of-july-how-to-responsibly-follow-northern-irelands-summer-of-protest-on-social-media-163775

Senior Lecturer Dr Paul Reilly and Research Associate Dr. Ioanna Tantanasi have published an article entitled ‘Social media’s not all bad- it’s saving lives in disaster zones ‘ for the Conversation UK last week. The piece draws on their  CascEff and IMPROVER work on social media and crisis communication. Thanks to Stephen Harris for his editorial support and the invitation to comment on this issue.