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Articles by Andrew Oswald
With a Nobel for nudge theory and growing political interest in ¡®choice architecture¡¯, the future of behavioural sciences seemed bright. But its experts were often ignored ¨C even dismissed as ¡®charlatans¡¯ ¨C when life-or-death calls on Covid were made. Two professors reflect on where the discipline goes next
Staff over 50 might well wish to stay out of front-line contact with students until a vaccine is found, say Andrew Oswald and Nattavudh Powdthavee
Promotion criteria requiring top researchers to also be good teachers and managers undermine the nature of universities, says Andrew Oswald
The scholarly calling may be all about intellectual pursuits, but university life is not without its petty irritations. A dozen academics describe the daily distractions that annoy them most
In the wake of Malcolm Anderson¡¯s death, universities need to wake up to the need to take better care of their senior lecturers, says Andrew Oswald
Last week, the UK¡¯s universities minister threatened to fine institutions that pay their v-cs more than the prime minister without a strong justification. We present three perspectives on the debate
Economists¡¯ stock plummeted with the financial crash. The authors of a new book suggest that reading novels could sharpen their insights, while four academics consider how the field might need to change
