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Articles by Matthew Flinders
The 2029 Research Excellence Framework aims to assess ¡®how institutions and disciplines contribute to healthy, dynamic and inclusive research environments¡¯. But will panellists and university managers really move away from a focus on prestigious journal papers, asks Matthew Flinders
The new REF rules allow greater scope to aim for the (four) stars. But who will embrace the risk of crashing to Earth, asks Matthew Flinders
Low-key bridge-building exercises can initiate relationships with civil servants, parliamentary clerks and regulatory officials, says Matthew Flinders
The mature student specialist¡¯s renowned politics department could become part of the solution rather than the problem, says Matthew Flinders
More systematic work is required to learn the lessons of efforts to generate policy impact, says Matthew Flinders
Pursuing research relevance is important, but the risk is that it becomes a form of deference, co-option and control, says Matthew Flinders
Studying institutional success stories is socially useful and has nothing to do with selling out, say Matthew Flinders and Paul ¡¯t Hart
Social scientists have an opportunity to advise on reorienting the traditional public inquiry towards focused lesson-learning, says Matthew Flinders
Those who blur the lines between academic and professional staff are the connective tissue in the research ecosystem, say Matthew Flinders and Sarah Chaytor
Matthew Flinders finds the solutions offered in an ambitious analysis of American discontent less than impressive
Today is World Mental Health Day, and Matthew Flinders argues that although changes in individual behaviour can help, systemic change is really needed to ease the mental health burden on academics
An oft-overlooked component of the research process is that simple little thing called leadership, says Matthew Flinders
The UK¡¯s structures for supporting and nurturing research leaders are woefully underdeveloped, says Matthew Flinders
In an age of vast team-science projects, it is more important than ever that leaders be properly prepared, says Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders thinks this mythical mammalian hybrid could serve as a guide through a complex higher education funding landscape
On World Mental Health Day, Matthew Flinders calls for more open discussions about mental health struggles and their modern-day provocations
Asking social scientists to demonstrate academic impact ignores the messy reality of political lobbying, says Matthew Flinders
A critical and questioning intellectual community of social scientists is a core component of a confident and flourishing democracy, but can academic critique go too far? asks Matt Flinders
