Category Archives: Publishing

Three useful pieces of writing and other academic advice

Posted on March 9, 2017 by stuartelden

‘How to make writing in the humanities less lonely‘ – Times Higher Education ‘The No-Fail Secret to Writing a Dissertation‘ – Chronicle Vitae ‘Impostor Syndrome Is Definitely a Thing‘ – The Chronicle of Higher Education   There are lots more collected at Writing and … Continue reading →

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Interview with Philippe Bonditti on Foucault and the Modern International

Posted on March 7, 2017 by stuartelden

Interview with Philippe Bonditti, one of the co-editors of the new book Foucault and the Modern International. Silences and Legacies for the Study of World Politics published in the CERI Sciences Po Series on International Relations and Political Economy, Palgrave MacMillan, 2017. … Continue reading →

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Cite Specific: Analyzing Endnotes to Teach Historical Methods

Posted on February 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Cite Specific: Analyzing Endnotes to Teach Historical Methods – an interesting exercise by Roxanne Panchasi. It all started with a desire to have a different kind of conversation with my students about citation, one that wouldn’t be consumed by the details of … Continue reading →

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The Challenges of Research Assessment – report on the REF 2014

Posted on February 27, 2017 by stuartelden

‘The Challenges of Research Assessment‘ – report on the REF 2014. News report in the THE here.  

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Christopher Watkins on research strategies and writing

Posted on February 20, 2017 by stuartelden

From Christopher Watkins – a series of useful posts on research strategies and writing, designed for undergraduate, Masters and PhD students, but likely to be of interest beyond that too. In this series I share some of the research hacks … Continue reading →

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Editorial from the relaunched Environment & Planning B: Urban Analytics & City Science

Posted on February 15, 2017 by stuartelden

After Environment and Planning C’s relaunch as Politics and Space, now Environment and Planning B has a new subtitle. Read Mike Batty’s editorial on the change here.

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Jo VanEvery – A Scholarly Writing Guide

Posted on February 13, 2017 by stuartelden

In the many posts on this site on writing and publishing, I’ve sometimes mentioned the name of Jo VanEvery, whose blog/website is a very valuable resource. She now has a short e-book available, A Scholarly Writing Guide – go here to see … Continue reading →

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Adam Kotsko on work, productivity and overwork

Posted on February 13, 2017 by stuartelden

Adam Kotsko reflects on work, productivity and overwork in a post entitled ‘Workohol‘ at An und für sich. This resonated with me given the multiple projects I have running in parallel at the moment. Almost all of these are books … Continue reading →

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The importance of being REF-able: academic writing under pressure from a culture of counting at the LSE blog

Posted on February 12, 2017 by stuartelden

The importance of being REF-able: academic writing under pressure from a culture of counting at the LSE blog. Some interesting discussion, not least because it puts the emphasis on the (perceived) quality of publications, not the absolute quantity.  

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Environment and Planning C relaunched as ‘Politics and Space’ – new manifesto

Posted on January 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Society and Space is part of the Environment and Planning family of journals, now published by Sage. Environment and Planning C – formerly ‘Government and Policy’ is being relaunched as ‘Politics and Space’. New editors Patrica Daley, Eugene McCann, Alison Mountz and Joe Painter have … Continue reading →

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