Let’s resolve to ditch the redundant neologisms What kind of experience isn’t lived? Are all systems really ecosystems? Why do we keep inventing pointless new jargon, asks Ron Iphofen By Ron Iphofen 30 December
So you want a chair for Christmas. Are you sure? A professorship comes with prestige, but appointments are opaque and there are other rewarding ways to cap off an academic career, says Ron Iphofen By Ron Iphofen 20 December
A new code is no weapon against excessive self-citation In the absence of agreed definitions and rigorous enforcement, good practice will continue to depend on personal responsibility, says Ron Iphofen By Ron Iphofen 16 June
To be an effective policy guide, science must be transparent The halting of trials for a coronavirus treatment following the publication of dubious data highlights the perils of opacity, says Ron Iphofen By Ron Iphofen 4 August
Ethical review should apply to non-academic research, too It is unfair and dangerous that, unlike academics, researchers in the private sector operate with no ethical oversight, says Ron Iphofen By Ron Iphofen 17 September
The Facebook scandal won’t end the infuriating allure of academic social media Constant emails from the likes of Academia.edu and ResearchGate keep Ron Iphofen in a state of anxiety over what he may be missing By Ron Iphofen 5 April
What lurks in ageing academics’ unvisited personal archives? As he bins decades-old lecture notes, Ron Iphofen wonders what unused but undiscarded relics populate scholars’ shelves, discs and drives By Ron Iphofen 11 August
Safety is more important than privacy It’s time to use technology to detect potential threats and worry less about outdated ideas of privacy, says Ron Iphofen By Ron Iphofen 28 April
Getting your citations in order Who loses out when a scholar fails to acknowledge earlier related work? Ron Iphofen on the evergreen virtues of desk research By Ron Iphofen 14 January
NSA spirit? Ron Iphofen on monitoring university staff emails Ron Iphofen considers the policies, realities and ethical implications of monitoring university employees’ emails By Ron Iphofen 5 September
Subject to contract Both supervisor and postgrad know where they stand if there's an agreement in place, says Ron Iphofen By Ron Iphofen 9 November
