At HASTAC: #OpenAccess Is Not Just for Christmas

10/12/201310/12/2013 ~ Ernesto Priego

A post inspired by "How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science", an opinion piece at the Guardian by Professor Randy Sheckman, 2013 Nobel prize winner in physiology or medicine.

Twitter for Engagement with Research. A Survey.

03/12/2013 ~ Ernesto Priego

We've been conducting a quick (really!) survey on using Twitter for engagement with research.

The Web in Practice: Blogging at City University

08/11/2013 ~ Ernesto Priego

I have a blog hosted at City where I try to post updates about what we are doing in the course. In my latest post there I announce I have set up a new practice blog that only students and I can access, so they can practice without the anxieties of publicness.

SpotOn London 2013: Interdisciplinary research: what can scientists, humanists and social scientists learn from each other?

30/10/201308/11/2013 ~ Ernesto Priego

This year’s SpotOn London conference will take place at the British Library. I'll be participating in a workshop on science and HSS collaboration on Friday 8 November 2013.

Open Access Futures in the Humanities and Social Sciences; The Conversation

24/10/201324/10/2013 ~ Ernesto Priego

Today I'm attending the Open Access Futures in the Humanities and Social Sciences event at Senate House, University of London. Last night The Conversation UK published a piece by me in their "Hard Evidence" section, which they titled "Is open access working?".

At the LSE Impact Blog: Towards Fairer Access to Research

21/10/201321/10/2013 ~ Ernesto Priego

My piece “Open Access: Towards Fairer Access to Research” is up on the Impact of Social Sciences blog. It will also appear in the eCollection in for the Open Access Futures in the Humanities and Social Sciences conference on Thursday 24 October 2013 in Senate House, University of London. Printed copies will be available as well as electronic versions then.

At the LSE Impact Blog: “Predatory journals and defective peer review are general academic problems, not just open access problems.”

07/10/201307/10/2013 ~ Ernesto Priego

The LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog published my rebuttal of that Science magazine article on predatory journals.

At The Comics Grid Blog: Who’s Afraid of Open Access?

05/10/2013 ~ Ernesto Priego

Yesterday I published my response to the recent article on Science Magazine titled “Who’s Afraid of Peer Review?”, on The Comics Grid blog.

At HASTAC: Where do we go from here? A comment on ‘building’ in the digital humanities

03/10/201303/10/2013 ~ Ernesto Priego

A comment on 'building' and the critique of "discursive formations" in the digital humanities.

Blogging at City: New Term, New Academic Year…

30/09/201330/09/2013 ~ Ernesto Priego

I have set up a blog at City blogs. It's at http://blogs.city.ac.uk/epriego/. There I will keep track of my academic and extra-curricular activities and I will also use it to share ideas and references relevant to the courses I lead or participate in at City University London.

72nd World Science Fiction Convention: Diversity in Speculative Fiction: Digital Comics Panel (Call for Papers)

18/09/201318/09/2013 ~ Ernesto Priego

Yesterday I posted on the Comics Grid blog a call for papers for a digital comics panel to take place within the Academic Programme of Loncon 3, 72nd World Science Fiction Convention.