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Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out

Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out

For the first time in history, a single language dominates global scientific communication. But the actual production of knowledge continues to be a multilingual enterprise. The use of English as the norm poses challenges for scholars from regions where English is not widely spoken. They must decide whether to publish in English for global visibility, […] … learn more→

ChatGPT: our study shows AI can produce academic papers good enough for journals – just as some ban it

ChatGPT: our study shows AI can produce academic papers good enough for journals – just as some ban it

Some of the world’s biggest academic journal publishers have banned or curbed their authors from using the advanced chatbot, ChatGPT. Because the bot uses information from the internet to produce highly readable answers to questions, the publishers are worried that inaccurate or plagiarised work could enter the pages of academic literature. Several researchers have already listed the […] … learn more→

Printed journalism may be dying, but books still have a future

The cultural transformation brought about by digital convergence and networked communication has been dizzying, and, for many, disorienting. None of the old certainties – political, corporate, economic – seems to hold, and the future – including the future of writing – is thrown into doubt. In this strange new world, white is the new black, […] … learn more→

Making Cities Work

How do you plan for a Chinese coastal city expected to expand sixty-fold, from 500,000 people to 30 million in 15 years? How do you accommodate its increasing population with rising sea levels? … learn more→

Lund University Research for the Future

Lund University is highly ranked in many international comparisons of higher education and has been consistently placed in the world’s top 100 universities in recent years. Lund University is the highest placed comprehensive university in Scandinavia, according to the Times Higher Education 2010 rankings … learn more→