What’s the point of a blogging academic?

This question as well as issues about the nature of academic impact were raised and discussed at a recent major national conference on “Investigating Academic Impact” held at the LSE in June. The presentations, podcasts and photos from the event are now available online.

Prof. Patrick Dunleavy’s presentation on the definition of impact and the different ways in which academic work interfaces with and is used by non-academic stakeholders is interesting and informative. For a more light-hearted angle, try Prof. Stephen Curry’s presentation on Blogging for Impact. Dunleavy and Gilston followed up on this in the afternoon session on Improving Academic Communication, including some tips on how to blog and the power of promoting your research through blogging and other forms of social media.