Share your Twitter top tips for a new ‘how-to’ guide for academics on the merits of academic tweeting

Are you an academic who uses Twitter? What do you Tweet about? Who are your Tweeps? Amy Mollett and the LSE Impact team are seeking your tips and advice on the merits of academic tweeting to include in a new ‘how-to’ guide for newcomers

How do we encourage diversity in academic calls for contributors?

A recent call for new LSE Review of Books contributors seemed to appeal mostly to groups already over-represented in academia, despite the intention of the call to reach reviewers of diverse gender and ethnic backgrounds. Once the call was updated to explicitly encourage a wider selection of candidates – without excluding any group – the gender and background of new candidates completely shifted. Amy Mollett, Managing Editor of LSE Review of Books, discusses why semantics matters in academic calls and why we need more diversity in academic debate

Capital in Hawaiian Sugar: Its Formation and Relation to Labor and Output, 1870-1957

The main object of this study is to trace the growth of capital on sugar plantations in Hawaii from 1870 to 1957. Capital growth is related to numbers of workers employed and to net output in order to obtain ratios of capital to output and capital to labor. The study ends with a short review of the financing of Hawaiian sugar. It concludes that the industry has been able to finance not only itself but to invest relatively large amounts in other domestic and foreign enterprises.The study on which this report is based is financed by Federal funds authorized under the Hatch Act (amended), and allocated to Project 369 of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Statio

Achieving a gender balance in contributors is not so hard: tips for editors and journalists

In some areas of online academic discussion and public debate, the under-representation of female voices continues to cause concern. As we enter 2013 and mark fifty years since second wave feminism, shouldn’t we have achieved a more healthy representation of women’s views and voices? Amy Mollett, Managing Editor of LSE Review of Books, discusses the steps that the team have taken to ensure near equal gender balance in their reviewers, and assures other editors and journalists that it can be done without too much fuss

Reading list: 4 amazing books on cycling, football, and sport in society

With the Wimbledon finals now played, the Tour de France heading to London today, and the 2014 World Cup happening this weekend, sport is a central part of summer for many. Here, LSE Review of Books managing editor Amy Mollett brings together a selection of books on the social, cultural, and historical aspects of sport

Book review: the rhetoric of pregnancy by Marika Seigel

In The Rhetoric of Pregnancy, Marika Seigel uses rhetorical analysis to deconstruct pregnancy manuals while also identifying ways to improve communication about pregnancy and healthcare. Amy Mollett recommends this read to students of sociology and gender studies, and for anyone interested in the construction of the pregnant body

Ten years on, how are universities using Twitter to engage with their communities? #LoveTwitter LSE Round-Up

Amy Mollett, Social Media Manager at the London School of Economics, rounds up how LSE currently uses Twitter for sharing research, interacting with students and alumni, and promoting events. She also looks at what the future of academic social media might look like. For #LoveTwitter day she digs into the altmetrics and shares the most tweeted about pieces of LSE research

Using Google Hangouts for Higher Education blogs and workshops

Much has been written about the ways that Twitter and Facebook can be used by academics and research groups as part of strategies to disseminate their work and increase their online visibility, but what else is out there? Google+ and its video chat service Google Hangouts offer enormous potential for academics and researchers to connect and collaborate, writes Amy Mollett as she shares some of the ways that LSE Review of Books plans to use this new social platform

Taking a leaf out of Poliakoff’s book: embracing new online platforms is necessary for the positive survival of academic impact and debate

A new set of academics are embracing YouTube and blogging sites to share their passion with the public and make an impact with their research. Here Amy Mollett looks at two academics who have made the headlines recently: Professor Martyn Poliakoff and his success with science videos, and Professor Conor Gearty and his project on human rights debate

Reading list: 5 fascinating books on climate change and low-carbon futures

This week President Barack Obama and the US Environmental Protection Agency are announcing new regulations requiring existing power plants to produce 30% less carbon pollution by the year 2030 than they were in 2005. Here, LSE Review of Books editor Amy Mollett brings together a selection of reviews on books covering some of the most important debates in the climate change literature