The peer review system of publishing in academic journals is broken. Here’s how to fix it

The current system can be slow, opaque and cliquey, and it runs on volunteer labour from already overworked academics.

Kelly-Ann Allen, The Conversation

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Jonathan Reardon, The Conversation

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Joseph Crawford, The Conversation

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Lucas Walsh, The Conversation

· Jul 26, 2022 · 11:30 pm

New Zealand police say safety plans in place after Hindutva threats to professor

Mohan Dutta, the dean’s chair of communication at the Massey University, had published a paper on ‘Islamophobic elements’ in the Hindutva ideology.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 27, 2021 · 03:11 pm

‘Reinstate works of Dalit writers, Mahasweta Devi’: Activists, academicians write to DU

Last month, the Delhi University had dropped works of the three writers from its syllabus.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 14, 2021 · 04:02 pm

Academicians, writers ask DU to restore works of Dalit writers, Mahasweta Devi

The decision to remove the works from the English course was a ‘shocking display of prejudice’, the group said.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 06, 2021 · 10:21 pm

DU syllabus row: Courses should have materials that don’t hurt sentiments, says university

The institution faced heavy criticism for dropping the works of Tamil Dalit writers Bama and Sukirtharani and Bengali author Mahasweta Devi from its course.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 27, 2021 · 02:59 pm

Delhi University drops Dalit writers, Mahasweta Devi’s works from English course

As many as 15 members of the university’s Academic Council have submitted a dissent note for removing the writings.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 25, 2021 · 09:40 pm

Kerala professor’s ordeal is a reminder that the autonomy of the classroom must be protected

Classrooms are not public platforms. Everything is subject to debate and revision. Outsiders who not aware of the rules should not be allowed to disrupt them.

Apoorvanand

· Jun 13, 2021 · 07:30 am

Safe space or shirking accountability? A new journal will allow academics to write under pseudonyms

Welcome to the ‘Journal of Controversial Ideas’, a space for unpopular views.

Patrick Stokes, The Conversation

· May 06, 2021 · 07:49 pm

India is pushing to promote open-access academic journals, but quality concerns remain a challenge

Journals face hurdles on the path to free-flowing knowledge.

Fatima Arkin

· Oct 09, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Centre postpones seminar on religious pluralism at JNU citing papers on tribal practices: The Wire

SR Bhatt, who heads the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, claimed the papers had no ‘conceptual clarity’.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 09, 2018 · 04:19 pm

An (imaginary) opening lecture on Chetan Bhagat’s ‘Five Point Someone’ at a Delhi University college

Why so serious, Eng Lit students and professors?

Devapriya Roy

· Apr 27, 2017 · 08:30 am

Why language is not everything that Noam Chomsky said it is

I took on Noam Chomsky’s ideas about language and unleashed a decade of debate and ridicule. But is my argument wrong?

Daniel Everett

· Jan 23, 2017 · 07:30 pm