The Grumpy Old Academic is a personal opinion blog focusing on issues in research dissemination, especially in applied linguistics, the field in which I do most of my research. As I approach the end of my career and look back on the changes in the last 30 years, it’s a mixed bag. But as a grumpy old academic, I feel obliged to engage in nostalgia and highlight what we’ve lost and what used to be better in the glory days of my early research career, always hoping that my reminiscences provoke debate.
Blog 1: Redressing the power imbalance between journals and reviewers
Blog 3: All that glisters is not Gold OA
Blog 4: People know the price of everything and the value of nothing
Blog 6: Has research ethics become unethical?
Blog 7: The silence of the editors
Blog 8: Nice analysis – shame about the data
Blog 9: The blind judging the blind
Blog 10: Is honesty the best policy?
Blog 11: Breaking the ivory tower
Blog 12: It’s all about appearance
Blog 13: Brave new academic world
Blog 14: Braver new academic world
Blog 15: Bravest new academic world