By Siân Harris, published in Knowledge & Information Management Group
‘Fake news’ is threatening public discourse and, by extension, undermining trust in academic research. But the current atmosphere of suspicion highlights the need for critical thinking and research evaluation skills. Siân Harris, of INASP and Think. Check. Submit., shares some of the things she spoke about at a recent panel discussion on ‘academic publishing in the era of fake news’ at the London Book Fair in March.
Research is vital for innovation, governance, healthcare – ensuring people have the food they need, that medicines are developed appropriately and that policies are scrutinized properly. But, if we can’t trust the method by which research is disseminated, then we don’t know that we can trust the research itself.
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