Volume 40 Issue 1 (2024)
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Data Cartels: the Companies that Control and Monopolize our Information, Sarah Lamdan
In Data Cartels, Sarah Lamdan addresses the power of a few corporations over information in several domains. Her analysis is directly relevant to the experience of Prometheus with its previous publisher, Taylor &…
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Whistleblowing in Medicine
The editorial in the last issue of Prometheus discussed retractions and announced that 40,000 journal papers a year were now being retracted according to the Retraction Watch blog. Ivan Oransky, its editor, has been…
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An analysis of the UK’s commercial stem cell clinics
Commercial stem cell clinics in the UK are offering therapies of unproven efficacy that have the potential to cause harm. Marketing information used to advertise the therapies is often misleading…
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Wit and wisdom: using computational humor to communicate about Economics
This paper explores the potential of large language models to enhance economics education through computational humor. We employ OpenAI’s GPT-4 model to infuse humor into sum – maries of three…
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Why university social responsibility initiatives can backfire and what to do about it
Well-intentioned university social responsibility (USR) initiatives are increasingly being implemented in higher education organizations. Nevertheless, these initiatives can sometimes backfire and undermine USR goals. We explore four mechanisms for this…
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Anthony Elliott, Algorithmic Intimacy – the Digital Revolution in Personal Relationship
Many years ago, at the dawn of the digital revolution, I was invited to take part in one of the first public debates about the impact of mobile phones on…
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Special issue – call for papers
Reimagining the Critical in Innovation Studies This special issue, ‘Reimagining the Critical in Innovation Studies’, seeks to spur a discussion on the history, present and future of critical innovation studies.…