Ron Iphofen

A professorship comes with prestige, but appointments are opaque and there are other rewarding ways to cap off an academic career, says Ron Iphofen

20 December

In the absence of agreed definitions and rigorous enforcement, good practice will continue to depend on personal responsibility, says Ron Iphofen

16 June

The halting of trials for a coronavirus treatment following the publication of dubious data highlights the perils of opacity, says Ron Iphofen

4 August

It is unfair and dangerous that, unlike academics, researchers in the private sector operate with no ethical oversight, says Ron Iphofen

17 September

Constant emails from the likes of Academia.edu and ResearchGate keep Ron Iphofen in a state of anxiety over what he may be missing

5 April

As he bins decades-old lecture notes, Ron Iphofen wonders what unused but undiscarded relics populate scholars’ shelves, discs and drives

11 August

It’s time to use technology to detect potential threats and worry less about outdated ideas of privacy, says Ron Iphofen

28 April

Who loses out when a scholar fails to acknowledge earlier related work? Ron Iphofen on the evergreen virtues of desk research

14 January

Ron Iphofen considers the policies, realities and ethical implications of monitoring university employees’ emails

5 September

Both supervisor and postgrad know where they stand if there's an agreement in place, says Ron Iphofen

9 November

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