Matthew Flinders

Low-key bridge-building exercises can initiate relationships with civil servants, parliamentary clerks and regulatory officials, says Matthew Flinders

More systematic work is required to learn the lessons of efforts to generate policy impact, says Matthew Flinders

Studying institutional success stories is socially useful and has nothing to do with selling out, say Matthew Flinders and Paul ’t Hart

Those who blur the lines between academic and professional staff are the connective tissue in the research ecosystem, say Matthew Flinders and Sarah Chaytor

Today is World Mental Health Day, and Matthew Flinders argues that although changes in individual behaviour can help, systemic change is really needed to ease the mental health burden on academics

The UK’s structures for supporting and nurturing research leaders are woefully underdeveloped, says Matthew Flinders

Matthew Flinders thinks this mythical mammalian hybrid could serve as a guide through a complex higher education funding landscape

Asking social scientists to demonstrate academic impact ignores the messy reality of political lobbying, says Matthew Flinders