Josh Booth

Josh Booth is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. His research examines the value and purpose of social scientific research and its place in both advancing and critiquing the role of the university. He's currently writing about the history of academic publishing and different conceptions of ownership and evaluation in academia. He blogs here, and tweets from @joshnwbooth. His academic work can be followed here.

Kickstarting taxation

The Starbucks and Googles of this world will always find tax loopholes. We need to link taxation once again to civic virtue and demonstratable social impact. We'll get them on the spirit of the law, not the letter.

By Josh Booth

/ 3 May 2013

Yale, Singapore and the power of a university

The recent announcement of the president of Yale University to the effect that he will step down from his office next June, allegedly because of tension about the new Yale-branded college in Singapore, was a small tsunami in the world of academia – and raised a broader question: what role do unive

By Josh Booth

/ 4 Oct 2012