Category Archives: Research discussion
AI, intelligence, power and wealth
AI worries many people; perhaps unnecessarily. We are suspicious, fearing that something that is intelligent might seek to exert power and enslave or otherwise dominate us. Where does this fear come from? Wealth is often a symbol of success. It … Continue reading
What are editors and publishers for?
A recent posting on CNBR, an email list for our research community, raised the question of copyright in academic journal papers. The take-home message was that Princeton University was implementing a policy that forbids its academics from handing over all … Continue reading
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Research or journalism?
If someone purporting to be carrying out research interviews some people, then summarizes the main points along with some choice quotations, I wonder if we would say that it was not really research at all, but journalism? I find it … Continue reading
The Mind-Reading Salmon: The True Meaning of Statistical Significance: Scientific American
The Mind-Reading Salmon: The True Meaning of Statistical Significance: Scientific American. Should we worry that so many of the research results published in Construction Management and Economics are justified on the basis of statistical significance?
Research students’ reading clubs
Here is a suggestion for you, wherever you happen to work. Using papers that are available for free download, why not form a research students reading club in your Department/School or Faculty? You could download a paper, all of you read … Continue reading
Theoretical insights?
One thing that really worries me is the sheer quantity of work reported in conferences and journals in our area that appears to be devoid of a theoretical perspective. If we cannot generate theoretical insights from our research, then why … Continue reading
Management and Economics in Construction 