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276 – MOOC

17 December, 201422 May, 2020 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

A MOOC is a “Massive Open Online Course”. They are free to enrol in, and they are very popular, often attracting thousands of participants. I’ve

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Communication

275 – Grammar tip: hyphens

27 October, 20147 September, 2022 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

Many people, perhaps most, don’t know how to use hyphens with compound adjectives. It’s worth learning because the use or non-use of hyphens can make

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Communication, Environment, Natural resource management, Policy, Politics, Water

274 – Tokenistic policies

13 October, 201414 March, 2022 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

Many government actions are tokenistic. They are too small to really make a difference, but they are pursued anyway. Why do governments do this, and

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Behaviour, Economics, People, Research, Social issues

273 – Behaviour change comes in pairs

6 October, 20143 October, 2014 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

Some key factors that drive adoption of new practices come in pairs: one aspect related to the performance of the new practice, and one aspect

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Agriculture, Economics, Environment, Natural resource management, Policy

272 – Additionality

29 September, 201416 November, 2017 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

Additionality is an important criterion to consider when a funding agency is selecting which projects to support. It is relevant to many different types of

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Communication, Latest

271 – 10 years of blogging

2 September, 20144 September, 2014 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

I just noticed (a few months late) that it’s been 10 years since I started writing Pannell Discussions. Time for some reflections on the benefits

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