Paul Nightingale
Biographic Data
| ID | 197570 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Nightingale |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Nightingale |
| SIGNATURE | NIGHTINGALE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4155-0880 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Estimation of disciplinary similarity with large language models
The parameter that captures the similarity among disciplinary categories is a key quantity of many measures of interdisciplinarity. This study evaluates the feasibility of using large language models to estimate this parameter rather than using traditional methods based on citational networks among disciplines. An experimental procedure tested the precision, agreement, resilience, robustness, and explainability of estimates from OpenAI’s ChatGPT,…
Covid-19 lending support and regional levelling up: Evidence from UK loan guarantee schemes
The economic consequences of COVID-19 were severe with restricted economic activity generating a liquidity crisis for many firms. To address the systemic impact of this liquidity shock, governments around the world rapidly introduced a range of loan guarantee schemes. In the UK, more than 1 million businesses accessed these schemes. Using a novel, comprehensive dataset, this paper explores the regional distribution of access to these schemes and …
As if by osmosis’: How Ofsted’s new deficit model emerged, fully formed, as cultural capital
This paper considers recent developments in English education policy as, confirming promises made in the 2016 White Paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere, schools are now to concentrate on the realisation of a knowledge-based curriculum, one that allows all students to ‘acquire’ cultural capital. First, the remodelling of Bourdieu’s concept, designed to explain class privilege, means that the cultural capital is now a mechanism for disciplinin…
Did Gove read Bernstein? On revisiting ‘Education cannot compensate for society’
Education researchers continue to cite Bernstein’s ‘Education cannot compensate for society’, while Bernstein’s own focus on ‘in-school processes’ was echoed by Michael Gove’s insistence that there are ‘no excuses’ for low working-class achievement in schools. Bernstein’s ideas illuminate the relationship, within education policy, of neo-liberalism to the social democracy Bernstein originally targeted. Moreover, as indicated by the manifesto for …
Schumpeter’s theological roots? Harnack and the origins of creative destruction
Muppets and gazelles: Political and methodological biases in entrepreneurship research
Despite an almost universally accepted belief outside academia that entrepreneurial activity is a positive driving force in the economy, the accumulated evidence remains largely inconclusive. This article positions the increased interest in entrepreneurship since the 1980s within its historical context and highlights the significant methodological problems with its analysis. Taking these problems into account it reevaluates the performance of ent…
How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinary research: A comparison between Innovation Studies and Business & Management
Vaccine innovation, translational research and the management of knowledge accumulation
A Level English Literature: Learning and Assessment
This paper reports on aspects of an in‐depth interview study in which students, preparing for degree courses in English literature, discussed their experiences of the subject at A level. Interview data will complement the results of a series of survey studies in this field; and analysis of interview data will explore the way assessment criteria shape learning paradigms, which I define as the set of assumptions and practices that construct any sub…
Muppets and gazelles: Political and methodological biases in entrepreneurship research
Despite an almost universally accepted belief outside academia that entrepreneurial activity is a positive driving force in the economy, the accumulated evidence remains largely inconclusive. This article positions the increased interest in entrepreneurship since the 1980s within its historical context and highlights the significant methodological problems with its analysis. Taking these problems into account it reevaluates the performance of ent…
As if by osmosis’: How Ofsted’s new deficit model emerged, fully formed, as cultural capital
This paper considers recent developments in English education policy as, confirming promises made in the 2016 White Paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere, schools are now to concentrate on the realisation of a knowledge-based curriculum, one that allows all students to ‘acquire’ cultural capital. First, the remodelling of Bourdieu’s concept, designed to explain class privilege, means that the cultural capital is now a mechanism for disciplinin…
Vaccine innovation, translational research and the management of knowledge accumulation
A Level English Literature: Learning and Assessment
This paper reports on aspects of an in‐depth interview study in which students, preparing for degree courses in English literature, discussed their experiences of the subject at A level. Interview data will complement the results of a series of survey studies in this field; and analysis of interview data will explore the way assessment criteria shape learning paradigms, which I define as the set of assumptions and practices that construct any sub…
How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinary research: A comparison between Innovation Studies and Business & Management
Vaccine innovation, translational research and the management of knowledge accumulation
Muppets and gazelles: Political and methodological biases in entrepreneurship research
Despite an almost universally accepted belief outside academia that entrepreneurial activity is a positive driving force in the economy, the accumulated evidence remains largely inconclusive. This article positions the increased interest in entrepreneurship since the 1980s within its historical context and highlights the significant methodological problems with its analysis. Taking these problems into account it reevaluates the performance of ent…
Schumpeter’s theological roots? Harnack and the origins of creative destruction
Did Gove read Bernstein? On revisiting ‘Education cannot compensate for society’
Education researchers continue to cite Bernstein’s ‘Education cannot compensate for society’, while Bernstein’s own focus on ‘in-school processes’ was echoed by Michael Gove’s insistence that there are ‘no excuses’ for low working-class achievement in schools. Bernstein’s ideas illuminate the relationship, within education policy, of neo-liberalism to the social democracy Bernstein originally targeted. Moreover, as indicated by the manifesto for …
As if by osmosis’: How Ofsted’s new deficit model emerged, fully formed, as cultural capital
This paper considers recent developments in English education policy as, confirming promises made in the 2016 White Paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere, schools are now to concentrate on the realisation of a knowledge-based curriculum, one that allows all students to ‘acquire’ cultural capital. First, the remodelling of Bourdieu’s concept, designed to explain class privilege, means that the cultural capital is now a mechanism for disciplinin…
Covid-19 lending support and regional levelling up: Evidence from UK loan guarantee schemes
The economic consequences of COVID-19 were severe with restricted economic activity generating a liquidity crisis for many firms. To address the systemic impact of this liquidity shock, governments around the world rapidly introduced a range of loan guarantee schemes. In the UK, more than 1 million businesses accessed these schemes. Using a novel, comprehensive dataset, this paper explores the regional distribution of access to these schemes and …
Estimation of disciplinary similarity with large language models
The parameter that captures the similarity among disciplinary categories is a key quantity of many measures of interdisciplinarity. This study evaluates the feasibility of using large language models to estimate this parameter rather than using traditional methods based on citational networks among disciplines. An experimental procedure tested the precision, agreement, resilience, robustness, and explainability of estimates from OpenAI’s ChatGPT,…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Business (2 works) · Data science (2 works) · Discipline (2 works) · Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)