The Invention of Creativity: Modern Society and the Culture of the New, by Andreas Reckwitz
In the aesthetic economy, all individuals and cities can be branded producers, Andrew Blake learns
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The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class, by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
The author’s case that America’s richest are shifting to inconspicuous consumption is underpinned by many statistics, but Danny Dorling says they can be read other ways
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Invisibly Blighted: The Digital Erosion of Childhood, by Sandra Leaton Gray and Andy Phippen
From sexting to iris scans at school, a study eyes tech risks and responsibilities, says Lydia Plowman
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Hard-Boiled Hollywood: Crime and Punishment in Postwar Los Angeles, by Jon Lewis
Richard Williams on a study of Tinseltown, a place where dreams and death, success and tragedy, and fantasy and reality collide
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Jean-Lou Chameau: the leader with the Midas touch
Ellie Bothwell talks with the KAUST president about effective leadership, securing funding and the importance of keeping the local public onside
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Debt fears deter poorest from applying to university, study says
While participation has continued to grow under £9,000 fee regime, researchers argue efforts to widen access would be helped by abolition of fees
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The week in higher education – 1 June 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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A net tuition bill should land a bigger catch
A student funding system in Ontario that brings together sources of financial help will be watched closely by other provinces seeking to increase access, says Glen Jones
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Profit must not pervert education
Purdue University’s controversial acquisition of Kaplan University reflects the failure of for-profit education. But, under Trump, it may have an unwelcome resurgence, warns Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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The art of hiring female leaders
Higher education could learn a lot from the arts sector about recruiting senior women. Part-time roles and job-shares could be game-changers, says Joanna Read
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Swedish academia is no meritocracy
Unadvertised positions and favouritism 'commonplaces in Swedish academic hiring'
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New and noteworthy – 1 June 2017
Financial gain with Jain; Europe’s challenge; demographic engineering in the Middle East; and our many millions of microscopic family members
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Backpack Ambassadors: How Youth Travel Integrated Europe, by Richard Ivan Jobs
Book of the week: Richard Larschan traces the steps of the young tourists who forged a borderless post-war identity
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Of monsters and mentors: PhD disasters, and how to avoid them
Despite all that’s been done to improve doctoral study, horror stories keep coming. Here three students relate PhD nightmares while two academics advise on how to ensure a successful supervision
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What are you reading? – 1 June 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers