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Want Your Research to Have an Impact on Policy? Know Your Audience
Want Your Research to Have an Impact on Policy? Know Your Audience
Politicians are novices by design, so tailoring your communications with them gives you the best chance of cutting through.
The Importance of Science Diplomacy During Difficult Times
If the vaunted features of science that are used rhetorically to promote and justify its status as an aid to international affairs are truly valued, it would be precisely in the most trying circumstances that science diplomacy should remain a viable alternative.
Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society
The Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of scientific advice to modern policymaking. But how can the use of expertise in politics be aligned with the needs and values of the public?
Managing Academic Performance by Optimal Resource Allocation - Scientometrics
This paper develops and studies a complex data-driven framework for human resource management enabling (i) academic talent recognition, (ii) researcher performance measurement, and (iii) renewable resource allocation maximizing the total output of a research unit.
Biden Bids Again to Boost Science Spending - but Faces Long Odds
The US president wants huge increases for clean energy and public health, but a divided Congress might not go along with the plan.
The Subtle Art of Scientific Diplomacy
Switzerland and the UK play an important role in scientific projects that bring countries together.
Scientists Must Be Free to Communicate Without Politicians' Spin
Whether it's about COVID or badger culls, the science can be unclear. But the public must hear about it from the researchers, not from government press officers.
Community science rides the escalator of public engagement
Too often, science public communication programmes are didactic in nature. To help generate genuine engagement, the EU-funded DITOs project launched two-way discussions to inspire the public and influence policy.
Social-Media Reform is Flying Blind
Redesigning social media to improve society requires a new platform for research.
EU and US Come to 'Agreement in Principle' on Data Flows
The EU and US have reached an agreement in principle on facilitating data flows, including research data, across the Atlantic. Steady data sharing has been hampered since the EU's Court of Justice struck down the old rules due to concerns about US government surveillance in July 2020.
How the Career Path to Principal Investigator is Narrowing
Lab leader roles are proving more elusive as trainees seek opportunities elsewhere, two studies find.
Scientists Fear Excluding Russia from Arctic Research Will Derail Climate Change Effort
UK Announces Russia Sanctions in Line with EU Measures
The UK has followed much of the rest of Europe and announced its own scientific sanctions against Russia, leaving the US, which has still not issued any centralised guidance, increasingly isolated in its inaction. After reviewing its Russian links, the UK has said its research and innovation funding organisations will not start any new projects with Russia. Payments to existing projects "with a Russian dimension" have been paused pending an assessment of which ones "benefit the Russian regime."
One-Way Masking Works
If you're vaccinated, boosted, and wearing an N95, you're protected-no matter what others are doing.
How and Why to Say 'no' to Colleagues and Collaborators
Sometimes it's best to refuse offers and focus on the right projects to benefit your career.
Global Vaccination Must Be Swifter
Speeding up development of new vaccines won't help much in the next pandemic, unless world leaders work faster to roll out vaccination globally.
New US Rules on Sharing Healthcare Research Data Are a Giant Leap for Open Science
New US Rules on Sharing Healthcare Research Data Are a Giant Leap for Open Science
In order to get funding from the National Institutes of Health, researchers now need a plan for sharing and managing their data.
The Societal Territory of Academic Disciplines: How Disciplines Matter to Society
The Societal Territory of Academic Disciplines: How Disciplines Matter to Society
This paper analyses the interrelations between academic disciplines and society beyond academia by the case of sociology in Norway.
Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl In Household Waste May Be Going Airborne
Municipal waste incinerators only report hazardous air pollutants-like dioxin, mercury, and lead-to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) every three years, and PFAS compounds are not yet listed in this category.
Chile's Archaeologists Fight to Save the World's Oldest Mummies from Climate Change
Chile's Archaeologists Fight to Save the World's Oldest Mummies from Climate Change
The desert graveyard where the ancient Chinchorro decorated and buried their dead is now a Unesco World Heritage site
Fraud and Peer Review
An interview that offers a discussion on the role of peer review in uncovering scientific fraud from the perspective of a historian of science.
Research Infrastructures Face Disruption Due to Association Deadlock
Research Infrastructures Face Disruption Due to Association Deadlock
When JET, the Joint European Torus, announced a breakthrough in the production of fusion energy in February, the celebrations could be heard across Europe. Although based in the UK, the project belongs to a much wider fusion research community.
The Marine Biologist Whose Photography Pastime Became a Profession
The Marine Biologist Whose Photography Pastime Became a Profession
Alexander Semenov is a marine biologist and head of the scientific diving team at the White Sea Biological Station of Moscow State University.
After Lockdown: A Metamorphosis by Bruno Latour (Book Review)
In After Lockdown: A Metamorphosis, Bruno Latour explores how the experience of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic has led us to better understand our connections with other living beings, in ways that might be conducive to confronting our climate crisis. This book will be of interest to anyone wanting to explore the philosophical meanings of lockdowns, Gaia theories and climate politics.
Do Octopuses Have Emotions?
They look so "alien," but octopuses feel and remember pain like we do. We can track their emotional reactions. But their deeper feelings are a mystery.
Recommendations for Discipline-Specific FAIRness Evaluation Derived from Applying an Ensemble of Evaluation Tools
Recommendations for Discipline-Specific FAIRness Evaluation Derived from Applying an Ensemble of Evaluation Tools
From a research data repositories’ perspective, offering research data management services in line with the FAIR principles is becoming increasingly important. However, there exists no globally established and trusted approach to evaluate FAIRness to date. This article applies five different available FAIRness evaluation approaches to selected data archived in the World Data Center for Climate (WDCC).