Trust in Science Declined Worldwide After 2020 Peak
A survey of more than 140,000 people across 140 countries found confidence in science sliding since its pandemic-era high.
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How the US Mid-term Elections Could Shake Up Science
A Democratic victory in Congress could halt the Trump administrationâs controversial grant-review plan and curb some of its funding actions.
Parliament ECF Compromise Keeps Research Programming in Horizon Europe
The committee deal on the European Competitiveness Fund changes the draft report but maintains tight links to Horizon Europe
Parliament Rapporteurs Release agreement on Next Horizon Europe
The compromise text outlines how ‘experts’ would help set priorities for collaborative research
Decoding Funded Research: Comparative Analysis of Topic Models and Uncovering the Effect of Gender and Geographic Location
Decoding Funded Research: Comparative Analysis of Topic Models and Uncovering the Effect of Gender and Geographic Location
The study applies alternative topic-modelling approaches to funded research and examines how gender and geographical location relate to funding patterns.
Funding Radar: €40M to Help Universities Innovate
The EIT has opened a new call for its Higher Education Initiative, giving university consortia money to improve their deep-tech innovation capacity.
These Three Red Flags Could Unmask Dodgy Journals
As poor publishing practices proliferate, scholarly databases are under pressure to ensure the titles they list are reputable.
Afterlives, Endy Moments and Entangled Temporalities - How to End Participatory Research Projects Better
Afterlives, Endy Moments and Entangled Temporalities - How to End Participatory Research Projects Better
By their nature, participatory research projects rarely just come to an end. Are there ways in which all in involved can find closure?
How Tech Billionaires Are Disrupting Biomedical Science
Money from the world’s increasingly prosperous technology entrepreneurs has been flooding into biomedical research. Is it changing how science is done?
Can maths survive AI? Fields medallist Terence Tao calls for a ‘Maths 2.0’ world
Can maths survive AI? Fields medallist Terence Tao calls for a ‘Maths 2.0’ world
As machines race ahead in solving problems, mathematicians must establish a new era that prizes human understanding over simply publishing more solutions.
Commission Announces Plan for Polar Hub to Step Up Research Coordination
Commission Announces Plan for Polar Hub to Step Up Research Coordination
The European Commission plans to develop an EU polar research hub to strengthen coordination and improve the alignment between science and policy.
Sixth GESDA summit in Geneva: anticipating scientific advances strengthens international cooperation
Sixth GESDA summit in Geneva: anticipating scientific advances strengthens international cooperation
Over 1,000 representatives from the private sector, philanthropy, science, diplomacy and politics discussed the implications of future scientific and technological breakthroughs.
Data Corner: Number of collaborative grants falls sharply in Horizon Europe
Data Corner: Number of collaborative grants falls sharply in Horizon Europe
Funding is becoming more concentrated, with increasingly large grants going to fewer projects.
Causal Overclaiming is Common, Rising over Time, and Difficult to Avoid
Causal Overclaiming is Common, Rising over Time, and Difficult to Avoid
Academic scholarship is meant to proportion claims to evidence, yet scholars can and do oversell their findings. Is it possible for authors and journals change?
Some Australian Research Funding is Now a Lottery. And That's Actually Good News
Some Australian Research Funding is Now a Lottery. And That's Actually Good News
Leaving some funding decisions up to luck can save everybody time and effort - and help understand what the funding actually does.
Parliament Rapporteurs Reach a Deal on the Next Horizon Europe
MEPs call the agreement “the first important milestone” in the negotiations, with a committee vote scheduled for November 10.
Universities Can't Leave LGBTQ+ Researchers to Manage the Backlash Alone
Universities Can't Leave LGBTQ+ Researchers to Manage the Backlash Alone
Institutions need to take responsibility for colleagues doing politicised research.
Academics Have a Duty to Defend Open Knowledge Systems Like Wikipedia
Academics Have a Duty to Defend Open Knowledge Systems Like Wikipedia
Wikipedia faces existential challenges from generative AI companies. Do researchers and teachers in higher education have an ethical duty to defend it?
Citizens’ Assemblies Propose Ambitious Climate Policy but Impacts Remain Limited
Citizens’ Assemblies Propose Ambitious Climate Policy but Impacts Remain Limited
This study finds that, although deliberative citizen assemblies proposed more ambitious recommendations than existing climate policy, these recommendations rarely translated into actual policy decisions.
Investing in integrity
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From Publication to Action: Connecting Science, Policy, and Public Attention for Ocean-related Climate Mitigation
From Publication to Action: Connecting Science, Policy, and Public Attention for Ocean-related Climate Mitigation
Through a narrative analysis of three case studies, this paper identifies that at a global scale, coordinated and well-designed policy with decisive implementation is key for catalysing step-changes in Ocean-related options progress.
PhD Students Who Write Dissertation with AI Less Likely to Stay in Academia
PhD Students Who Write Dissertation with AI Less Likely to Stay in Academia
US PhD graduates who used artificial intelligence were more likely to work in industry.
On Being a Scientist in a Disrupted Research Landscape
A new publication aims to train young scientists to act responsibly and ethically, be good stewards of public funding and trust, and navigate the broader responsibilities that come with being a scientist in this rapidly shifting landscape.
Citation Accuracy, Citation Noise, and Citation Bias: A Foundation of Citation Analysis
Citation Accuracy, Citation Noise, and Citation Bias: A Foundation of Citation Analysis
Citation analysis is widely used in research evaluation to assess the impact of scientific papers. These analyses rest on the assumption that citation decisions by authors are accurate, representing the flow of knowledge from cited to citing papers. However, in practice, researchers often cite for reasons that are not related to the fact that there has been (intellectual) input from previous papers.
Is the EU Research Budget Actually Increasing?
The Irish presidency says its negotiating position gives a boost to research. MEPs and universities disagree. We unpack the figures on each side.
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