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The non-rivalness of scientific knowledge has traditionally underpinned its status as a public good. This publication models science as a contribution game in which spillovers differentially benefit contributors over non-contributors.
An interview with Professor Sydney Brenner, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2002.
Maybe the researchers deeply believed that their findings were true. But that is the problem. The more passionate scientists are about their work, the more susceptible they are to bias.
Some of the smartest thinkers on problems at home and around the world are university professors, but most of them just don't matter in today's great debates.
Scientists are not as secular as people think.
Universities are drowning in digital information. It's time senior leaders made openness – and its consequences – their concern.
Higher education needs to break down the barriers that block pathways to cross-subject study.
Mehr Schulen, mehr Abiturienten, mehr Lehrer und mehr Akademiker. Die Bildungsexpansion ist beispiellos. Fachleute streiten, wie lang sie weitergeht. Und wozu.
Times Higher Education rankings editor Phil Baty uncovers the secrets behind the California Institute of Technology's extraordinary global success
The EU's academic output is 20% higher than the US. This shouldn't really be a surprise given the EU's combined population of over 500m versus America's 300m. In fact, Europe produces a third of the world's research outputs and, like China, investment is being ramped up while UK and US investments are treading water.
„Eine gute Forschungsstätte räumt Hindernisse aus dem Weg," meint Jürgen Knoblich, stellvertretender Direktor des Instituts für Molekulare Biotechnologie (IMBA) des ÖAW.
The number of female students considering university courses in STEM subjects has seen a bigger increase over the last seven years than for male students, according to new research.
A biennial volume providing a broad base of quantitative information on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise.
New research from the London School of Economics and Political Science shows that universities across the world actually benefit during recessions.
This paper analyses an approach to fostering the skills required for successful cross-disciplinary collaboration from the perspective of an interdisciplinary group of early-career researchers.
Long-term study will monitor healthy people in detail — and encourage them to respond to the results
Why don't proposals given better scores by the NIH lead to more important research outcomes?
Die Einführung von Tenure Track-Modellen für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs ist in Deutschland neuerdings in aller Munde.
Although the representation of women and racial or ethnic minorities within the scientific community has increased in recent decades, the overall pace of diversification remains relatively slow.
Die Bedeutung von Drittmitteln in der universitären Forschung hat dramatisch zugenommen und wächst immer noch weiter.
Antonio Loprieno, Rektor der Uni Basel, im Interview
Survey on 40 research questions amongst science policy makers suggests that participatory exercises can establish priorities to guide funders of research.
A platform comparing research journal's performance aiming to make the peer review process more efficient.
Le sociologue et historien des sciences Yves Gingras vient de publier "Les dérives de l'évaluation de la recherche. Du bon usage de la bibliométrie", chez Raison d'agir.
A report prepared by Elsevier for the UK's department of business, innovation and skills (BIS).
Publishing everything is more effective than only reporting significant outcomes.
An increasing number of publishers and funding agencies require public data archiving (PDA) in open-access databases. PDA has obvious group benefits for the scientific community, but many researchers are reluctant to share their data publicly because of real or perceived individual costs.
