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Artificial Intelligence Won't Solve Climate Change
This UCS blog post challenges the narrative that AI will be a climate savior, cautioning that focusing on hypothetical future tech could distract from proven climate solutions.
Serbia’s National Research Fund ‘on Hiatus’ as Researchers Face Delays in Grant Evaluation
Serbia’s National Research Fund ‘on Hiatus’ as Researchers Face Delays in Grant Evaluation
Competitive funding is breaking down just a few years after it was set up using EU and World Bank money.
NIH Grant Cuts Disproportionately Hit Minority and Female Scientists
NIH Grant Cuts Disproportionately Hit Minority and Female Scientists
‘Academic Huxit.’ Hungarian Researchers Speak out on Impact of EU Ban
‘Academic Huxit.’ Hungarian Researchers Speak out on Impact of EU Ban
Being frozen out of Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ for over three years has taken its toll on the country’s academics.
First AI Tool to Detect Suspicious Peer Reviews Rolled out by Academic Publisher
First AI Tool to Detect Suspicious Peer Reviews Rolled out by Academic Publisher
The Costs of Limiting Academic Freedom
Early-career Researchers Do More 'disruptive' Science Than Veterans
Early-career Researchers Do More 'disruptive' Science Than Veterans
To Lead in Global Innovation, Canada Must Prioritize Basic Science
To Lead in Global Innovation, Canada Must Prioritize Basic Science
Vibe Coding for Qualitative Researchers - Can AI Really Build Our Research Tools?
Vibe Coding for Qualitative Researchers - Can AI Really Build Our Research Tools?
As proponents of AI claim it will soon replace software engineers, what does this mean for qualitative researchers and research software development?
A Successful Open Access Book Mandate Requires Infrastructure Not Compliance
A Successful Open Access Book Mandate Requires Infrastructure Not Compliance
An open access book mandate is one Research Excellence Framework (REF) cycle away. If implemented, research funders should focus on enabling infrastructure rather than compliance.
Medicine's Move Toward Race-Neutral Risk Assessments
New guidelines for predicting a patient's risk for heart disease are rooted in science and health equity.
Responses to the AI Grant Flood Must Prioritize Fairness As Part of Excellence
Responses to the AI Grant Flood Must Prioritize Fairness As Part of Excellence
Funding Radar: €160,000 for Open Science Policy Research
The Global Research Initiative on Open Science has opened its first call for projects that synthesise evidence for policy.
EU Research Funding Should Do More to Support Scholars at Risk, Advocates Say
EU Research Funding Should Do More to Support Scholars at Risk, Advocates Say
Afghanistan is the latest test case for how Europe helps researchers threatened at home or fleeing abroad.
How Much of the Scientific Literature is Generated by AI?
Prestigious European Science Funder Scraps Stricter Rules After Researcher Backlash
Prestigious European Science Funder Scraps Stricter Rules After Researcher Backlash
Keeping Clinical Trials on an Inclusive Track
Keeping Clinical Trials on an Inclusive Track
Trial disruptions threaten efforts to improve the lack of diversity in clinical research.
What is Ethical Knowledge Brokering?
EU Governments Hatch Plan to Secure Key Role in Next Horizon Europe
EU Governments Hatch Plan to Secure Key Role in Next Horizon Europe
Leaked documents contain measures calculated to strengthen role of EU member states in strategic priority setting.
Could Agentic AI Topple Grant-Funding Systems?
Trump Fires Independent Board Overseeing National Science Foundation
Positions ‘terminated, effective immediately’, says email to scientists sent on president’s behalf, in move labelled ‘dangerous attack’ on US innovation
How Much Should Politics Influence Science, and Vice Versa? National Science Board's Ousting Resurrects an Existential Debate
How Much Should Politics Influence Science, and Vice Versa? National Science Board's Ousting Resurrects an Existential Debate
Nothing is "100% Human Authored" - LSE Impact
Generative AI is unsettling longstanding conventions of authorship, ownership and credit in academia and across cultural production. This has prompted responses that seek to reassert the role of the intelligent, creative human individual.