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Many of history's greatest scientists were also refugees. These are their stories.
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Four Principles to Make Evidence Synthesis More Useful for Policy
Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent and accessible.
How Persistent Identifiers Can Save Scientists Time
Persistent identifiers (PIDs) provide unique keys for people, places, and things, which supports the research process by facilitating search, discovery, recognition, and collaboration. This article reviews the main PIDs used in research (DOIs, ORCIDs, ...), as well as demonstrating how they are being used, and how, in combination, they can increase trust in research and the research infrastructure.
University of Victoria Digital Humanities Lab Expert on the Privatization of Knowledge
University of Victoria Digital Humanities Lab Expert on the Privatization of Knowledge
"Their profit margins are bigger than oil and gas. Most people don’t know this,” explains Alyssa Arbuckle, Associate Director of a digital humanities lab at the University of Victoria.
Creating Research Value Needs More Than Just Science - Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences Can Help
Creating Research Value Needs More Than Just Science - Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences Can Help
Mobilising value from science and technology needs help from thinkers, designers, makers, policymakers, and enablers - and this expertise often sits in the humanities, arts and social sciences domain.
Open Access Tools and Resources
A list with some open tools and resources, which hopefully, someone will find useful.
Evidence-Informed Policymaking: Does Knowledge Brokering Work?
Sarah Quarmby takes a look inside a knowledge broker organisation, the Wales Centre for Public Policy, to see how its day-to-day workings tally with the body of knowledge about evidence use in policymaking.
Open Science Support as a Portfolio of Services and Projects: From Awareness to Engagement
Open Science Support as a Portfolio of Services and Projects: From Awareness to Engagement
Reaching higher uptake and acceptance of open science practice at the University of Göttingen.
Study Finds Recommendation Letters Inadvertently Signal Doubt About Female Applicants More Than They Do for Men
Study Finds Recommendation Letters Inadvertently Signal Doubt About Female Applicants More Than They Do for Men
Letters about women include more doubt-raising phrases than those about men, and that even one such phrase can make a difference in a job search.
New Zealand Appoints First Female Chief Scientific Adviser
Biochemist Juliet Gerrard will advise the government on key science issues when she takes up the position next month.
Diversity Begets Diversity: A Global Perspective on Gender Equality in Scientific Society Leadership
A Truly Reproducible Scientific Paper
Teach anyone how to create reproducible reports, with reusable environments, using technologies like Nix, LaTeX, and KnitR for languages like R, Python and JavaScript.
The Cost of Turmoil for Mediterranean Scientists
From a failed coup in Turkey, to prolonged financial crises in Greece and Spain, researchers in the region are struggling to keep up.
RetractionDatabase.Org: The Retraction Watch Retraction Database
Retraction Watch retraction database, being built with the support of the MacArthur and Arnold Foundations.
Sexual Harassment Is Rife in the Sciences, Finds Landmark US Study
Existing policies to address the issue are ineffective, concludes a long-awaited report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
EU Set to Snub Hybrid Open-Access Journals
Horizon Europe will pay article processing charges only "for purely open-access publishing venues (i.e. not 'hybrid' journals)". The change would be controversial as it could prevent researchers from publishing in their first-choice locations.
Statement on National Academies Sexual Harassment Study
As a major funder of this report, NSF emphasizes its commitment to a more inclusive STEM culture and climate - one free of harassment.
Embezzlement of Research Funds Is a Problem, Investigators Say
A "significant number" of fraud cases involving research funds and academia have been uncovered in recent years, including professional exchanges which never actually took place, or projects that never came to fruition.
Why China Will Win the Global Race for Complete Ai Dominance
Kai-Fu Lee - a former Apple, Microsoft and Google executive turned investor - is placing big bets on machine learning. And China is leading the way.
Google Scholar as a Data Source for Research Assessment
Google Scholar presents a broader view of the academic world because it has brought to light a great number of sources that were not previously visible.
Controversial NIH Study of "Moderate Drinking" Will Be Terminated After Scathing Report
Controversial NIH Study of "Moderate Drinking" Will Be Terminated After Scathing Report
The drinking study had raised concerns because NIH officials had solicited funding for the $100 million project from liquor companies, with the money funneled through the private NIH Foundation.
What’s Next for the European Open Science Cloud?
After being given the green light by research ministers earlier this year, an ambitious initiative to enable Europe’s 1.7 million researchers to share data and research tools is now on course to be launched before the end of the year. But what should the next steps be?
CHF950m Large Hadron Collider Upgrade 'Could Upend Particle Physics'
A massive project to supercharge the world’s largest particle collider launched in the hope that the beefed-up machine will reveal fresh insights into the nature of the universe.
U.S. Legislators Back Larger Facilities Budget for NSF
Spending bills would boost construction account without cutting research grants, marking the second year that lawmakers have rejected President Donald Trump’s plans for the agency, which called for deep cuts in 2018 and flat funding in 2019.
The World’s Fastest Supercomputer Is Back in America
The US Department of Energy and IBM unveiled Summit, America’s latest supercomputer, which is expected to bring the title of the world’s most powerful computer back to America from China.
Female Historians Try to End the I-Didn’t-Know-Any-Women Excuse for Men-Only Panels
A new database of female historians joins a growing group of lists that aim to promote a more diverse group of experts. Such databases have previously been more common in the hard sciences.
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