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The Weaponisation of Forensic Research Auditing Will Not Resolve Systemic Research Misconduct
The Weaponisation of Forensic Research Auditing Will Not Resolve Systemic Research Misconduct
The trend for the politically motivated forensic scrutiny of the research records of academics has a chilling effect on academic freedom and distracts from efforts to address more important systemic issues in research integrity.
The Five Challenges to a Truly Global Horizon Programme
After another year of conflict and war in 2023, there is a ray of hope for a peaceful New Year: the emergence of the EU's Horizon Europe programme as an extraordinary engine of global scientific cooperation.
Politics and Protests Puts Europe's Academic Freedom Policies Under the Spotlight
Politics and Protests Puts Europe's Academic Freedom Policies Under the Spotlight
The pressure for EU legislation to protect academic freedom ramped up towards the end of 2023 when the European Parliament's STOA panel for the future of science and technology set out its plan of action. Amongst other measures, STOA is calling for a formal definition of academic freedom and a monitoring system to ensure these principles are enforced.
The Science Events to Watch for in 2024
How to Make a European Research Framework Programme
Swiss Researchers Should Be Able to Apply for European Research Council Grants in 2024
Swiss Researchers Should Be Able to Apply for European Research Council Grants in 2024
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Replay 2023: The Most Significant Research and Innovation Happenings of the Year
Replay 2023: The Most Significant Research and Innovation Happenings of the Year
2023 has been one of the most interesting and intense years in European and international research and innovation policy.
Paywalls Are Slowing the Quest For a Cancer Cure
Emmanuel Macron Announces Ambitious Research Reforms
Sierra Leone Implementing Its First National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy
Sierra Leone Implementing Its First National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy
Time to Open Its Doors Wider, or Will China Fall into a Middle-technology Trap?
Time to Open Its Doors Wider, or Will China Fall into a Middle-technology Trap?
Designing for Diversity - What Makes People Pick Up a Science Magazine?
Evolution, Religion and Science: World Not As Polarised As We Think
France Has Big Plans To Reform Research, But Key Details Remain Vague
New Presidential Science Council to advise on policy
Proposed Horizon Cut Stuck As EU Leaders Fail to Reach Budget Review Deal
EU leaders failed to reach a deal on a seven-year budget review, postponing until January a decision that includes potential cuts to Horizon Europe.
'I Felt Like a Fraud': A Biologist Goes Public About a Retraction
Retractions are the stuff of nightmares for most academics. But they aren't necessarily a career obstacle, and sometimes may be the only way forward, according to Andrew P. Anderson.
I Struggled After Moving Internationally For A Postdoc. Here’s How My Family And I Coped
I Struggled After Moving Internationally For A Postdoc. Here’s How My Family And I Coped
Students Demand Cardiff University Tackles Sexual Violence
Students campaigning to stop sexual violence say they will fight to ensure Cardiff University acts after a meeting with senior staff. One student said they were laughed at by three male employees when speaking on sexual violence at a staff meeting. The university said it took sexual assaults seriously and investigated them robustly.
How a Bullying Scandal Closed a Historic Astronomy Department
At Lund University in Sweden this week, astronomers moved out of a building that was custom-built to hold telescopes and other artefacts from their 350 years of history, and they relocated to a physics building down the road. That’s because the astronomy department no longer exists, having been dissolved in the wake of a bullying scandal.
UK Weighs Global Science and Technology Priorities After Horizon Europe Association
UK Weighs Global Science and Technology Priorities After Horizon Europe Association
With EU relations patched up, UK researchers and policymakers are planning the next moves. There are no firm plans for AI legislation, but an international collaboration fund set up during the wilderness years will continue, and there will be a focus on South American links.