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Towards Understanding Policy Design Through Text-as-data Approaches: The Policy Design Annotations (POLIANNA) Dataset - Scientific Data

Towards Understanding Policy Design Through Text-as-data Approaches: The Policy Design Annotations (POLIANNA) Dataset - Scientific Data

Despite the importance of ambitious policy action for addressing climate change, large and systematic assessments of public policies and their design are lacking as analysing text manually is labour-intensive and costly. POLIANNA is a dataset of policy texts from the European Union (EU) that are annotated based on theoretical concepts of policy design, which can be used to develop supervised machine learning approaches for scaling policy analysis.

EU Ministers Take Small Steps Towards Improving Research Career Structures

EU Ministers Take Small Steps Towards Improving Research Career Structures

EU ministers have adopted joint recommendations on what the bloc should do to improve research careers, taking a small step towards meaningful change.

National Science Funders Eye Setting Up International Network to Share Research-Security Information

National Science Funders Eye Setting Up International Network to Share Research-Security Information

As part of a broader push to tighten security, science funders in the US, UK and Canada are considering setting up a network to share information about security risks affecting international research projects, according to a senior US science official.

Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Working with My Brain and Not Against It

Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Working with My Brain and Not Against It

When attempts to capitalize on her undiagnosed ADHD traits led to repeated cycles of overwork and burnout, a postdoc re-evaluated how she faces the daily challenges of being a neurodivergent scientist.

The EU Just Passed Sweeping New Rules to Regulate AI

The EU Just Passed Sweeping New Rules to Regulate AI

The European Union agreed on terms of the AI Act, a major new set of rules that will govern the building and use of AI and have major implications for Google, OpenAI, and others racing to develop AI systems.

Federal Council Regulates Crisis-Related Activation of Scientific Expertise

Federal Council Regulates Crisis-Related Activation of Scientific Expertise

The Federal Council has adopted an implementation proposal regarding the creation of ad-hoc scientific advisory groups during crises. Switzerland’s ERI institutions are to jointly propose experts for the groups.

Council Backs Moves to Attract and Retain Researchers

Council Backs Moves to Attract and Retain Researchers

Research ministers endorse recommendations on research careers and approve conclusions on using R&I in policymaking

Fear over Safety of Researchers and Study Participants in Uganda

Fear over Safety of Researchers and Study Participants in Uganda

Anti-gay directive encouraging researchers to breach confidentiality rules triggers review of vital funding

Early-career US National Institutes of Health Researchers Vote Overwhelmingly to Form Union

Early-career US National Institutes of Health Researchers Vote Overwhelmingly to Form Union

The bargaining group will be the first ever to represent graduate students and postdocs in the US government, as they push for better pay and benefits.

Government of Canada Supports Science and Research Organizations That Are Transforming Research and Knowledge into Action

Government of Canada Supports Science and Research Organizations That Are Transforming Research and Knowledge into Action

How to Phase Out Fossil Fuels Without Sacrificing Electoral Popularity

How to Phase Out Fossil Fuels Without Sacrificing Electoral Popularity

A new study by UCL researchers shows how it's possible to phase out fossil fuels without sacrificing electoral popularity—even in coal mining regions.

Research Software Directory: Honouring the Role of Software and Supporting Reproducibility | ZBW MediaTalk

Research Software Directory: Honouring the Role of Software and Supporting Reproducibility | ZBW MediaTalk

The Research Software Directory makes software tools used in research easily discoverable and usable. Thus, it also helps other researchers to reproduce and verify research results.

US Agency Launches Experiments to Find Innovative Ways to Fund Research

US Agency Launches Experiments to Find Innovative Ways to Fund Research

The National Science Foundation explains how its 'science of science' programme will find efficiencies and support 'high-risk, high-reward' studies.

Hallucinate, AI, Authenticity: Dictionaries' Words of the Year Make Our Biggest Fears Clear

Hallucinate, AI, Authenticity: Dictionaries' Words of the Year Make Our Biggest Fears Clear

In a world of chatbots and influencers, Merriam-Webster, Cambridge and Collins are in rare agreement.

Building Climate-resilient African Cities - Experts Outline What is Needed

Building Climate-resilient African Cities - Experts Outline What is Needed

Window of opportunity to secure liveable, equitable, and sustainable futures in the face of climate change is closing fast, more so for Africa

UK to Give Young Researchers Cash to 'pump Prime' Re-entry to Horizon Europe

UK to Give Young Researchers Cash to 'pump Prime' Re-entry to Horizon Europe

The UK and EU have officially signed off on UK association to Horizon Europe, ending nearly three years of uncertainty in which UK-based researchers were locked out of parts of the scheme due to high-level political disputes.

Being Neurodivergent in Academia: How to Navigate Fieldwork

Being Neurodivergent in Academia: How to Navigate Fieldwork

A PhD student recounts what she has learned from managing her ADHD between the office and the rainforest.

ERC Board Tells Researchers There's No Hiding Behind AI

ERC Board Tells Researchers There's No Hiding Behind AI

Funder warns researchers of accountability for 'good scientific conduct' in proposals if using artificial intelligence

Shock Election Win by the Far Right Worries Academics in the Netherlands

Shock Election Win by the Far Right Worries Academics in the Netherlands

If Geert Wilder’s party can form government, it could restrict international students and scrap key climate policies.

'My Collaborations Would See Me Jailed': Australian Researchers Fear Proposed New Laws

'My Collaborations Would See Me Jailed': Australian Researchers Fear Proposed New Laws

Scientists have reacted with alarm at a proposal by the Australian Department of Defence to control information sharing under which technology with potential military use would need authorization to be shared with non-Australian colleagues. 

Inequality Beyond Representation in European Research Funding

Inequality Beyond Representation in European Research Funding

An analysis of EU funded research shows how inequalities continue to persist within the funding landscape and how attempts to create representative research projects can still reproduce research framed largely by the interests of elite countries and institutions.

As Investment Falls, EU Innovation Policy Needs a 'Massive Overhaul', Says Start-up Association

As Investment Falls, EU Innovation Policy Needs a 'Massive Overhaul', Says Start-up Association

Start-ups need more help in accessing EU funding and support in expanding across the bloc if Europe is to compete with other global superpowers, the EU's largest start-up association said as it launched its manifesto for the 2024 European elections.