Bureaucracy undermines research in Greece
A new legislation put into force on January 2019 obliges hundreds of researchers in Greece to draft detailed budgets months or even one year in advance. Read more [...]
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Co-design and co-creation research in Greece
Stories of scientific discovery and success tend to focus on individuals and their achievements; but success in science is a "team sport". Read more [...]
How Will Plan S Impact Scientific Research?
Ideally, Plan S will help make it easier to share research with other scientists and the public, but many researchers believe the plan is overreaching and could jeopardize the scientific community. Read more [...]
Science and society: an inextricable link
Basic scientific research gives rise to technological applications which shape modern society. Funding towards curiosity-driven science should be continuous and not in the hands of political and economical powers. Science and ethics have to keep the same pace for a sustainable future. Read more [...]
Science: More than meets the eye
What do you think of when you hear the term “science”? White lab coats? Microscopes and Bunsen burners? STEM? While all of these relate to science, perhaps its most basic feature is observational evidence. Afterall, Read more [...]
How to give credit to scientists for their involvement in collecting, curating and publishing data & samples
Stemming from initial discussions by the Research Data Alliance Interest Group: Sharing Rewards and Credit, this session was developed to explore the problems and solutions around crediting scientists for sharing their data and other research outputs. Accordingly, we gathered together a group of experts to hear about their experiences in policy-making and metrics, and discuss some possible next steps. Read more [...]
Integrity is not a component of ethics, integrity is much more
Academic and research integrity cannot be a side project or an afterthought. Integrity and ethics must be central to everything we do and every decision we make. We must work to ensure that we are putting integrity at the forefront of our mission and operations. To achieve objectives mentioned it requests to respect the framework of integrity policies, processes and procedures at all institutional levels. Integrity policies, processes and procedures are an inseparable and significant part of the whole set of functions/activities within an institution that work together for the aim of the institution. Read more [...]
A practical problem with multidisciplinary science
Most people with an interest in science, are aware of the move towards more multidisciplinary scientific research. The supporters of this move rightly claim that different perspectives, can aid problem solving and scientific progress. This is true, but Read more [...]
3,000 euros for basic research activity: the latest action of the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR)
Astonishment is the only possible reaction at reading the latest call for funding of MIUR.
Italian researchers based on Italian universities can apply for an individual fund of 3,000 euros in order to support their basic research activity. The idea of Read more [...]
TÜBİTAK: scientific body or political tool?
The Turkish Council for Scientific and Technical Research (TÜBİTAK) issued on March 24, 2017 a decree addressed to all Turkish peer reviewed scientific journals, including the international periodicals listed by the Turkish Academic Network and Information Read more [...]
A March for Science in a small countryside town?
Why a March for Science in Civray, a very small town, near Poitiers, West France? Whereas most of the marches are organised in university cities? Read more [...]
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Seeds and farmers stories
Our food security may be controlled by a small group, fewer than 10 very large corporations. They decide prices, varieties, conditions of growth. SEEDcontrol is a project born from the partnership between formicablu, an Italian science communication agency, and Oxpeckers, a South African Center for Investigative Environmental Journalism. Specifically, the project has been designed by Elisabetta Tola and Fiona Macleod. Read more [...]
