Some pictures from water sampling and testing in the Tulsa & Stillwater areas in late June (not pictured - had a meeting with the Oklahoma Office of the Secretary of Energy and Environment last week) #SciencePolicy
Some pictures from water sampling and testing in the Tulsa & Stillwater areas in late June (not pictured - had a meeting with the Oklahoma Office of the Secretary of Energy and Environment last week) #SciencePolicy
R&D is the backbone of long-term innovation, but warning signs are emerging.
This new piece from Brookings highlights how declining funding, tighter grant access, and talent barriers could slow U.S. progress in areas like AI and quantum. https://brookings.edu/articles/attacks-on-research-and-development-could-hamper-technological-innovation/
Support for open science, global collaboration, and public research matters more than ever.
#Research #SciencePolicy
The Impact of NIH Cuts Ripples Beyond U.S. Borders
- ciundrk
https://undark.org/2025/06/30/the-impact-of-nih-cuts-ripples-beyond-u-s-borders/
#NewsFeatures #Academia #SciencePolicy
Extra excited for #Metascience2025 - 2023 was amazing (photo for reference) and it's my first large conf since finishing the #PhD and joining @TUEindhoven as the prpject lead for our Recognition and Rewards #openscience project.
If you're attending or around London in the coming days, feel free to reach out - I'd love to meet!
Book Review: The Trouble With Depending on Experts
- ciundrk
https://undark.org/2025/06/20/book-review-covid-science-expertise/
#Books #Coronavirus #HealthMedicine #SciencePolicy
The EPA Wants to Roll Back Emissions Controls on Power Plants
- ciundrk
https://undark.org/2025/06/17/epa-power-plant-emissions-rollback/
#NewsFeatures #ClimateChange #EnvironmentConservation #SciencePolicy
The Science Behind The Covid-19 Vaccine in Pregnancy
- ciundrk
https://undark.org/2025/06/06/covid-vaccine-pregnancy-science/
#NewsFeatures #ClimateChange #SciencePolicy
US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war https://arstechni.ca/KRF5 #NationalAcademies #sciencebudget #Sciencepolicy #researchcuts #Science
12/ The bottom line: Public health decisions shouldn't be based on junk science, conspiracy theories, or invented studies. Let's demand more integrity and less political manipulation in our health policy.
#PublicHealth #IntegrityInScience #SciencePolicy #StopTheSpread
My rare disease was getting closer to a cure. RFK Jr could undermine that | Jameson Rich https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/06/rfk-jr-disease-breakthroughs-funding-cuts #Trumpadministration #RobertFKennedyJr #Sciencepolicy #UShealthcare #USpolitics #AidsandHIV #JDVance #Health #USnews
Horizon Europe 2025: Vorabveröffentlichung des Arbeitsprogramms
Die EU hat Entwürfe zu #Forschung, #Innovation & #Technologie für 2025 veröffentlicht – u. a. zu Gesundheit, Kultur, Sicherheit, Klima & Digitalisierung.
Offizielle Annahme im Mai erwartet.
https://www.bayfor.org/de/aktuelles/news/news-detail/5156-horizon-europe-vorveroeffentlichung-des-arbeitsprogramms-2025.html
#HorizonEurope #EUResearch #SciencePolicy #DigitalEurope #GreenDeal
MDPI as a corruption indicator? A new preprint shows a striking trend across Europe : more MDPI papers → higher perceived corruption → lower innovation.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.06282v1
It’s not that MDPI = bad. But when it dominates, it signals a broken system chasing quantity over quality.
Ukraine? Not in the study, but we see the same rise of #MDPI. We could build better. Instead, we copy the worst.
BREAKING: Inger Andersen, Exec Dir of @unep has designated Neville Ash (Director UNEP-WCMC) to serve as Officer-in-Charge of IPBES secretariat when Exec Sec Anne Larigauderie completes her term at end of April, until new Exec Sec appointed.
Welcome back Neville!
Trump does not have a real science policy. What he has instead is a terror campaign aimed at making everyone - researchers, students and university leaders included - succumb to his fascist, racist and transphobic terror.
And yes, I have the facts needed to prove this:
Without Fundamental Science, How Will the Next Generation of Novel Therapies Emerge? https://www.byteseu.com/809289/ #DrugDiscovery #ethics #GenEdge #GovernmentPolicyMaking #Insights #LawAndPolicy #Policy #Science #SciencePolicy #topics
Since the 1980s, scholarly journals have increasingly denationalized & anglicized their titles to boost international visibility. This trend aligns with indexing policies of Web of Science & Scopus, favouring English-language journals.
https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24989
Is global reach worth the loss of local identity?
Royal Society urged to expel Elon Musk as fellows sign open letter https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/14/elon-musk-royal-society-open-letter-academics #Sciencepolicy #RoyalSociety #JessPhillips #Academics #ElonMusk #Science #UKnews
Women In Astronomy - AASWomen Newsletter for February 7, 2025
"'The new administration is actively, and with unprecedented speed and ferocity, apparently seeking to tear down and undermine some of the very scientific foundations upon which our leadership has been so painstakingly built,' [Ranking Member Zoe] Lofgren said. 'I just don’t know how anyone reconciles the rhetoric about competing with #China with pulling the rug out from under our own #research enterprise.'"
The Office of Science and Technology Policy coordinates the government’s massive R&D system. As Trump selects Michael Kratsios as science adviser, an expert in the U.S. science advisory system examines its role shaping science policy: https://theconversation.com/white-house-office-of-science-and-technology-policy-provides-in-house-science-advice-for-the-president-245457 #sciencepolicy #OSTP