Bold ideas and critical thoughts on science.
Tear down this invisible wall

Tear down this invisible wall

Katrin Frisch on encounters with the different forms of west german hegemony throughout her scientific training and everyday working life in academia.

Field research with a baby

Field research with a baby

Alena Sander on her field work abroad and the challenges and opportunities of international mobility for young mothers in academia.

Science Without a Question

Science Without a Question

Fabian Stephany on the CoRisk-Index, its development during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of implicit theory

The impact of bioenergy research

The impact of bioenergy research

Glaucia Souza on the introduction of BioFuels in Sao Paulo and all over Brazil, her activities at BIOEN and the transfer of technologies for more sustainable forms of mobility into practice.

The Science Must Go On

The Science Must Go On

In this opinion-piece Katharina C. Cramer discusses the impact of the Corona-Crisis on large scale research infrastructures and their limits of performance in the current situation.

Not back to normal

Not back to normal

After his interview with Elephant in the Lab on 22 March 2020, Wander Jager develops his thoughts on the time after the COVID-19 pandemic

Ideas as Infrastructure

Ideas as Infrastructure

Øyvind Paasche on the immaterial kinds of infrastructure in science and the fundamental role of trust, transparency and openness.