The Case for PubPub
In this Short Analysis, Jefferson Pooley is reviewing/introducing PubPub, a web-based publishing platform hosted by a nonprofit, the Knowledge Futures Group (KFG)
The Utopia of a Sustainable Planet
In this article the authors argue for a utopia driven by SDG’s and respectful engagement with nature.
A call for an alliance between female academic leaders and early career researchers to improve the academic STEM system
This opinion piece draws attention to the disadvantage of the academic STEM system, especially for female academics.
Running from missiles: How Ukrainian researchers experience the war
Carrying museum artefacts in a suitcase and evacuating university hardware while hiding in shelters. This is the new reality for Ukrainian researchers. Elephant in the lab talked to two of them.
Transdisciplinary research: Pain or Gain?
Katrin Martens take on the struggles of transdisciplinary research.
Academic voices during the pandemic
Julia T. Scho on the challenges and positive experiences of researchers and scientists working around the globe during the pandemic
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.
The Need for an African Lightsource
Setting up new infrastructures would play an important role in preventing best-trained African researchers from emigrating. The physicist Prosper Ngabonziza states that having a synchrotron light source would be very beneficial for the continent as a whole.
Towards a Global Research Infrastructure
We would all like a truly global research infrastructure, in much the same way as many would like world peace and global democracy. The point really is that we wouldn’t just like it, we need it.
How can we establish sustainable Open Innovation?
Marion Poetz on what it takes to foster innovation in Science and how to make it more interesting for companies and organizations.
Active but not Activists: Research communication by Scientists for Future
Gregor Hagedorn, the initiator of Science for Future, explains how Scientists for Future uses a pro-active form of science communication to draw attention to global challenges.
Helping Scientists: Increasing visibility and impact of research
How to support scientists in increasing the visibility and impact of their research? Tamika Heiden shows insights from her work.
Who is in the position to proclaim a supervision conflict?
Prevention of power abuse and supervision conflicts should be considered as a matter of good scientific practice, argues the doctoral researchers network N² in their postition paper. Jonathan Stefanowski explains how this can be done.
Responsible research is a matter of education
Adopting common guidelines is not enough for setting up a system of global ethics. Miltos Ladikas explains what else is needed.
How to ensure sustainable support for high-quality research?
Doing research and getting paid for it is fantastic, but how to do that sustainably? Kalle Korhonen tells you how to maintain the interest of research funders.
Reconciling research for the common good
Martin Kowarsch’s take on the difficulties of global scientific assessments.
Are International Research Partnerships a Pipe Dream?
Ajoy Datta about the difficulty of achieving genuine international research partnerships.
Science for Cities: Overcoming Borders
Michele Acuto about designing global networks of scientific policy advice and how to make them work.
Translating Science to our Global Communities
Jyoti Mishra explains how to transform knowledge to help others in a global setting.
Distributed Organisations for Collaborative Research
Martin Etzrodt’s take on the need of distributed organisations in collaborative research.
The dubious practice of university rankings
Ellen Hazelkorn takes a look at the accuracy of university rankings from an international perspective.