Responsible Innovation: Universities and public research institutes have to be radically adapted
René von Schomberg on Responsible Innovation and its dimension of societal impact.
What’s the Value of Social Science?
Prof. Lupia on the value of social science, its responsibilities, potentials and application.
The four faces of Twitter user’s activity around science.
Adrián A. Díaz-Faes analyses four dimensions of twitter metrics around science in a quantitative study.
Meet the Research Impact Canvas
Fecher and Kobsda introduce the Research Impact Canvas – a structured guide to plan science communication activities.
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.
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.
Scientists should place themselves among the society
Search for the truth, but also provide contributions to problem-solving and make reliable predictions.
What is the impact of retractions in science?
What should a scientist do if he or she realized that there is an error in research? What kind of implications can this have on their future career?
Impacting the ‘real world’: out of sight for science?
The conflict for scientists and research evaluation between scientific impact and tackling societal challenges.
The balance between bibliometric and societal impact
An interview with Kai Chan and his strategies to seek the combination of both kinds of impacts.
Overselling results is a problem in science
“Scientists who oversell their results are a big problem for science.”
Decentralizing Science
The case for decentralized, trusted platforms for the dissemination of scientific information and attribution.
The reason to do science
Christopher Aiden-Lee Jackson researches the Earth’s structure. In his opinion, scientists have to care more about informing their findings to policymakers.
How we overestimate Twitter
Twitter is a centerpiece of modern public communication. But the question must be asked: Is Twitter worth all that attention?
Revolution in science
Open Science advocate Shakib Wassey tells how a digital platform for open scientific publication and interactive evaluation could change scientific publishing.
What is impact?
3 questions to Jeremy M. Berg about the future of scholarly publishing.