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GlobalScience

When talking about Science, it is very common to state that it is global per se. Good Science, we often say, knows no borders and is always international. But is this true? Do normative statements like these really reflect scientific practice? We want to take a closer look at this globalized science – especially beyond the predominant powerhouses – and reflect on its preconditions of access to and interaction in the international scientific realm. What does the supremacy of a handful of scientific regions imply when it comes to all the infrastructures that science needs – like journals, conferences, labs and even the digital ones? How are the national and regional scientific discourses linked to the global level where English is still the prevailing language? We want to read our scientific evidence about the state of global science as well as your opinions and bold ideas on where science could do better.

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The Case for PubPub

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)

Jefferson Pooley
The Utopia of a Sustainable Planet

The Utopia of a Sustainable Planet

In this article the authors argue for a utopia driven by SDG’s and respectful engagement with nature.

Øyvind Paasche, Henrik Österblom
Academic voices during the pandemic

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

Julia T. Scho
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.

Alena Sander
The Need for an African Lightsource

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.

Prosper Ngabonziza
Towards a Global Research Infrastructure

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.

Geoffrey C. Bowker

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