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When scientists are targeted, what helps?

When scientists are targeted, what helps?

Institutions often applaud public engagement, until the backlash begins. Then what? At a Berlin workshop, researchers explored how to move from awareness to action.

Anna Henschel

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Generative AI in knowledge work

Generative AI in knowledge work

As generative AI applications in science proliferate they prompt a self-reflection on work routines in scientific knowledge production. At the same time, scientific institutions, publishing bodies, and funding agencies are confronted with both regulatory challenges and the task of promoting the use of generative AI in line with good scientific practice.

Anne Krüger
What happens to science when it communicates?

What happens to science when it communicates?

In August 2023 Benedikt Fecher conducted an interview with Clemens Blümel from the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) on the topic of ‘what happens when science opens up and communicates’ and the emerging challenges for future scientific communication.

Clemens Blümel
Gender Disparity in Science

Gender Disparity in Science

Bao & Huang on gender biases in Chinese scientific committees, calling for policy reforms in academia.

Zhengyang Bao, Difang Huang
Between societal relevance and autonomy

Between societal relevance and autonomy

Peter Weingart on changing perceptions of science’s role in society, safeguarding autonomy, and the concept of dual legitimacy for scientific knowledge in policy decisions.

Peter Weingart
Achieving (Partial) Generalizability  

Achieving (Partial) Generalizability  

Mennatullah Hendawy on six decisions that made her findings from her dissertation, a case study on interdisciplinary urban planning in Cairo, more generalizable.

Dr.-Ing. Mennatullah Hendawy
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
Sharing knowledge: Impact of Covid-19 on digital teaching

Sharing knowledge: Impact of Covid-19 on digital teaching

In this short analysis the three authors aggregate findings from four research projects to answer questions regarding the accelerated digitalisation of education due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bronwen Deacon, Melissa Laufer, Nataliia Sokolovska
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

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