#ResearchPolicy

Ina Schieferdeckerischieferdecker
2026-02-16

Simplification is good for business, but professionalism is non-negotiable for safety and leadership. Let’s build our digital future on the bedrock of engineering, not on "matchstick" models.

📃 Read our full policy statement here: bit.ly/IE_PolicyRec_OmnibusAID

2025-12-11

Commission adopts the main Horizon Europe Work Programme for 2026–2027 and dedicates €4.9 billion to climate action

Today, the European Commission adopted the main Horizon Europe Work Programme for 2026–2027, setting out the upcoming funding…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #adaptationtoclimatechange #carbonneutrality #climatechangepolicy #Innovation #Latvia #LV #researchpolicy
newsbeep.com/303469/

Serhii Nazarovetsserhii@mstdn.science
2025-11-27

A large survey of 6,000+ researchers from the @maxplanckgesellschaft and @fraunhofergesellschaft 🇩🇪 shows that #AI has already become a routine part of research practice: 26% use AI daily, while only ~22% do not use it at all.

:doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.

But only about 20% of researchers were able to produce even a simple effective prompt, highlighting a major skills gap. Legal uncertainty, rather than ethical concerns, is the main barrier to broader AI adoption.

#ResearchPolicy

Chugunova, M., Harhoff, D., Hölzle, K., Kaschub, V., Malagimani, S., Morgalla, U., & Rose, R. (2026). Who uses AI in research, and for what? Large-scale survey evidence from Germany. Research Policy, 55(2), 105381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.105381
2025-11-25

Last week I had the honour to join the TAIEX expert mission on evaluating Ukraine’s National Open Science Plan. Today, a smaller group of participants met to reflect on the key findings and define next steps — including a roadmap toward a coherent national open science policy.
#OpenScience #TAIEX #UkraineScience #ERA #ResearchPolicy #OpenAccess

Serhii Nazarovetsserhii@mstdn.science
2025-10-11

Full text of "The publish or perish, publish and perish, publish then perish, and now retract and perish cultures in academia" article:

📖 Only read: rdcu.be/eKsZE

💾 On RG: researchgate.net/publication/3

#ResearchPolicy #HigherEducation #AcademicCareers #Publishing #Metrics

Serhii Nazarovetsserhii@mstdn.science
2025-10-10

Much has been said about the #PublishOrPerish culture and its damaging effects on academia. But in a recent paper I stepped briefly into the role of advocatus diaboli:

📄 doi.org/10.1007/s00210-025-046

Yes, publish or perish has its risks. But in systems marked by academic inertia, lack of innovation, or deeply entrenched hierarchies, this very pressure can sometimes be the only mechanism capable of moving the system forward! 🆙

#ResearchPolicy #HigherEducation #AcademicCareers #Publishing #Metrics

Teixeira da Silva, J.A., Nazarovets, S. The publish or perish, publish and perish, publish then perish, and now retract and perish cultures in academia. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00210-025-04651-5
Invest in Open Infrastructureinvestinopen@indieweb.social
2025-09-25

NIH's publishing cost RFI affects the entire research ecosystem. Our response advocates shifting from APC caps (which would only cover 6% of papers at $2,000) to investing in shared open infrastructure —a solution that serves funders, institutions, researchers & publishers more effectively.

investinopen.org/blog/iois-res

#OpenInfrastructure #OpenScience #PublicAccess #ResearchPolicy

Serhii Nazarovetsserhii@mstdn.science
2025-09-22

A new article in #ResearchPolicy explores public sector innovation in #Ukraine, co-authored by scholars from Odesa Polytechnic. It shows that reforms are never just about #technology or management models – they depend on how international, national & local powers negotiate or clash:

📄 sciencedirect.com/science/arti

Like in science: #knowledge is a global treasury, but the keys are not always in the hands of researchers. Too often, those seeking control and profit prevail.

#PublicSector #Innovation

Emre Cinar, Oksana Prodius, Ivan Sokoly, Sercan Ozcan, Ali Asker Guenduez,
The political context of public sector innovation: A critical interpretive synthesis on Ukraine, Research Policy, Volume 54, Issue 10, 2025, 105322, ISSN 0048-7333,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.105322.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733325001519)
2025-08-22

From Eric Jensen and I, in PLOS One

"Evolving funding strategies for research software: Insights from an international survey of research funders"

doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0

#ResearchSoftware #ResearchFunding #ResearchPolicy

Wilfred Mijnhardtwmijnhardt@mas.to
2025-08-16

4/8 🎓 Australian humanities researchers embrace impact conceptually (75% see it as value indicator) but criticize bureaucratic implementation that favors commercial partnerships over community engagement. #Humanities #ResearchPolicy
5/9

The Count of Krigsvoldkrigsvold
2025-08-07

A U.S. congressman from Alabama toured McMurdo and South Pole stations—offering a rare glimpse into life inside U.S. Antarctic facilities and the logistical challenges of supporting science at the bottom of the world.
al.com/news/2025/08/antarctica

Wilfred Mijnhardtwmijnhardt@mas.to
2025-08-01

6: Funders say they want honesty about failures, but their application forms tell a different story. New research calls for radical changes to funding processes 📝 #ResearchPolicy #Accountability
7/8

Wilfred Mijnhardtwmijnhardt@mas.to
2025-07-26

1. Major study of 11 countries reveals: performance-based research funding boosts publications BUT watch out for "salami slicing" & gaming! Best approach? Mix peer review with metrics for 80% success rate. Quality AND quantity matter! #ResearchPolicy #HigherEd

Jan R. Boehnkejrboehnke
2025-06-17

Talk by @statsepi for those interested in and the role of clinical trials:
youtube.com/watch?v=kISmPxhUEc

A key point is the importance of investigator-led trials, i.e. those that do not have immediate commercial payoffs, e.g., trials investigating head to head comparisons of 2 medicines on the market; de-escalation of treatment; or those investigating practices.

Serhii Nazarovetsserhii@mstdn.science
2025-05-23

How do countries assess research? With spreadsheets, committees, metrics - and increasingly, soul-searching. A new @RoRInstitute study compares 13 national systems and maps a quiet shift: from 'publish or perish' to 'be useful, be fair':

👉 doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29

No silver bullets, just a very thoughtful typology.

#ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #CoARA #ResearchPolicy #Evaluation

Typology of national research assessment and funding systems, showing core aspects (inner circle) and subsidiary aspects (outer circle)

Rushforth, Alexander; Sivertsen, Gunnar; Wilsdon, James; Bin, Adriana; Firth, Catriona; Fraser, Claire; et al. (2025). A new typology of national research assessment systems: continuity and change in 13 countries. RoRI Working Paper No.15. Research on Research Institute. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29041787.v4
Serhii Nazarovetsserhii@mstdn.science
2025-04-29

Only 1.3% of respondents learned about @ORCID_Org through research funders, despite its strategic role being emphasized in France’s 🇫🇷 open science policy:

:doi: doi.org/10.1002/leap.2004

This contrasts with the international trend, where funders often act as key drivers of #ORCID adoption.

#OpenScience #OpenData #ResearchPolicy

Differences between researchers with and without ORCID in the main ways of discovering this identifier. Respondents with an ORCID identifier (n = 4910) or respondents who reported knowing ORCID without having an account (n = 520). Only one possible answer. https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.2004
Serhii Nazarovetsserhii@mstdn.science
2025-04-22

In #ResearchPolicy the authors explore how different forms of mobility – academic, institutional, geographic, and disciplinary – shape scientific recognition among biology professors in 🇨🇭:

:doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.

It’s remarkably simple: in Swiss science, the highest recognition often goes to foreigners.

Just like in Ukrainian universities – where the government spares no expense to recruit promising Brazilians!

Oh, wait… no, that’s football.

#mobility #lifecourse #biology

Six clusters of careers. Density of occupation for each sequence state (in % for each year prior to tenure).

Mobility and its effect on scientific recognition. A prosopographic analysis of Swiss biologists https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.105253
2025-04-19

I stand over what I said 11 years ago about the value of the academy and the need for curiosity driven research - seems now more topical than ever.

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#Academia #ResearchPolicy #Values

Serhii Nazarovetsserhii@mstdn.science
2025-04-18

Based on 30M+ Scopus papers from 19M+ authors (1996–2020), for the first time, we have global subnational estimates of scholarly migration - covering both internal & international flows:

:doi: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.242452112

Key insight: Internal migration is more common, but international mobility is far more unequal. Even global magnets like the US have losing regions.

🌍 Explore the interactive data here: scholarlymigration.org/

#ScholarlyMigration #ScienceMobility #BrainDrain #ResearchPolicy

2025-04-15

Eric Jensen & I have a new paper out, based on a survey of research software funders, in a Sloan-funded research software policy project

E. A. Jensen, D. S. Katz, "Awareness of FAIR and FAIR4RS among international research software funders," Scientific Data, v.12, 627, 2025. doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-048

#FAIR #FAIR4RS #ResearchSoftware #ResearchData #ResearchSoftwarePolicy #ResearchPolicy #ResearchFunding

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