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: https://bit.ly/IE_PolicyRec_OmnibusAIData
#InformaticsEurope #DigitalPolicy #AIAct #SoftwareEngineering #ResearchPolicy #EuropeanCommission #TechSovereignty #DigitalInfrastructure #Innovation
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
https://www.newsbeep.com/303469/
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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.105381
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.
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
Full text of "The publish or perish, publish and perish, publish then perish, and now retract and perish cultures in academia" article:
📖 Only read: https://rdcu.be/eKsZE
#ResearchPolicy #HigherEducation #AcademicCareers #Publishing #Metrics
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:
📄 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00210-025-04651-5
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
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.
#OpenInfrastructure #OpenScience #PublicAccess #ResearchPolicy
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:
📄 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733325001519
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.
From Eric Jensen and I, in PLOS One
"Evolving funding strategies for research software: Insights from an international survey of research funders"
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
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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. #Antarctica #ResearchPolicy #USAP
https://www.al.com/news/2025/08/antarctica-research-facilities-what-an-alabama-congressman-saw-at-the-south-pole.html
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
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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
Talk by @statsepi for those interested in #PublicPolicy #HealthPolicy and the role of clinical trials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kISmPxhUEcM&t=1s
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 #healthservice practices.
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':
👉 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29041787.v4
No silver bullets, just a very thoughtful typology.
#ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #CoARA #ResearchPolicy #Evaluation
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: https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.2004
This contrasts with the international trend, where funders often act as key drivers of #ORCID adoption.
In #ResearchPolicy the authors explore how different forms of mobility – academic, institutional, geographic, and disciplinary – shape scientific recognition among biology professors in 🇨🇭:
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.105253
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.
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.
https://www.ria.ie/assets/uploads/2024/06/presidential-discourse-online-version-3.pdf
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: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2424521122
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: https://www.scholarlymigration.org/
#ScholarlyMigration #ScienceMobility #BrainDrain #ResearchPolicy
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. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04820-4
#FAIR #FAIR4RS #ResearchSoftware #ResearchData #ResearchSoftwarePolicy #ResearchPolicy #ResearchFunding
