Drawing on his study of recent developments in Mexican science policy, Luis Reyes-Galindo, discusses how common concepts from social science have been weaponised to the expense of academic freedom. Epistemic justice, decolonising the curriculum, ontolo…
Category: science policy
Has the pandemic changed public attitudes about science?
Drawing on survey evidence from several western countries, Eric Allen Jensen, Aaron M. Jensen, Axel Pfleger, Eric B. Kennedy and Ethan Greenwood find that COVID-19 has coincided with a general rise in public trust in science and scientists. Based on this re-affirmed public trust, they suggest there is a new window of opportunity to accelerate … Continued
Between science and policy—Scrutinising the role of SAGE in providing scientific advice to government
Reflecting on his role as chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee, Greg Clark MP, discusses the effectiveness of the UK’s scientific advisory body SAGE during the COVID-19 pandemic and considers the importance of transparency in assessing the extent to which scientific research can effectively guide government policy. Since March, the Committee that … Continued
An Analysis of Open Science Policies in Europe – New report from DCC and SPARC Europe
SPARC Europe and the DCC have collaborated since 2017 on reviewing Open Science Policies in Europe. Our report has to date been downloaded over 5000 times and we have had feedback from users who find this a useful resource to draw on in t…
An Analysis of Open Science Policies in Europe – New report from DCC and SPARC Europe
SPARC Europe and the DCC have collaborated since 2017 on reviewing Open Science Policies in Europe. Our report has to date been downloaded over 5000 times and we have had feedback from users who find this a useful resource to draw on in t…
Charting the rise and fall of North American leadership in global science: Insights from the population of Nobel Laureates.
For the majority of the last century North America has been at the epicentre of global scientific research. However, through the course of the 21st century other countries have begun to close this gap in a number of ways, notably China is now the global leader in published research and is on course to overtake the US in research spending by […]