Insights

6th April 2017

Towards more gender-equal European science

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Women are better represented in science today than a few decades ago, but progress has been slow. A recent guide provides recommendations for addressing implicit biases, collecting data on gender…

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Science communication

26th October 2016

Time to move on from the information-deficit model

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A recent survey by the Pew Research Center confirms that the US public’s views on climate change are shaped primarily by politics, not scientific information. Academics and communicators seeking to…

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Funding Impact Publishing Research

31st August 2016

Assessment of Swedish research in a global perspective

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First instalment of assessment by the Swedish Research Council reveals that Sweden is well-placed internationally in terms of research funding and staff as well as highly cited publications. But future…

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Policy Publishing Science communication

20th June 2016

Beyond disciplines: the travails of transcendence

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The move toward greater inter- and transdisciplinarity creates opportunities as well as challenges for researchers, publishers, funders and communicators.