Funders Jean Lebel and Robert McLean describe a new tool for judging the value and validity of science that attempts to improve lives.​

UKRI has big shoes to fill.

If 'money makes the world go round' then the world of scientific publishing has proved to be no exception to the rule.

Late-night research, isolation and a strict, male-dominated hierarchy are the perfect conditions for sexual harassment. With colleges struggling to enforce conduct codes, what can be done?

A new copyright reform law has many up in arms - they want you to do something about it before it comes up for a vote.

Research shows the sexes aren’t so different. The solution to women’s lagged advancement is not to fix women or their managers but to fix the conditions that undermine women and reinforce gender stereotypes.

Universities need to rethink how they evaluate academics for promotion.

Imagine using version control to track the process of research in real time. Peer review becomes a community-governed process, where the quality of engagement becomes the hallmark of individual reputations. All research outputs can be published and credited with not an 'impact factor' in sight.

For academic couples who are committed to living in the same place and pursuing faculty careers, asking for a dual hire—when one person receives an offer and then negotiates a position at the same university for their partner—can be a good option. But it must be approached carefully, and it is far from a sure thing. 

A response to an article by Elsevier which critiqued a piece by Dr. Jon Tennant about them corrupting Open Science in Europe.

How a process designed to ensure scientific rigor is tainted by randomness, bias, and arbitrary delays.

Elsevier - one of the largest and most notorious scholarly publishers - are monitoring Open Science in the EU on behalf of the European Commission. Jon Tennant argues that they cannot be trusted.

Polling shows that the number of people who believe science has "made life more difficult" increased by 50 percent from 2009 to 2015.

The Open Access movement was meant to provide universal access to knowledge, however the hybrid model seems to defeat this point by hindering the discoverability of hybrid Open Access articles, and creating more difficulties to disseminate knowledge.

“In the long run it is the complex interplay of different capacities, feminine and masculine, that protects the humanity of human beings.”

Rob Johnson looks at the growth of hybrid open access, and questions whether it will remain a reliable revenue stream for publishers.

Dr. Geraldine Cochran discusses why addressing equity is the first step in creating a diverse and inclusive organization.

Two researchers critique the methodology the Commission uses to compile its annual innovation rankings and urge a different approach.

Sexual harassment is disturbingly prevalent in academia. But a course correction may involve tearing down the hierarchy that makes science run.

Judea Pearl, a pioneering figure in artificial intelligence, argues that AI has been stuck in a decades-long rut. His prescription for progress? Teach machines.

Far from driving scientific progress, competition is actually taking a negative toll on research output. We need a new model of working that encourages transparency, openness and may improve research standards.

Ever since Google fired James Damore for "advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace," those of us working in tech have been trying to figure out what we can and cannot say on the subject of diversity.

Latin American researchers have a specific social commitment to ensure that their work is accessible and contributing to the good of their communities, says Victoriano Colodrón.

Science needs to reckon with the #MeToo moment, and it needs to do so immediately, says a new report from the prestigious National Academies of Sciences.

Stop saying that publication metrics don’t matter, and tell early-career researchers what does, says John Tregoning.

Sarah Quarmby takes a look inside a knowledge broker organisation, the Wales Centre for Public Policy, to see how its day-to-day workings tally with the body of knowledge about evidence use in policymaking.

Mobilising value from science and technology needs help from thinkers, designers, makers, policymakers, and enablers - and this expertise often sits in the humanities, arts and social sciences domain.

Students need to be given real and significant things from the world to think with and about if teachers want to influence how they do that thinking.

Funding is harder to find in general, and the current approach favors low-risk research and proposals by older scientists and white men.

From a failed coup in Turkey, to prolonged financial crises in Greece and Spain, researchers in the region are struggling to keep up.