Opinion

How Science Can Adapt to a New Normal
Public Policy
March 14, 2025

How Science Can Adapt to a New Normal

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Does Trump’s ‘Common Sense’ Equal a War on Social Science?
Insights
March 4, 2025

Does Trump’s ‘Common Sense’ Equal a War on Social Science?

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Two Legal Scholars Unpack Trump’s Anti-DEI Guidance to Higher Ed
Public Policy
February 27, 2025

Two Legal Scholars Unpack Trump’s Anti-DEI Guidance to Higher Ed

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The Age of Information Oligarchs
Opinion
January 16, 2025

The Age of Information Oligarchs

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Should the USA Pull Out of the World Health Organization?

Should the USA Pull Out of the World Health Organization?

It is widely reported that one of the first acts of the incoming Trump administration will be to withdraw from the World […]

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Why Might RFK Jr Be Good for US Health Care?

Why Might RFK Jr Be Good for US Health Care?

The proposed appointment of Robert F Kennedy Jr as secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has provoked howls […]

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Neuromania – Or Where Did the Person Go?

Neuromania – Or Where Did the Person Go?

David Canter bemoans how people are disappearing as ‘brains’ take over.

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‘Settler Colonialism’ and the Promised Land

‘Settler Colonialism’ and the Promised Land

The term ‘settler colonialism’ was coined by an Australian historian in the 1960s to describe the occupation of a territory with a […]

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Research Assessment, Scientometrics, and Qualitative v. Quantitative Measures

Research Assessment, Scientometrics, and Qualitative v. Quantitative Measures

The creation of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) has led to a heated debate on the balance between peer review and evaluative metrics in research assessment regimes. Luciana Balboa, Elizabeth Gadd, Eva Mendez, Janne Pölönen, Karen Stroobants, Erzsebet Toth Cithra and the CoARA Steering Board address these arguments and state CoARA’s commitment to finding ways in which peer review and bibliometrics can be used together responsibly.

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Let’s Return to Retractions Being Corrective, Not Punitive

Let’s Return to Retractions Being Corrective, Not Punitive

The retraction of academic papers often functions as an indictment against a researcher’s reputation. Tim Kersjes argues that for retractions to function as an effective corrective to the scholarly record, they need shed this punitive reputation.

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The Long Arm of Criminality

The Long Arm of Criminality

David Canter considers the daily reminders of details of our actions that have been caused by criminality.

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A Former Student Reflects on How Daniel Kahneman Changed Our Understanding of Human Nature

A Former Student Reflects on How Daniel Kahneman Changed Our Understanding of Human Nature

Daniel Read argues that one way the late Daniel Kahneman stood apart from other researchers is that his work was driven by a desire not merely to contribute to a research field, but to create new fields.

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