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Blogs selected for Week August 17 to August 23, 2020

1. How to best approach COVID-19 research Author: Joshua Z. Rappoport The COVID-19 pandemic has led many people to directly engage with biomedical research studies—often for the first time in their lives—in the search for answers, understanding, and hope. The official guidelines provided by national, state, and local governments and health officials are critically important, […]

Blogs selected for Week August 10 to August 16, 2020

1. Unfunded research: Why academics do it and its unvalued contribution to the impact agenda Author: Rosalind Edwards Unfunded research takes time and money for already stretched academics. Yet it makes up over a quarter of all research carried out in British universities. Rosalind Edwards has spoken to academics about why they do unfunded research […]

Blogs selected for Week August 3 to August 9, 2020

1. The Frontier beyond open access publishing? Commoning Author: David Bollier Academic publishers have shown themselves adept at adapting to open access publishing models while consolidating their proprietary market power and control. The benefits to scholars, students, academic disciplines, university budgets, and freedom of expression have not been what they were cracked up to be. […]

Blogs selected for Week Jul 27 to August 2, 2020

1. University research should be free to all Author: Janet Napolitano Since the novel coronavirus struck, scientific research has been shared, and built upon, at an unprecedented pace. An open and deeply collaborative academic enterprise has emerged, with scientists from around the world sharing data and working together to map the SARS-CoV-2 genome and develop […]

Blogs selected for Week Jul 20 to July 26, 2020

1. Is public accountability possible in algorithmic policymaking? The case for a public watchdog Author: Daan Kolkman Despite algorithms becoming an increasingly important tool for policymakers, little is known about how they are used in practice and how they work, even amongst the experts tasked with using them. Drawing on research into the use of […]