Kenneth Ruud

Unscientific social science is trading under false pretences timeshighereducation.com/opinion/unscie… via @timeshighered

Will Finland’s big spending on R and D &D buy it the gift of growth?timeshighereducation.com/depth/will-fin… via @timeshighered

Hungarian universities stay blocked from EU grants despite appeal timeshighereducation.com/news/hungarian… via @timeshighered

So, if the largest funder of basic research isn't going to fund research in the humanities, who will?: "Humanities expelled from key New Zealand research funding scheme" timeshighereducation.com/news/humanitie… via @timeshighered

Now the Taliban is banning lecturers from pursuing higher study abroad timeshighereducation.com/opinion/now-ta… via @timeshighered

Argentine academics flee austerity drive a year into Milei’s rule timeshighereducation.com/news/argentine… via @timeshighered

China sets new priorities for Double First-Class universities timeshighereducation.com/news/china-set… via @timeshighered

What the right’s ‘plagiarism war’ really tells us about academic writing timeshighereducation.com/depth/what-rig… via @timeshighered

Kyle: Edinburgh supercomputer ‘did not exist’ without funding timeshighereducation.com/news/kyle-edin… via @timeshighered

Academics’ time increasingly taken up with research security timeshighereducation.com/news/academics… via @timeshighered

The "leaky pipeline" appears to slowly be fixed for many research areas. chemistryworld.com/news/women-sta…

Beware social media ‘pitfalls’, universities tell researchers timeshighereducation.com/news/beware-so… via @timeshighered

‘Concerted effort’ needed to improve research data sharing timeshighereducation.com/news/concerted… via @timeshighered

UK sanctions Russian troops for deploying chemical weapons in Ukraine: chemistryworld.com/news/uk-sancti…

Greek Academia Under Siege by Rise of Predatory Journals greekcitytimes.com/2024/10/15/gre… via @greekcitytimes

Hva blir soldatens rolle i framtidens væpnede konflikter? I denne artikkelen kan du lese mer om hva FFIs forskere tenker og forsker på om temaet. ffi.no/aktuelt/nyhete…

Working in a Norwegian governmental institution, we are expected to increase efficiency. Perhaps also something publishers should consider, given that the APC for an individual article on average has increased by 26% over the past 4 years. eldiario.es/1_affa4a via @eldiarioes

Worth a few minutes reflection: Does research funding competition risk prioritising high-quality research over research that best can mitigate societal challenges? "The Rat Race for Research Funding Delays Scientific Progress" undark.org/2024/08/15/res… via @undarkmag

@CForoutanNejad @guanqichem Some of the best papers are: Maria Goeppert Mayer on two-photon absorption (we needed the laser), Metropolis (we needed the computer) etc. At the same time, I am also extremely happy when theor. predictions made is verified by exp. years later (though citations are then few...)

@guanqichem Good point! Yes! A paper that remains dormant for a while then becomes hot is the best!

Do you remember which journal Alexander Fleming published his seminar paper on antibacterial properties of penicillin?: "Why I’ve removed journal titles from the papers on my CV" nature.com/articles/d4158…

@CForoutanNejad I have no problem at seeing your point. The problem is of course that in doing evaluations, the science is not actually read. And whereas there are excellent work in prestigious journals, there are also a lot of work that are excellent by association: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

@KennethRuud Dear Kenneth, this might be possible for few stars in science at certain age/career stage, or graduates of big universities. But how should grant agencies and employees in academia assess a newbie's success? Nowadays, even citations are being sold/exchanged in the market.