New on Entomology Today: Meet entomologist Emily Sandall, Ph.D., science policy analyst with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service focusing on biodiversity, deforestation, and land use, and subject of the next installment of our "Standout Early Career Professionals" series. Β  entomologytoday.org/2023/09/07

#entomology #insects #bidiversity #careers #sciencepolicy

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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen · @thomasjorgensen
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Good but uneventful hearing today of new EU Commissioner for , education, and culture.

We will have a year with a competent manager of the world's largest research programme, which is what we need.

For the big political ideas, we have to wait for the next Commission

@pieterhaeck

#research #innovation #sciencepolicy #EUPolicy

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National SciPol Network - NSPN · @SciPolNetwork
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"As a first generation college student, I grew up in a community that helped each other. You have to be a strong relationship builder and fill other people's cups."

Megan Damico is a STEM Policy Fellow at NC Biotech and an active advocate for stronger and more resilient communities.

Read more about how Damico builds bridges: scipolnetwork.org/nspn?recordI

#policy #sciencepolicy #scipol #engagement #localengagement #Civicscience #publicservice #community #biology #microbiology #environment

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National SciPol Network - NSPN · @SciPolNetwork
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"Our chapter has taken an active role in designing some class modules of the 2023 Science Policy and Advocacy Certificate Program. This virtual program is designed to impart critical skills and knowledge to introduce young scientists from diverse backgrounds to science policy."

Read more on our blog to find out how UCI SPAN creates educational opportunities for its members: scipolnetwork.org/nspn?recordI

#community #policy #scipol #sciencepolicy #training #education #featuredchapter #chapterspotlight

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Thiago Carvalho · @cyrilpedia
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'To address these challenges and foster a more coherent approach to research integrity and misconduct in Europe, the EMBO Policy Programme explored the establishment of a permanent pan-European body for research integrity.'

The project has put out a report. Read Sandra Bendiscioli's blog post about it at FEBS

network.febs.org/posts/strengt

#ResearchIntegrity #sciencepolicy

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National SciPol Network - NSPN · @SciPolNetwork
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Jana Semrau · @jasemrau
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By Sabina Leonelli

"This Element examines the role played by OS principles & practices within contemporary research & how this relates to the epistemology of science. [...] it highlights how the interpretation of openness as the sharing of resources, [...] may have the unwanted effect of constraining epistemic diversity & worsening epistemic injustice [...]
cambridge.org/core/elements/ph

#sciencepolicy #opensociety #diversityinresearch #equityinresearch #researchpractice

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National SciPol Network - NSPN · @SciPolNetwork
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"A long term project focuses on PFAS, 'forever chemicals' that have been contaminating drinking water. Our goal is to spread the word to improve regulatory standards."

NC State's SciPolPack connects trainees interested in . The leadership team shares the group's recent successes & upcoming plans: scipolnetwork.org/nspn?recordI

#advocacy #engagement #community #training #policy #sciencepolicy #careers #career #careerdevelopment #professionaldevelopment #pfas #chapterspotlight #featuredchapter #scipol

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We are seeing increasingly restrictive policies on global cooperation.

In the , the discussion is broadening from preventing spread of dual use technologies to the much wider idea of protecting critical technologies for 'economic security'

sciencebusiness.net/viewpoint/

#research #eu #EUPolicy #sciencepolicy #Science

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National SciPol Network - NSPN · @SciPolNetwork
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Brittany Trang · @brittanytrang
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β€’ NIH , , and researchers are unionizing, partially to get a raise

β€’ However, controls the budget (and doesn't like NIH very much)

β€’ Twist: NIH already gave IRTA fellows a raise, but won't say where the $ is from

So where's the money coming from? External grant funds?

Me for @statnews:
statnews.com/2023/07/11/nih-un

#postdoc #postbac #gradstudent #congress #nih #research #Science #sciencepolicy #medicine #health #healthcare #unionization #labor

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UKRIO · @ukrio
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Megan Hall · @ScienceisWhere
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@Knowing Neurons:

In our most recent article, Liza Chartampila explains how Schizophrenia triples the risk of death during extreme heat events. These events are expected to increase in frequency and intensity due to climate change, highlighting the need for better public health policies and practices.

knowingneurons.com/blog/2023/0

#sciencepolicy #scicomm #neuroscience #schizophrenia #scienceEducation

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Bahar · @bahar
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Scientific journals have a responsibility on raising awareness on despite all the problems they face notes Juliet Dobson at @EASE
conference

#bmj #scholarlyPublishing #sciencepolicy #easeevents #ClimateCrisis

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EASE · @EASE
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The has been covered by The BMJ since the 1990s due to its inextricable link to health, says Juliet Dobson. Co-founded the UK Health Alliance.

Policy initiatives help influence society, through editorials, article collections, and themed issues for events, e.g., COP26.

Climate coverage attracts criticism from deniers on social media.

#climatecrisis #easeevents #sciencepolicy #scipol #bmj

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Maria Spyraki MEP · @MariaSpyraki
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RT @EuChemS: EuChemS held it's most recent event in its series yesterday: a fascinating workshop on the element of . The morning session was chaired by @MariaSpyraki, who delivered an insightful address @europarl priorities in relevant policy areas. t.co/OfAHuw9KVY

πŸ¦πŸ”—: n.respublicae.eu/MariaSpyraki/

#PeriodicTable #sciencepolicy #phosphorus

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Maria Spyraki MEP · @MariaSpyraki
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RT @EuChemS: We are delighted to have @MariaSpyraki delivering an address on the European Parliament's priorities on chemical regulation at our workshop on t.co/tUgZwiL7AR

πŸ¦πŸ”—: n.respublicae.eu/MariaSpyraki/

#sciencepolicy #phosphorus

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Megan Hall · @ScienceisWhere
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Knowing Neurons on LinkedIn: Are you passionate about the intersection between and ? The Knowing Neurons NeuroPolicy Paper Competition is now open for submissions! πŸ“’

Early-career researchers are invited to submit short-form policy papers related to neuroscience to practice policy writing and learn about .

Find out more: knowingneurons.com/neuropolicy

#neuroscience #policy #neuropolicy #sciencepolicy #scicomm

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IHC · @IHChistory
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πŸ†• We end the week congratulating Maria de FΓ‘tima Nunes, Vice-President of the IHC Board of Directors, who was invited to join the Scientific Council for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.

πŸ‘‰ ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/maria-fatim

@histodons

#histodons #academynews #ihcnews #sciencegovernance #sciencepolicy

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