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UNESCO, WHO and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Call for "Open Science"
UNESCO, WHO and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Call for "Open Science"
The first draft text of the UNECSO Open Science Recommendation is currently open for comments.
Covax: Covid Vaccine Global Effort Gets China's Support
Beijing joins initiative against 'vaccine nationalism' in contrast to US, which is not part of alliance.
A New Test from the WHO Could Be a Game Changer in the Fight Against Covid
A New Test from the WHO Could Be a Game Changer in the Fight Against Covid
New antigen tests will help tackle a dangerous inequality, says Charlotte Summers, lecturer in intensive care medicine at the University of Cambridge
The Visa Woes That Shattered Scientists' American Dreams
Five international students and postdocs reflect on a turbulent year triggered by the Trump administration's visa restrictions.
Nature Index 2020 Top Science Cities
The Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles. The infographic indicates patterns of international collaboration captured by the Nature Index.
Open Science Beyond Open Access: For and with Communities, A Step Towards the Decolonization of Knowledge
Open Science Beyond Open Access: For and with Communities, A Step Towards the Decolonization of Knowledge
UNESCO is launching international consultations aimed at developing a Recommendation on Open Science for adoption by member states in 2021. Its Recommendation will include a common definition, a shared set of values, and proposals for action. At the invitation of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, this paper aims to contribute to the consultation process by answering questions such as: • Why and how should science be "open"? For and with whom? • Is it simply a matter of making scientific articles and data fully available to researchers around the world at the time of publication, so they do not miss important results that could contribute to or accelerate their work? • Could this openness also enable citizens around the world to contribute to science with their capacities and expertise, such as through citizen science or participatory action research projects? • Does science that is truly open include a plurality of ways of knowing, including those of Indigenous cultures, Global South cultures, and other excluded, marginalized groups in the Global North? The paper has four sections: "Open Science and the pandemic" introduces and explores different forms of openness during a crisis where science suddenly seems essential to the well-being of all. The next three sections explain the main dimensions of three forms of scientific openness: openness to publications and data, openness to society, and openness to excluded knowledges2 and epistemologies3. We conclude with policy considerations. A French version of this paper is available here: https://zenodo.org/record/3947013#.Xw-Ksx17nOQ
US Stays Away As World Leaders Agree Action on Covid-19 Vaccine
Global leaders have pledged to accelerate cooperation on a coronavirus vaccine and to share research, treatment and medicines across the globe. But the United States did not take part.
We Created This Beast
Opinion piece argues that there is nothing 'natural' about the coronavirus pandemic: global capitalism has created it. Social distancing is like a general strike: an experiment taking back control over our own time.
International Travel Restrictions in Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak
International Travel Restrictions in Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak
Tracking the closure of the borders that governments implemented to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Coronavirus: Three Things All Governments and Their Science Advisers Must Do Now
Coronavirus: Three Things All Governments and Their Science Advisers Must Do Now
Follow World Health Organization advice, end secrecy in decision-making and cooperate globally.
Strengthening Capacity for Natural Sciences Research in African Research Institutions
Strengthening Capacity for Natural Sciences Research in African Research Institutions
A qualitative assessment to identify good practices, capacity gaps and investment priorities, whose results could serve as strategic investment targets for the joint efforts of national governments and international organisations that fund programmes for strengthening research capacity in low- and middle-income countries.
Global Officials Call for Free Access to Covid-19 Research
Government science advisers in a dozen countries are asking scientific journals to make data on the disease more widely available.
COVID-19: Funding Bodies Around the World Pledge New Money for Virus Research
COVID-19: Funding Bodies Around the World Pledge New Money for Virus Research
Research charities Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation announced they are joining forces with the credit card company MasterCard in a $125 million push to speed up development of drugs for treating COVID-19 infections, in the latest example of the rush to fund research into the novel coronavirus.
Why Do People Migrate In Europe? A New Online Tool Explains
Universities and research organisations have joined forces to develop a new interactive tool that explores how free movement has affected EU economies and societies.
How China's New Policy May Change Researchers' Publishing Behavior
How China's New Policy May Change Researchers' Publishing Behavior
A researcher from the Wuhan University of China offers a view of how Chinese researchers are reacting and are likely to alter their behavior in response to new policies governing research evaluation.
Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy
Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy
This New Nature Economy report calls out the dependency and impact of business on nature and aims to ensure that biodiversity and nature-related risks are appropriately considered within the broader economic growth agenda.
UNESCO Launches a Global Consultation to Develop a Standard-setting Instrument on Open Science
UNESCO Launches a Global Consultation to Develop a Standard-setting Instrument on Open Science
In the context of pressing planetary and socio-economic challenges, sustainable and innovative solutions must be supported by an efficient, transparent and vibrant scientific effort - not only stemming from the scientific community, but from the whole society. Go directly to the questionnaire.
Project to Explore Open Access Agreements Between Society Publishers and Library Consortia in Developing and Transition Economy Countries
Project to Explore Open Access Agreements Between Society Publishers and Library Consortia in Developing and Transition Economy Countries
The new project will run during the first half of 2020. It is supported by Wellcome Trust, led by Information …
Trump Seeks to Halve U.S. Funding for World Health Organization As Coronavirus Rages
Trump Seeks to Halve U.S. Funding for World Health Organization As Coronavirus Rages
The president's new budget would cut more than $3 billion in global health programs.
Mission Impossible? WHO Director Fights to Prevent a Pandemic Without Offending China
Mission Impossible? WHO Director Fights to Prevent a Pandemic Without Offending China
New outbreak comes as Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus struggles to raise more money, thwart Ebola, and fight health misinformation.
UK Parliament Rejects Proposal to Keep Country in EU's Erasmus+ Scheme
Conservative MPs have voted against an amendment that would have required the government to negotiate continuing full membership of the EU's Erasmus+ programme, which helps students study in other countries.
Get the Sustainable Development Goals Back on Track
At the current rate, most of the goals will not be met. Here's how the 2030 agenda can be put back on the right path.
Open Access in 2019: Which Countries Are the Biggest Publishers of OA Journals?
Open Access in 2019: Which Countries Are the Biggest Publishers of OA Journals?
Fifty percent of the open access journals listed in DOAJ in 2019 are published in Europe, and the United Kingdom is the biggest publisher of OA journals in DOAJ.
Automated Hacking, Deepfakes Are Going to Be Major Cybersecurity Threats in 2020
Automated Hacking, Deepfakes Are Going to Be Major Cybersecurity Threats in 2020
Artificial intelligence used to carry out automated, targeted hacking is set to be one of the major threats to look out for in 2020, according to a cybersecurity expert.
'Opportunity Lost' As Longest Climate Talks End
Exhausted delegates postponed tricky issues. The weak rules on a market based mechanism, promoted by Brazil and Australia, that would have undermined efforts to reduce emissions have been shelved and the fight can continue next year at COP26 in Glasgow.
Congress Creates Two New Bodies to Tackle Foreign Influence on U.S. Research
Congress is set to approve a major defense bill that would establish two new high-level bodies aimed at preventing foreign governments from unfairly exploiting the U.S.
The Plan S Open Access Initiative Creates More Opportunities Than Threats for Latin America
The Plan S Open Access Initiative Creates More Opportunities Than Threats for Latin America
Concerns about the threat from the Global North to Latin America's exemplary tradition of open access publishing are understandable but ultimately misplaced.
Despite Political Turmoil, Global Scientific Collaboration Continues to Flourish
Despite Political Turmoil, Global Scientific Collaboration Continues to Flourish
Connections prove resilient as researchers circumvent geopolitical obstacles.
Foreign Interference Fears Prompt Guidelines for Australian Universities
Foreign Interference Fears Prompt Guidelines for Australian Universities
The move comes amid concerns over China's influence on Australian campuses, and after major cybersecurity breaches at one institution.
