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Dean, Alison and Nick have published an interesting case study from Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research exploring ways we can bridge the values-action gap when working towards establishing a "research, science, and innovation system that embraces both mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) and Western knowledge in Aotearoa New Zealand". This is definitely relevant with our science system under review. It's worth reading just for the references!

How to reinforce the link between scientific knowledge & policymaking? 🤝 The latest EU Science, Research and Innovation #PolicySupportFacility report on #Science4Policy shows how to foster knowledge sharing between science & policy for better evidence-informed decisions.   Read the full report prepared by Ilkka Tuomi with input from Rene Von Schomberg, Ladislav F., Kathryn Oliver and myself ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/e363Ngk7

ARE THERE STRUGGLES FOR SCIENTISTS because of REGIONAL CONFLICTS? YES! Join us on conference in Kyparissia, Greece, from 1st to 6th of September. The conference will feature leading experts in Social Science and Political Science from Eastern Europe and the Middle East, focusing also on how conflicts in these regions are struggling scientists and educators. Key topics include: - combating misinformation, - how exactly approaches for fighting misinformation leverage peer review crisis, - support of decentralized science amid regional pressures on scientists and educators within DAOs, - how specific DAO Governance constitutions may protect scientists and assist them, - announcement the Laboratory for Exemplary DeSci Practices. The conference is under support of the Briva Universitate, SCIENCE AT RISK.Emergency Office (Germany) and Jocelyn DAO for Scientists At Risk. Feel free to suggest your round tables and separate talks! 

Associated Researcher Sara Cura took part at a Roundtable organized by the POESIS - Trust in Science project, debating themes like Scientific Integrity and Science Organization and Public Engagement and Science Communication. Experiences were shared, as well as ideas and recommendations for best practices in these domains. The POESIS project is coordinated in Portugal by Marta Entradas, teaming with Inês Sousa and Feng Yan from ISCTE. More info here: https://lnkd.in/ekGfkr_V

This is my experience and observation from my continuous 10 years of research that as long as the research keeps on disseminating a researcher feels super motivated and satisfied. The same is the case with me when I got very satisfied. On the 29th of May, our research paper was presented by super diligent Ms. Sohni Siddiqui at an international conference hosted by Cyprus. The details are as follows https://lnkd.in/dfRZXvNi

Dear members, I am excited to call you to our conference in Kyparissia, Greece (1st to 6th of Sept) - for all the #DeSci enthusiasts! The conference will feature leading experts in Social Science and Political Science from Eastern Europe and the Middle East, focusing on how conflicts in these regions are struggling scientists and educators. Key topics include: - combating misinformation, - how exactly approaches for fighting misinformation leverage peer review crisis, - support of decentralized science amid regional pressures on scientists and educators within DAOs, - how specific DAO Governance constitutions may protect scientists and assist them, - announcement the Laboratory for Exemplary DeSci Practices. The conference is under support of the Briva Universitate (https://lnkd.in/dXRxgTdc), SCIENCE AT RISK.Emergency Office (Germany, https://lnkd.in/dxKS9E5i) and Jocelyn DAO for Scientists At Risk. Feel free to suggest your round tables and separate talks: https://lnkd.in/dGbXUhXt The flyer is for DeSci part. Here - the general conference with keynote speakers: https://lnkd.in/diqxEEwP

ZEF Senior Researcher Sundus Saleemi reflects on the question "Whose development?" in a new article about postcolonial criticism of conventional development thinking in D+C Development and Cooperation. You can find the article on page 30. ➡ https://lnkd.in/eaTtPqxf

Explore the AfCA-IUCr Virtual Collection 📚 https://lnkd.in/edBPChuY We're excited to share this growing collection of articles by African authors published across IUCr Journals. This special collection was established to celebrate the founding of the African Crystallographic Association and to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the IUCr. 🌍 The AfCA Collection offers invaluable insights into the progress of crystallography in Africa, featuring research from scientists and articles on outreach initiatives that promote crystallography on the continent. With many open-access articles and others made free for a limited time, this collection is a powerful tool to share structural science research across the globe. Explore the issue here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/edBPChuY

A new paper has been published under the EI's EIQ discussion paper series authored by Stefan Collignon and Davide Orsitto. "The coherence of ideological narratives in the Euro Area is a necessary condition for the sustainability of the monetary union. Narratives shape political preferences and if they diverge persistently, cooperation between member states becomes impossible. We measure the evolution of ideological narratives in member states of the Euro Area over half a century in a two-dimensional space." 📎 Access the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/ehihBTwq #LSEEI #Research #Europe #Ideology

Thrilled to announce that the result of years of research with my former PhD supervisor has been pubished by LSE's European Institute in its EiQ discussion paper series! 🎉 Access the paper either through the post below or here: https://lnkd.in/dvQxVH8J ---- In the analysis, we are interested to understand how ideological narratives, political and cultural inclinations are changing in industrialized countries, specifically detecting any stronger ideological convergence for Euro Area countries given the ''ever closer union''. We ask: is the evolution of ideological narratives in member states of the Euro Area sufficiently coherent to prevent disruptions? To answer the question, we embark on an analysis of party salience in more than 40 years of elections for industrialized countries and statistically relate them with macroeconomic variables (GDP growth, inflation, Debt/GDP). We create an ideological field in which we place countries based on their political and cultural inclinations, classifying societies in their degree of openness. We find that ideological narratives have converged, especially since Maastricht, and are sufficiently coherent to prevent large-scale disruptions. The Euro Area is highly centrist, which makes the cooperation between member states easier. Thus, the “ever closer” institutional framework set up for the management of the monetary union has contributed to greater political coherence inside the Euro Area, while ideological convergence outside the Euro Area has been significantly weaker. We also found that ideological narratives matter for economic performance measured by the Maastricht criteria of price stability and debt sustainability – and inversely. France and Germany have adopted two opposing ideological narratives, but they are compatible with the economic objectives of the Euro Area institutions. However, the French narrative is more supportive of economic growth. This underlines the importance of the Franco-German axis for political compromises in the governance of the Euro Area. We finally noticed that all member states have become ideologically more closed, that is less liberal, while in aggregate they have also moved to the left.