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| Applying game theory to science politics |
| Game theory has been an important scientific tool to study the dynamics of social interactions n a community. Actually, my first publication is about the evolution of cooperation and how certain aspects of it can be mode...[more] |
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| Posted on Wednesday 09 May 2007 - 10:02:38 |
| Science is not a 9-5 job |
| Yesterday I read an article in the German newspaper "Süddeutsche", in which the author states that basically every German scientist incriminates his employer. The article says: ...[more] |
| science politics working hours employment |
| Posted on Tuesday 29 January 2008 - 08:39:44 |
| PostDoc opportunities in Germany |
| I almost drenched my laptop in cereal and milk this morning when I read an article in the German magazine SPIEGEL about the fantastic opportunities for postdocs in Germany. The author wonders why so many postdocs in Germ...[more] |
| science politics postdocs media |
| Posted on Friday 14 March 2008 - 16:03:43 |
| Public funding of applied science |
| The other day I suddenly realized that something which is completely 'normal' and commonly accepted, doesn't make any sense to me at all. There has to be some important point I'm missing. Everybody else doesn't seem to h...[more] |
| science politics applied science public funding |
| Posted on Friday 28 March 2008 - 18:39:35 |
| What's good about a 2.2% funding rate? |
| In the latest issue of Nature Genetics, the Editorial is full of praise for the European funding of PostDocs and young faculty. ...[more] |
| science politics ERC science funding |
| Posted on Tuesday 29 April 2008 - 09:47:17 |
| What do science and sports have in common? |
| Competition and misconduct! This is basically what the current developments in science politics boil down to. This convergence in opinion comes from multiple sources, such as Coturnix, 3 quarks daily, Janet and an interv...[more] |
| science politics game theory open science |
| Posted on Tuesday 17 July 2007 - 09:02:05 |
| Another disorder which will spread through the science community |
| Ok, this story in TheScientist is just a collection of he-said/she-said accounts. But it reminded me of yet another negative consequence of the current developments in the science community, besides scientific misconduct...[more] |
| science politics paranoia misconduct open science |
| Posted on Friday 20 July 2007 - 13:11:47 |
| a short primer to peer review |
| Have you ever wondered how the scientific publishing system works? Have you ever doubted scientific "experts" on TV or a news report telling you of some some amazing new scientific discovery that seemed just too weird to...[more] |
| peer-review science politics |
| Posted on Tuesday 22 November 2005 - 18:54:13 |
| Let's play Fantasy Science Funding |
| Duncan Hull had the great idea of Fantasy Science Funding. In step one, I'm picking the European Research Council (ERC) as founding body. The ERC is in principle a great idea. Any scientific discipline can apply, from any ...[more] |
| science funding science politics fantasy science funding fun ERC |
| Posted on Thursday 21 August 2008 - 11:17:40 |
| Please dispose thoughtfully of your used postdocs |
| This morning, I read this letter to Nature about how 80% of US postdocs never get a tenured position. Then there is this discussion at FriendFeed where Bill Hooker posts this image: |
| postdocs science politics employment labor |
| Posted on Thursday 28 August 2008 - 19:24:53 |
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