Helping ECRs build their confidence and feel better equipped to communicate their research Researchers around the world feel a responsibility to engage with policy makers, the media and the public. However, researchers, and Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in particular, are concerned about speaking out in a polarized information landscape fraught with misinformation. But they want... More The post Confidence in communicating research first appeared on Sense about Science.| Sense about Science
I first heard about the John Maddox Prize in 2015, when Professor Edzard Ernst received it for his career-long fight against pseudoscience in healthcare, and the dire consequences he faced in this endeavour. Dr Ernst’s books, papers and online writings had been a huge inspiration of mine, as I was taking my first steps into... More The post Bringing awareness to struggles faced by those standing up for science first appeared on Sense about Science.| Sense about Science
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Should peer review detect fraud and misconduct? What does it do for science and what does the scientific community want it to do? Will it illuminate good ideas or shut them down? Should reviewers remain anonymous? In 2009, Sense about Science developed one of the largest ever international surveys of authors and reviewers, the Peer| Sense about Science