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RMZ HU@hu-rmz.bsky.social · last mo.Next week we will conclude the semester with Cornelia Schendzielorz (RMZ), Justo Serrano-Zamora (@ub.edu) and Staffan Edling (Lunds Universitet) and their new project "Science under pressure: Engaging with science and democracy in hybrid sites" 08.07.26, 11 CET, www.rmz.hu-berlin.de...
PhD position in Berlin! Explore #China‘s large-scale research infrastructures and how international big science is practiced there. Deadline: 31 July More information: www.academics.com/jobs/1-predo... #researchcooperation #researchsecurity @easst.bsky.social @hu-rmz.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social
Next week we will conclude the semester with Cornelia Schendzielorz (RMZ), Justo Serrano-Zamora (@ub.edu) and Staffan Edling (Lunds Universitet) and their new project "Science under pressure: Engaging with science and democracy in hybrid sites" 08.07.26, 11 CET, www.rmz.hu-berlin.de...
Next Wednesday, RMZ members Stephan Gauch, Jacqueline Sachse and Nikita Sorgatz will present "Justifying science in the political arena: How politicians negotiate value of research" 24.06.26, 11 CET, join the discussion in person or via zoom (link on website)! www.rmz.hu-berlin.de...
Join us next Wednesday for Claudia Göbel's (@unimainz.bsky.social) talk "A fresh look at science-public relations, their problems, and digital transformations" 10.06.26, 11 CET, join the discussion in person or via zoom (link on website)! www.rmz.hu-berlin.de...
...how critiques are interacted with, and how they organise themselves. Further information and registration details can be found here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/metascienc... #Metascience #ScienceReform #NetworkAnalysis #SocualMediaAnalysis #LIS
Metascience Research Seminar: Dr Sheena F. Bartscherer
Discussing Science Reform: Investigating the Reflexivity & Reflectivity of Actors Advocating for/against Reforming Science
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On 17 June, Sheena Bartscherer will be reporting online on her new project, “Reforming Science”. The project is looking to investigate the different actors who are currently, but also historically advocating for science reforms, how they discuss these matters publicly, ...
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RMZ HU@hu-rmz.bsky.social · 3mo agoSuse Wollin-Giering and Markus Hoffmann (TU Berlin) will present "Epistemic factors affecting the (dis)continuation of research with missing resources" at our Jour Fixe next week 27.05.26, 11 CET, join the discussion in person or via zoom (link on website)! https://hu.berlin/86369
Suse Wollin-Giering and Markus Hoffmann (TU Berlin) will present "Epistemic factors affecting the (dis)continuation of research with missing resources" at our Jour Fixe next week 27.05.26, 11 CET, join the discussion in person or via zoom (link on website)! https://hu.berlin/86369
we're very excited for today's talk!
RMZ HU@hu-rmz.bsky.social · 3mo agoNext Wednesday, RMZ members Yoanna Yankova and Jens Ambrasat will present their work on academic job culture: "Promotion into the worse? Gendered culture in academia" 13.05.26, 11 CET, join the discussion in person or via zoom (link on website)! https://hu.berlin/32961 #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan
💥 Check out this podcast produced by @hu-rmz.bsky.social of my talk there in Feb. 2026 on the role of model transfer in awakening sleeping beauties in science (@modeltransfer.bsky.social, @erc.europa.eu): blogs.hu-berlin.de/scienceworks...
Next Wednesday, RMZ members Yoanna Yankova and Jens Ambrasat will present their work on academic job culture: "Promotion into the worse? Gendered culture in academia" 13.05.26, 11 CET, join the discussion in person or via zoom (link on website)! https://hu.berlin/32961 #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan
RMZ Jour Fixe / Promotion into the worse? Gendered culture in academia
Yoanna Yankova, Jens Ambrasat (RMZ, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
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RMZ HU@hu-rmz.bsky.social · 4mo agoNext week's lecture is "Scientific professionalism under constraint: Associations, expertise boundaries, and external pressure" by Ayat Mirzaie and Masoumeh Qarakhani (@ruhr-uni-bochum.de; Allameh Tabataba'i University) 29.04.26, 11 CET, join us in person or online!
Next week's lecture is "Scientific professionalism under constraint: Associations, expertise boundaries, and external pressure" by Ayat Mirzaie and Masoumeh Qarakhani (@ruhr-uni-bochum.de; Allameh Tabataba'i University) 29.04.26, 11 CET, join us in person or online!
RMZ Jour Fixe / Scientific professionalism under constraint: Associations, expertise boundaries, and external pressure
Ayat Mirzaie, Masoumeh Qarakhani (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany; Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran)
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Next Wednesday we begin our Jour Fixe series with Dieter Plehwe (WZB Berlin) and his talk "Science and think tanks: A complicated relationship" 15.04.26, 11 CET, join the discussion in person or via zoom (link on website)!
RMZ Jour Fixe / Science and think tanks: A complicated relationship
Dieter Plehwe (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Germany)
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We're thrilled to share the line-up for our upcoming Jour Fixe. Every other Wednesday at 11am, different scholars present their current work on boundary between science and politics. No registration necessary, join the discussion via zoom or visit us in person! www.rmz.hu-berlin.de...
David Schröder & Sheena Bartscherer are hosting their open panel 'Science Unbound' at this year's 4S in Toronto (Canada). Submit your abstract via the website and join the discussion on transdisciplinary reform movements in science and beyond if you're interested! www.4sonline.org/acc...
Tomorrow our colleague Sheena Bartscherer will join the Research Ethics Conversation Series at Trinity College Dublin with her talk "Who decides how Open science should be?". Event starts at 16.00 CET, zoom link upon request (sheena.fee.bartscherer@hu-berlin.de)
Wenn der Podcast so gut produziert ist, dass man sich selbst ohne zu Schaudern den eigenen Vortrag anhören kann blogs.hu-berlin.de/scienceworks...
#35 SCIENCE WORKS/ Jour fixe: Memories Are Made of This: Materielle Erinnerung in Biobanken | Science Works#35 SCIENCE WORKS/ Jour fixe: Memories Are Made of This: Materielle Erinnerung in Biobanken –...
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RMZ HU@hu-rmz.bsky.social · 5mo agoAlthough we have been a little quiet during the semester break, we are still publishing regularly on our podcast feed. So check out our recent episodes, especially if you are interested in biobanks, the M87* Black Hole or the competing imaginaries of research literature.
Although we have been a little quiet during the semester break, we are still publishing regularly on our podcast feed. So check out our recent episodes, especially if you are interested in biobanks, the M87* Black Hole or the competing imaginaries of research literature.
Next week our jour fixe will conclude for the semester with a talk by Catherine Herfeld on "Model Transfer and its Role in Awakening Sleeping Beauties in Science" 04.02.26, 11:00 join us in person or remotely (link on website)!
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From our archive: "In der Wissenskrise? Politisierung von Wissen und Expertise als Herausforderung für die Soziologie" by Sebastian Büttner (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg). If you attended last year's @dgsoziologie.bsky.social, you know that the subject is as relevant as in 2023. hu.berlin/episode32
This excellent talk is now available on our podcast feed blogs.hu-berlin.de/scienceworks...
#31 SCIENCE WORKS / Jour fixe: The (anti)social replication of replication: exploring how replication moves across epistemic communities | Science Works#31 SCIENCE WORKS / Jour fixe: The (anti)social ...
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RMZ HU@hu-rmz.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe're excited for our last Jour Fixe this year in which S. Bartscherer, S. Ulpts, B. Penders & S. Field present their work on "The (anti)social replication of replication" www.rmz.hu-berlin.de... 10.12.25, 11:00 CEST, join in person/ via zoom! @ibi-hu.bsky.social
We're excited for our last Jour Fixe this year in which S. Bartscherer, S. Ulpts, B. Penders & S. Field present their work on "The (anti)social replication of replication" www.rmz.hu-berlin.de... 10.12.25, 11:00 CEST, join in person/ via zoom! @ibi-hu.bsky.social
RMZ Jour fixe/ The (anti)social replication of replication: exploring how replication moves across epistemic communities
Sheena F. Bartscherer (RMZ, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany), Sven Ulpts (Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy, Aarhus University, Denmark), Bart Penders (School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Netherlands), Sarahanne Field (Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands)
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In our new podcast episode Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri (UCBL, France) and Jie Xu (Wuhan University, China) present their work on early career researchers in China and France. The role of social media in the changing socialization of academics might be especially interesting! blogs.hu-berlin.de/s...
Neues aus der Berlin Science Survey im @berlinualliance.bsky.social Newsletter: Wissenschaftler*innen aller Statusgruppen sind stark durch ihre Arbeit belastet. Frauen sind jedoch deutlich stärker betroffen als Männer. Professorinnen sind die am stärksten belastete Gruppe. www.berlinsciencesur...
In our upcoming jour fixe next week, M. Seeber (U of Adger, Norway) will speak about the evolution of the scientific publishing market, its drivers and implications www.rmz.hu-berlin.de... 26.11.25, 11:00 CEST, join in person/ via zoom! @ibi-hu.bsky.social
In our new #podcast episode, J. W. Schneider (Aarhus University, DK) speaks about questionable Research Practices, what are they and so should we worry? The talk is based on the article „Is something rotten in the state of Denmark?" journals.plos.org/pl... blogs.hu-berlin.de/s... @ibi-hu.bsky.social
Is something rotten in the state of Denmark? Cross-national evidence for widespread involvement but not systematic use of questionable research practices across all fields of research
Questionable research practices (QRP) are believed to be widespread, but empirical assessments are generally restricted to a few types of practices. Furthermore, conceptual confusion is rife with use and prevalence of QRPs often being confused as the same quantity. We present the hitherto most comprehensive study examining QRPs across scholarly fields and knowledge production modes. We survey perception, use, prevalence and predictors of QRPs among 3,402 researchers in Denmark and 1,307 in the UK, USA, Croatia and Austria. Results reveal remarkably similar response patterns among Danish and international respondents (τ = 0.85). Self-reported use indicates whether respondents have used a QRP in recent publications. 9 out of 10 respondents admitted using at least one QRP. Median use is three out of nine QRP items. Self-reported prevalence reflects the frequency of use. On average, prevalence rates were roughly three times lower compared to self-reported use. Findings indicated that the perceived social acceptability of QRPs influenced self-report patterns. Results suggest that most researchers use different types of QRPs within a restricted time period. The prevalence estimates, however, do not suggest outright systematic use of specific QRPs. Perceived pressure was the strongest systemic predictor for prevalence. Conversely, more local attention to research cultures and academic age was negatively related to prevalence. Finally, the personality traits conscientiousness and, to a lesser degree, agreeableness were also inversely associated with self-reported prevalence. Findings suggest that explanations for engagement with QRPs are not only attributable to systemic factors, as hitherto suggested, but a complicated mixture of experience, systemic and individual factors, and motivated reasoning.
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