Tag: Research policy
Research: "Then you have the feeling: That was my idea and I can prove it"
Research data is repeatedly falsified, stolen or generated using artificial intelligence. How can we prevent this? One project is trying Bitcoin technology. source site
How the skeptics’ association GWUP is dismantling itself – knowledge
Wing fights, accusations of a coup, prominent members leaving: a violent dispute over direction is raging in the Society for the Scientific Investigation of Parasciences (GWUP). “Have the German skeptics…
Scientific career: "You have no guarantee for anything"
There has been a heated debate over fixed-term employment contracts in science for years. The federal government could decide on a reform this week. The debate is unlikely to end…
Experts criticize leadership changes at the TU Nuremberg – Bavaria
A departure that is probably not entirely voluntary: the scientists on the supervisory board support the outgoing founding president Hans Jürgen Prömel and complain about too much interference from the…
Science policy: Universities should conduct research for the military
The Bundeswehr should be able to defend Germany in an emergency? This requires the support of science. Civil clauses should be abolished. source site
Hans Jürgen Prömel, the President of the TU Nuremberg, has to go – Bavaria
The Technical University of Nuremberg (TUN) is getting a new president. On Tuesday, the acting founding president, Hans Jürgen Prömel, 70, informed the workforce about this. Meanwhile, Science Minister Markus…
Germany as a science location: Hanna will soon be gone – culture
The “I have it now” phenomenon, the disappointment caused by university science, is deeply anchored in German culture. Early on it encompassed entire faculties, philosophy, law, medicine and unfortunately also…
Dixie Lee Bryant – Doctor against all odds – Bavaria
Dixie Lee Bryant or, as it should be called, Dr. Dixie Lee Bryant – this name has been forgotten today, even in Erlangen. If the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg had its…
Errors in science: "This is not intended to be a pillory"
Scientists want to reward reviewers when they prove researchers have made errors in scientific papers. Co-initiator Malte Elson explains why he thinks this is necessary. source site
Mathematics: How so-called citation cartels infiltrate science – knowledge
Cliques of mathematicians at institutions in China, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere are believed to have artificially inflated the citation numbers of colleagues. In addition, they published low-quality work that repeatedly…