This was deliberate shit-stirring & border-line slander from the minister, using a Policy Exchange briefing written by Iain Mansfield.

There was no justification for it now and none at the time. It was all just an attempt to smear individuals & attack important EDI work.

Wrote at length for UnHerd on my current bugbear: techno-admin.

The way machines designed to make everything easier somehow make life harder. (And why that is)

unherd.com/2024/02/techno…

How can scientists make the most of the public’s trust in them? Smart editorial in this week’s nature with nods to recent work by Tony Blair Institute for Global Change & Academy of Social Sciences

nature.com/articles/d4158… Stian Westlake Ehsan Masood Hetan Shah Magdalena Skipper

Research on Research Institute (RoRI) announces new partners and a new project – AFIRE: Accelerator For Innovation & Research Funding Experimentation. Hot stuff! researchonresearch.org/rori-announces…

We are offering International Fellowships to enable early career researchers from around the world to come to the UK for two years to undertake original research in the humanities or social sciences. Please spread the word!
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/intern…

“A shared endeavour deliver national prosperity through connected, resilient,engaged,diversity in research & innovation & embed so deeply in Govt it informs every decision made & every action taken”. ⁦Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser⁩ Thank you all you have done ⁦⁦ researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-res…

‘Even the shiniest science cannot go the distance solo’: great FT piece by Anjana Ahuja on our recent report on the ‘secret sauce’ of social science
on.ft.com/48ZD8ra Academy of Social Sciences Digital Science Stian Westlake Hetan Shah Economic and Social Research Council

The social sciences act as a ‘secret sauce’ in wider recipes for R&D, says RoRI's James Wilsdon🌶️🔥

New report published by Academy of Social Sciences
Sage highlights the importance of social science to UK research and innovation: researchonresearch.org/restoring-the-…

Our new report, 'Reimagining the recipe for research and innovation: the secret sauce of social science', sets out 4 ingredients the #socialsciences contribute to enable world-leading and future-focused UK research.
Download at ➡️acss.org.uk/publications/r…

ARE YOU HAPPY NOW, C P SNOW?

From Academy of Social Sciences: “Reimagining the Recipe for Research & Innovation: The Secret Sauce of Social Science” acss.org.uk/wp-content/upl… (@Wonkhe blog here too: wonkhe.com/blogs/social-s…) by James Wilsdon Kathryn Weber-Boer Juergen Wastl Ed Bridges

'Reimagining the recipe for research and innovation: the secret sauce of social science' uses examples & data analysis from the Digital Science ‘Dimensions’ database to demonstrate a symbiotic relationship between social science & STEM research.
Read here ⬇️acss.org.uk/publications/r…

Published today our new report emphasises the vitally important yet poorly-understood role of the #socialsciences to the UK’s current research, development & innovation system. Hear from James Wilsdon below for more.
Read the report ➡️acss.org.uk/publications/r…

Sage

The critics are calling it 'curious but alluring' and 'entertainingly catty' and it can be YOURS from Friday. UK: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-ci… IRL: easons.com/the-city-of-to…

New piece “The rise of ‘responsible metrics’ as a professional reform movement” is out now, with Björn Hammarfelt

direct.mit.edu/qss/article/do…

A thread…

Harries is the head of the new UKHSA - the body now in place to lead on the next pandemic.

The Inquiry is right to make this point. This will be the person in charge next time there is a pandemic and their beliefs and approach will affect us all

Prof Dame Harries testimony was the most illuminating of the week so far

Bear in mind, Johnson only needed a handful of scientists to agree with his callous “take it on the chin” response

The Inquiry seems to ask whether Harries was one of them

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Excellent outputs demand excellent people, cultures & environments

RoRI’s Stephen Curry responds to recent debates over the next UK REF Higher Education Policy Institute

hepi.ac.uk/2023/12/01/exc…