Deputies of Bulgaria’s Iliana Ivanova likely to have outsized influence on Horizon Europe and its successor, according to a national official unhappy that the planning process belongs to Brussels
As their behind-the-scenes work draws partisan attention, agencies that assess institutional quality differ on tactics and fear Biden doesn’t see urgency in unity
But university insists development ‘must happen for the benefit of everybody who lives in the city and surrounding areas and not at the expense or to the detriment of current residents’
By creating one large, centralised research funder, Indian government is ‘pouring old wine into new bottle’, say academics, who doubt it will be able to solve the plethora of issues facing science in the country
Petitioners ask leading Italian university to look again at honorary degree for Kaïs Saïed over his replacement theory rhetoric and constitutional power grabs
Academics granted unique access to ‘black box of algorithms’ to explore social media’s influence on 2020 presidential election, but many question if ‘independence by permission’ model can endure
Leaders say a vote curbing Supreme Court powers has forced them to speak out, but they must still consider pro-government faculty and staff as the state heads for civil strife
While Marc Tessier-Lavigne has fallen on his sword, the circumstances of his departure point to much deeper problems with scholarly norms and incentives
ByteDance’s pre-regulation ‘strategic’ move will allow academics to pull more data from the platform, but critical work may still have to use workarounds if the company extends its veto on publications
Ola Borten Moe admits ‘serious misjudgement of my own impartiality’ over multibillion-krone contract meeting about a weapons manufacturer he had indirectly bought shares in
