Wellicht worden de bezuinigingen op onderwijs en wetenschap teruggedraaid, maar het draagvlak voor deze budgettaire aanval is nog niet weg. Column voor @voxweb.bsky.social .

Upcoming: RROSA symposium #4 with a double lecture by @jabyrnesci.bsky.social & @willemhalffman.bsky.social Monday, 2 March 2026, 10.30-12.00 Radboud University Room HG00.616 (Huygens building, ground floor, wing 6) No registration needed. halffman.org/rrosa-symp4/ #STS #philsci #metascience

📣 Submit to our track 'Making Science Better?' at the STS NL Conference which will take place in Twente from April 15 to 17, 2026! More details in the link below. 🔗 www.utwente.nl/en/bms/sts-n...

One imaginary sees the scientific literature as a gigantic library, with texts to be read. Another sees it as a database, with facts to be mined. Our analysis clarifies contrasting expectations informing current publishing innovations, and their epistemic and political risks. doi.org/10.1007/s110...

Do journalists correct the news if their scientific source articles get retracted? Barely, although quality media do it a little more. Valinciute, Auste, and Willem Halffman. ‘Do Journalists Update Retracted Science News?’ Journalism Practice, Routledge, 2025, 1–23. doi.org/10.1080/1751....

Announcing Colloquium: Problematic Science. With presentations by @elisabethbik.bsky.social and @stanvanpelt.bsky.social. RU, 14 oct.