"Researchers need incentives to invest the time required to properly curate, document, and share their data" makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

In this new post, Make Data Count Advisory Group Member Scott Edmunds @scedmunds.bsky.social shares his thoughts on the need for more quantitative and better evidence on the use and reach of open data to make the case for the outcomes and benefits of Open Science. makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

✳️ For those who missed Steve's #CommunityConversations 🌎💬 webinar, the recording is now available to watch on demand ✳️ ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhAg... @sebiology.bsky.social @sjcfishy.bsky.social

Do altmetrics point to research impact? a call for a shift in conceptualization and application from a citation lens to process-based indicators riunet.upv.es/server/api/c... @overton.io @altmetric.com

Field research co-design between scientific researchers and social actors contributes strongly to actionable knowledge: evidence from @ec.europa.eu projects www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Working on a new dataset related to Earth governance? The @esg-journal.bsky.social is launching a new manuscript type, called “Dataset Insights”. Submit yours. More information here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @esgproject.bsky.social @isaess.bsky.social

We need public funding and public options to replace Big Tech corporations that threaten democracy and society. Stop Zuckerberg, Musk, Bezos, and Page/Brin calling the shots + profiting by exploiting our data. But how? This is an excellent read, very carefully written + thought through.👇

In Praise of the Dandelion 🧪🌿🌎🐡 open.substack.com/pub/alwaysso...

Changes to transform biodiversity measurement, applicable across disciplines and domains: 1) Capitalize on the ability of novel technology to integrate data sources 2) agree to standard methods for data collection; www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Working with hard-to-share data? The Beyond Personal Data project has developed three new guides offering practical guidance for (early-career) researchers in the SSH to help them navigate ethical, legal and practical challenges when sharing sensitive data. Find the guides here: edu.nl/anrgc

In transdisciplinary research, funding requirements and institutional contexts often reinforce incremental rather than transformative approaches www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @nriach.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de @latrobe.edu.au @icleioceania.bsky.social

Guidance from Native Women's Association of Canada for how to approach data in ways that centre community, relationships and accountability 🇨🇦 nwac-afac.ca/assets-docum... @yourcier.bsky.social @iwrising.bsky.social @indigenousja.bsky.social @indigeditors.bsky.social @fnigc.bsky.social @bcfnjc.com

From @ec.europa.eu: a framework using 16 indicators of knowledge transfer and academia-industry collaboration, and that capture other value creation pathways, such as research in standardisation, policy-making, and citizen engagement op.europa.eu/en/publicati...

It’s never too late to start a long-term dataset #itsnevertoolatetostartalongtermdataset

Research results find their way into application through many different channels. GreyNet International greynet.org has been working to raise awareness of the contributions grey literature makes to research and society since 1992. @tobyabgreen.bsky.social @overton.io

Pleased to have been part of the effort to create the Typology of Data Uses developed by the FORCE11 Data Usage Typologies Working Group. can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

We should focus less on research impact and more on research value, a paradigm that genuinely nurtures research for societal benefit. Ruth O’Connor, Sejul Malde, Wendy Russell and Maya Haviland for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social

Canada is the first country to embed future climate projections directly into its National Building Code climatedata.ca/news/new-202...

In #science-policy interactions between #decision-makers and science #advisers, gaining clarity about the #questions decision-makers pose is important. In an @ingsa.org blog post Saner draws on his experience to outline practical steps in the “quest for the right question” ingsa.org/key-issues-c...

The changing role of libraries: media and public engagement, public dialogue and cultural presentation, artistic collaboration and live experiences, digital content creation and dissemination, and large-scale event coordination for societal translation of research outcomes doi.org/10.47989/ir3...

Navigating tensions throughout inter- and transdisciplinary (ITD) research processes: lessons from Switzerland www.oekom.de/_files_media... @eawag.bsky.social @wslbiodiversity.bsky.social

Two new open access books that explore how to deal with increasingly complex natural and human crises link.springer.com/book/10.1007..., link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @springernature.com @ifrc.org @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @ifrc.org

This instance hasn't been discussed much in the European sphere, but it is pretty wild - a group of scientists write a unassuming exploration of some issues around rewilding in Argentina, and get sued by a very large and influential NGO. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We have this odd thing whereby public funding calls focus more & more on us demonstrating how our research will have societal impact While government & big business push back at enacting the radical socioeconomic changes we have demonstrated are needed to counter the climate & nature crises

Economic benefits of a research ecosystem in which research elements, including data, code, software, workflows, methods, and publications, are openly shared and valued 44092021.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Brand/... @technopolis-group.com @plos.org

A chapter on climate science has been stripped from the federal judicial reference manual for the first time since 1994. US judges are now being kept from climate science. This is far more than censorship. It is sovereign repositioning by the US to nullify climate obligations.

"People trust data with a location and a photograph more than a datapoint alone." The FUSS framework for communicating hydrological science from @iahs-aish.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @oriescc.bsky.social @soham-adla.bsky.social @iaguirre.bsky.social

Lessons from Nordic universities: two approaches to knowledge brokering: science-policy interaction adapting to principles, practices, and symbols of the academic world, or academic knowledge shaped and steered by market and managerial logics brill.com/downloadpdf/...

'Analog' research processes: yes I miss library shelf browsing, too 📚

Missed this first time around: examples of critical knowledge attainable only through long-term studies @cnrs.fr

An integrated approach to climate services product development, combining user-centered design and co-production: lessons from human-computer interaction research www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

[RECAP] Guided by a local Mpondo, the authors blend #hiking, listening, and visuals through auto-ethnography and voice notes to unpack the layers of privilege, care, and connection in eco-tourism. Read the full article here: ow.ly/KA9r50Yk5pS #Imidibaniso #SciCom | @tandfresearch.bsky.social

How transdisciplinarity has been conceptualized and operationalized across 61 international water research programmes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#ICYMI: We recently shared a new collection that highlights Canadian research supporting government decision-making. If you didn’t catch it during #CSPC2025, you can revisit here ▶️ https://ow.ly/p2Qg50Xw0sO Canadian Science Policy Centre University of Toronto Press #ICYMI#CSPC2025#SciencePolicy

Good work, also supported through research by Stellenbosch University's Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology

Research partnerships require: dedicated coordination infrastructure, not ad-hoc arrangements, plus

"... financial institutions will continue to chronically under-price climate risks, and pension funds and taxpayers will remain dangerously exposed". Thanks for sharing @tobyabgreen.bsky.social

The way ahead for tracking use of scholarly publications: " machine-consumable 'knowledge objects' with explicit context and provenance as the new unit of scholarly use"

✨ NEW blog post: Being open isn't enough - true "research information citizenship" requires building & maintaining a robust, genuinely #OpenResearch infrastructure, writes our VP of Research Futures, Simon Porter. 💡 Here's what it will take to achieve: https://ow.ly/6U3Y50YcJ3J

Potential for LLMs to save some labour in the evidence synthesis process but core challenges include complex information, subjective judgments: lessons from environmental evidence synthesis link.springer.com/article/10.1... @ryanhodgson.bsky.social @josephkb.bsky.social @dalalhanna.bsky.social

A huge shout out to our data analyst Kat Hart for her work on this! Using Overton Index, Kat investigated how evidence travels through global policy networks in times of crisis and the patterns that emerge in the research to policy interface. Find the full piece below ⬇️

The need for strategies to counter a trend that reduces ability to track use of scholarly publications

"Finding the sure ground between automation and human agency is not simple, but charting some basic principles can help us determine whether specific uses of AI cross a line."

Early sharing of research through conference presentations may indicate quality, trustworthiness: "honest signals of a researcher’s willingness to expose their work to scrutiny" scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/28/p... @dataseerai.bsky.social

From the Office of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada: "Data domains can be based on disciplines, and are most valuable when they build bridges between disciplines in support of national priorities." science.ised-isde.canada.ca/site/science...

It's not unheard of to find errors in your data after publishing it. While it's not fun when this happens, this one-pager can help guide you through the process of updating data, code, and publications when errors are found. osf.io/q4jre/files/...