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A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Paolo Attivissimo about new tech normalcy
New tech normalcy, a scientist’s opinion An interview with Paolo Attivissimo. He is an information technology writer and journalist, science communicator, public speaker, technical translator and interpreter, and hoax buster. He has followed from the early stages the intense debate that has been going on about the dispute that has arisen within the PEPP-PT consortium. ...
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Jürgen Geuter about new tech normalcy
New tech normalcy, a scientist’s opinion An interview with Jürgen Geuter. He is an independent theorist working on the intersection of technology, politics and the social aspects. He writes and speaks about the social consequences of the digital turn as well as the structure of the digital turn itself. He has written for a number ...
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Michael Veale about new tech normalcy
New tech normalcy, a scientist’s opinion An interview with Michael Veale. He is a lecturer in Digital Rights and Regulation at University College London in the Faculty of Laws and Digital Charter Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute in London. He works at the intersection between law, emerging technology, public policy and society, with a ...
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Hans-Christian Boos about new tech normalcy
New tech normalcy, a scientist’s opinion An interview with Hans-Christian Boos. He is the Founder and CEO of Arago, a leading AI company that helps businesses automate their IT processes through intelligent automation. and member of the Digital Council of the German Federal Government. Boos is also the head of the PEPP-PT consortium, committed to ...
Urban health: making cities sustainable and healthier for all
The current Covid-19 pandemic draws attention to the need to integrate health equity into urban planning and encourage behaviours that simultaneously protect the environment and promote health.
Covid-19: Boosting antiviral research
As countries around the world implement national pandemic plans, we take a look at some of the research strategies being pursued to tackle Covid-19.
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Colleen Campbell about Open access
Open access, a scientist's opinion Interview with Colleen Campbell, Co-Director of Egenis, the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences. Are you involved with PlanS directly and if so, how? I have no official role in PlanS, but I coordinate the global Open Access 2020 (OA2020) Initiative and our objectives for achieving full ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Liz Ferguson about Open access
Open access, a scientist's opinion Interview with Liz Ferguson, VP for Editorial Development in Wiley’s Global Research division. Wiley is the biggest publisher to have embraced open access on a large‑scale through the DEAL agreement. Is this the blueprint for other transformative agreements? We are very pleased with the DEAL agreement, which is unique to ...
Europe leads the way in the transition to open access publishing : what is at stake?
Open access publications will be exceeding 43 000 journals in 2020 thanks to a push by some research funders. Critics object on grounds of sustainability, tight timelines and restrictions that look unsuitable for social sciences.
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Sabina Leonelli about Open access
Open access, a scientist's opinion Interview with Sabina Leonelli, Co-Director of Egenis, the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences. How are you involved in Plan S? I am a Plan S ambassador. This is an independent role and does not imply being aligned with everything cOAlition S proposes. As ambassadors, we are tasked with presenting ...