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February 14, 2012
After writing my first blog a week or so ago, I was sitting on the bus chatting to the daughter of a very old acquaintance of mine, a now retired lecturer in French, for whom I did a module once a long time ago after I had arrived in Nottingham at the beginning of the …
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About this blog
After a series of scientific scandals and a perceived loss of public trust in science, many opportunities are being discussed for science to be more openly practiced. These opportunities are counterbalanced by a number of challenges, such as increasing privatisation of public research, the politicisation of science, the mediatisation of science and a certain engagement fatigue.
This blog will report on these and other issues related to the Leverhulme funded research programme: Making Science Public: Challenges and Opportunities
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- Seeing Like a Geek: the problem with #opendata June 19, 2013
- G8 commitment puts open data on the global agenda for growth - Press releases - Inside Government - GOV.UK June 19, 2013
- Annual Lecture 2013: The Public Value of the Social Sciences - Eventbrite June 17, 2013
- Open government and climate change: Help us identify case studies | Involve June 17, 2013
- Clive Barnett on doing public things June 15, 2013
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