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Kenneth Ruud @KennethRuud

Director General of the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment & prof. in theoretical chemistry UiT. Twitters largely about science and science policy.

Joined January 2013
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Unscientific social science is trading under false pretences timeshighereducation.com/opi… via @timeshighered

Unscientific social science is trading under false pretences

Social scientists must work hard to verify their conclusions. Too many that do not are rewarded anyway, says Martyn Hammersley

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Will Finland’s big spending on R and D &D buy it the gift of growth?timeshighereducation.com/dep… via @timeshighered

Will Finland’s big spending on R&D buy it the gift of growth?

Nokia’s runaway success may have rung off a decade ago, but the Nordic nation hopes to dial up its tech prowess by increasing state investment in R&D by 80 per cent, putting the nation among the...

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Hungarian universities stay blocked from EU grants despite appeal timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered

Hungarian universities stay blocked from EU grants despite appeal

Hungary ‘has not sufficiently addressed’ conflict of interest concerns, EU body rules

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So, if the largest funder of basic research isn't going to fund research in the humanities, who will?: "Humanities expelled from key New Zealand research funding scheme" timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered

Humanities expelled from key New Zealand research funding scheme

Scientists from the favoured areas raise the strongest objections

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Now the Taliban is banning lecturers from pursuing higher study abroad timeshighereducation.com/opi… via @timeshighered

Now the Taliban is banning lecturers from pursuing higher study abroad

Scholars who win foreign scholarships will have no jobs to return to in Afghanistan if they decide to take them up, says an Afghan academic

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Argentine academics flee austerity drive a year into Milei’s rule timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered

Argentine academics flee austerity drive a year into Milei’s rule

Chainsaw-wielding leader has shown some signs of pragmatism since historic election win but plight of the country’s highly regarded universities remains dire

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China sets new priorities for Double First-Class universities timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered

China sets new priorities for Double First-Class universities

Top universities project evolving to focus on interdisciplinary work and longer-term measures of success as 10-year anniversary nears

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What the right’s ‘plagiarism war’ really tells us about academic writing timeshighereducation.com/dep… via @timeshighered

What the right’s ‘plagiarism war’ really tells us about academic writing

Plagiarism accusations that led to the downfall of black US academics and politicians have sparked criticisms of ‘sloppy’ writing practices. But these controversies actually reveal how academics are...

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Kyle: Edinburgh supercomputer ‘did not exist’ without funding timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered

Kyle: Edinburgh supercomputer ‘did not exist’ without funding

Science secretary voices ‘intense frustration’ at having to apologise for pausing ‘unfunded’ £800 million exascale computer project

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Academics’ time increasingly taken up with research security timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered

Academics’ time increasingly taken up with research security

Research institutes ‘unprepared’ for impact of growing focus on national security amid geopolitical shifts, survey finds

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The "leaky pipeline" appears to slowly be fixed for many research areas. chemistryworld.com/news/wome…

Women stay in science far longer than thought, study of OECD ...

Analysis of publications reveals that, on average, women 'survive' as long as men across 16 scientific disciplines

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Beware social media ‘pitfalls’, universities tell researchers timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered

Beware social media ‘pitfalls’, universities tell researchers

‘Exercise caution’ when commenting on topics outside areas of expertise and distinguish personal and professional positions, Leru urges

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‘Concerted effort’ needed to improve research data sharing timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered

‘Concerted effort’ needed to improve research data sharing

Few physical sciences researchers are sharing their results in a way that can be easily used by other scholars, analysis finds

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UK sanctions Russian troops for deploying chemical weapons in Ukraine: chemistryworld.com/news/uk-s…

UK sanctions Russian troops for deploying chemical weapons in Ukraine

Government accuses Russian forces of deploying riot agents

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Greek Academia Under Siege by Rise of Predatory Journals greekcitytimes.com/2024/10/1… via @greekcitytimes

Greek Academia Under Siege by Rise of Predatory Journals

Greek universities are facing a growing issue of academic misconduct due to the rise of “predatory journals,” which publish research without proper peer review for a fee. With over 15,000 such...

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Hva blir soldatens rolle i framtidens væpnede konflikter? I denne artikkelen kan du lese mer om hva FFIs forskere tenker og forsker på om temaet. ffi.no/aktuelt/nyheter/krige…

Krigens digitale revolusjon

Sensorer som ser alt. Kunstig intelligens som kverner stordata og gir oss råd. Maskiner som løser oppgaver for oss. Hvilke oppgaver blir igjen til soldaten i framtidens krigføring?

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Working in a Norwegian governmental institution, we are expected to increase efficiency. Perhaps also something publishers should consider, given that the APC for an individual article on average has increased by 26% over the past 4 years. eldiario.es/1_affa4a via @eldiarioes

¿El mejor negocio del mundo? Las editoriales científicas disparan los precios y multiplican su...

Seis de los principales grupos editoriales han incrementado el precio medio por publicar artículos un 26,6% en los últimos cuatro años, alcanzando una facturación solo por este concepto de más de...

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Worth a few minutes reflection: Does research funding competition risk prioritising high-quality research over research that best can mitigate societal challenges? "The Rat Race for Research Funding Delays Scientific Progress" undark.org/2024/08/15/resear… via @undarkmag

The Rat Race for Research Funding Delays Scientific Progress

Opinion | The scramble to get academic research funded contributes to society’s inability to handle issues such as climate change.

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Junior researchers ‘cited more if PhD supervisor is well known’ timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered

Junior researchers ‘cited more if PhD supervisor is well known’

Success of those mentored by highly regarded scholars suggests ‘chaperone effect’ is increasingly important, finds study

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Do you remember which journal Alexander Fleming published his seminar paper on antibacterial properties of penicillin?: "Why I’ve removed journal titles from the papers on my CV" nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Why I’ve removed journal titles from the papers on my CV

Nature - Changing how published papers are displayed could shift the focus from simple metrics to research quality.

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