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Monthly Archives: January 2019
Thinking globally about research evaluation – LIS-Bibliometrics talk
Last Tuesday I attended the 2019 LIS-Bibliometrics meeting which focused on open metrics and measuring openness. I was part of a panel that was asked to discuss the topic “Thinking globally about research evaluation: common challenges, common solutions”. Chaired by Lizzie Gadd … Continue reading
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In which we grow towards the light
It’s that time of year when the long winter starts to nibble away at your core. Everything feels cold, dark, and dormant, held in abeyance until better times. The festive period is a distant memory, and spring seems so far … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic bliss, Gardening, Joshua, Scientific thinking, work-life balance
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Unconscious Bias Consciousness
I’m writing this post from the wonderful Kartause Ittingen where 25 DMATL lecturers, as well as our teaching administration and a colleague from the ETH Educational Development Center are “Retreating”. Exactly two years and many hundreds of person-hours work since … Continue reading
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In which I see through other eyes
A few months ago I had a Twitter encounter with an American far-right Trump supporter. Unbeknownst to me, this man had been lurking and – as incongruous as it sounds – apparently enjoying my Twitter feed (which is largely, these … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, staring into the abyss
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Creativity Mustn’t be Allowed to be Hijacked
‘In 2019, the “two cultures” described by CP Snow in 1959 will have finally ceased to have meaning.’ So said Russell Foster in a recent article in Wired. Russell is clearly an optimist and I fear I do not share … Continue reading
Posted in CP Snow, Russell Foster, science communication, Science Culture
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Alice’s Restaurant Massacree
I fell a bit behind with the shopping lists, which is a shame because I really wanted to show you this one before Christmas. It’s a full-blown pre-Christmas shop. Right at the top we’ve got mistletoe and greenery—both queried though: … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Shopping lists, turkey
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Pyramid Schemes and the Book Cover Challenge
As a child I occasionally got sucked into a strange pyramid form of exchanging postcards, an old-fashioned form of chain mail (but not of the metal variety). The details escape me but the basic idea was that you contacted half … Continue reading
Posted in Jane Austen, JE Gordon, Materials Science, Richard Jones
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