{"id":959,"date":"2012-02-08T17:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/trading-knowledge\/?p=959"},"modified":"2012-02-08T17:00:55","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T17:00:55","slug":"science-policy-my-favourite-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/trading-knowledge\/2012\/02\/08\/science-policy-my-favourite-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Science policy – my favourite sites"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a comment on a recent post, Jamie Christie asked<\/a> me to list my top ten sites on research policy.\u00a0 I thought this would be a difficult task; the best sites will vary depending on your particular interests, and some sites are important but not frequently updated.\u00a0 But as I looked through my list I could easily spot which sites I tend to rely on.<\/p>\n

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  1. Nature news and comment<\/a> – they used to have a number of separate newsfeeds and blogs but I think this is their main site.<\/li>\n
  2. Science News<\/a> – it includes content from both Science Now<\/a> and Science Insider.<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Times Higher<\/a> – it is mainly weekly, but does have more frequent updates to the breaking news section. Good for general academic issues.<\/li>\n
  4. Royal Society<\/a> and their policy blog In verba<\/a>RCUK<\/a> (plus individual RCs pages, depending on your interests).<\/li>\n
  5. Cordis<\/a> – I thought the EU should be in there, but actually the sites I look at rarely have much of interest so I feel bad about including any of them.\u00a0 This is probably the least bad.<\/li>\n
  6. Science Business<\/a> – a very good site on science in industry and science funding.<\/li>\n
  7. Research Blogs <\/a>(was called Exquisite Life) – always incisive commentary.<\/li>\n
  8. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills<\/a> – while this is not very focused on science, when it does have something on science it will be important.<\/li>\n
  9. CaSE<\/a> – very often has something of interest, and usually has a response to any major announcement.<\/li>\n
  10. Wellcome Trust<\/a> – mostly biomedical, but also has good material on broader research governance issues and public engagement.<\/li>\n
  11. BBC science<\/a> – news more than policy, but it’s a good catch-all.<\/li>\n
  12. Guardian Science<\/a>– again mostly news, but some of the comment is free pieces are good.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Another site cropped up this week that might be worth watching: Purse String Theory<\/a>. It aims to cover science policy and funding.<\/p>\n

    Of course I could just have said “Twitter” – that’s the only site you need. There is something to be said for that point of view.\u00a0 There are a number of Twitter lists for science policy. Here are some that look useful.<\/p>\n