In September I started a PhD in fungal ecology at Aberystwyth University. This aligning with the end of support for Windows 10 and my old laptop coming up on five years old felt like a good time to invest in a new computer and switch to Linux.
Last July, the NIH issued a Request for Information (RFI) on maximizing research funds by limiting direct spending on Article Processing Charges (APCs) in allowable publishing costs. More than 900 members of the public responded to the RFI, providing valuable insights into the diverse perspectives the NIH should consider in deciding on a path forward with APCs.
Vibe-updating my old qqman R package to ggplot2 with plan+execute.
Why crisis governance depends on democratic capacity
TLDR: Meta-crisis: the mechanisms that should solve problems are themselves deteriorating. My Society for Risk Analysis Conference Presentation At the Australia New Zealand Society for Risk Analysis Conference in Christchurch on 29-30 Jan 2026 it was clear that systemic risk and polycrisis concepts are moving from the margins to the centre of risk analysis. In … Continue reading "Is there a ‘meta’-crisis?
Para el semestre 2026-2 impartiré tres clases en formato virtual, dos de ellas serán para nivel licenciatura, para la carrera de Matemáticas Aplicadas he preparado un curso centrado en Bioinformacion dirigido a los estudiantes interesados en aprender los principios básicos del manejo de la información especializada en biociencias, en especial trataré los aspectos esenciales de la gestión de la literatura digital y los datos asociados que todo
The central principle is simple: governance intensity should scale with risk, not with rhetoric
Notes from the 2026 International AI Safety Report
The success of the Open Science movement relies on research products and infrastructures being open, accessible and sustainably curated. Recent global events, ranging from the defunding of research infrastructure in the United States to wartime threats in Ukraine, demonstrate the vulnerability of open science to geopolitical forces and demand the development of responsive and resilient open systems.
There are many academia-specific keywords: “grant”, “stipend”, “precarity”. But what is the correct designation for the leader of a research group who writes projects, manages people, supervises students, etc? Manager? Supervisor? Mentor? Because these are very different concepts. It could be easier to stick with the concept of “principal investigator” (aka PI), I know. But, let’s face it, that word ends up being a little bland right?
At rOpenSci we’re continually grateful for the support and engagement of our community who help make our open-source ecosystem stronger, more inclusive, and more collaborative. The software peer review program is one of the best examples of this: bringing together people from diverse expertise and backgrounds to improve the quality, reproducibility, and usability of scientific software across the R ecosystem.