Long ago, there were no software companies.

Proportionality is how complex societies remain functional in the presence of uncertainty

Have you ever had that person in your team that made sure to explicitly share that they have been working during crazy hours, every single time they had to do that? (I have, and what a pleasant person to listen to.) These types of glorifications are sometimes thrown around as if they were achievements. Even though it’s not strange to work overtime or do experiments on weekends, if you are a researcher.

On January 13, 2026, I was on Posit’s Data Science Lab to talk about my Positron settings and other neat workflow-y things I use to make my life easier. I’ll post the video here once it’s up. This isn’t a standard blog post—it’s mostly just a list of the stuff we talked about, with lots of different links to other resources.

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We are pleased to announce the publication of a new guide from the BMFTR-funded (Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space) project “Professionalisierung der Open-Access-Repositorien-Infrastruktur in Deutschland (Pro OAR DE)”: “Forschungsdaten: Handlungsfeld für institutionelle Open-Access-Repositorien. Pro OAR DE Handreichung” (available in German only). Matthias, L., Pampel, H., Khamis, C. O., & Rothfritz, L. (2025).

por Aída López Sosa Flores de primavera, luna de otoño: ¿cuándo acabáis? ¿Hasta qué punto se conoce el  pasado? Li Yu. Emperador chino Ayer como hoy, el comportamiento de los altos funcionarios es cuestión de Estado.

Endlich setzt Europa den Hämmern aus den USA was entgegen.

Reply to ‘Genome engineering for conservation might be a game changer but only with the incorporation of Indigenous voices’ in Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Im letzten Quartal des Jahres 2025 sind mehrere wissenschaftliche Publikationen erschienen, die durch den Publikationsfonds des Landes Brandenburg gefördert und im Open Access veröffentlicht wurden. Sie stammen aus unterschiedlichen Fachdisziplinen und zeigen die thematische Breite der Forschung in Brandenburg.

Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) is a practical tool designed for humanitarian emergencies that allows aid workers to quickly understand how a crisis affects women, men, boys, and girls differently. Because there is often no time for long, detailed studies when lives are at risk, RGA provides a practical method to gather “good enough” information immediately to ensure that aid is safe, fair, and effective. It works by using existing data