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Publié in Open Access Brandenburg
Auteur Ben Kaden

Fragt man, welche Hürden der Transformation zu Open Access, Open Research und Open Science besonders im Weg stehen, dann lautet eine der häufigsten Antworten: Es sind die rechtlichen Unsicherheiten. Oft möchte man gern, weiß aber nicht, ob man darf. Oder man fragt sich, zum Beispiel, wie der § 38 UrhG Abs. 4 eigentlich auszulegen ist? Oder welche Implikationen sich aus den Creative-Commons-Lizenzen ergeben?

ScienceBiologieAnglais
Publié in Reciprocal Space
Auteur Stephen Curry

Four months after my open letter calling on the Royal Society to take action over Elon Musk FRS’s breaches of their code of conduct had attracted thousands of signatures from the scientific community, but only a very muted response from that most learned organisation, I was beginning to think I should let the matter go. After all, Musk is no longer part of the Trump administration, his relationship with the president

Lab LifeResearchInformatique et sciences de l'informationAnglais

Presentations After a welcome by Heinz Pampel, Catharina Ochsner first introduced the topic of scholarly blogs. She introduced the basic concept of scholarly blogging, presented challenges of archiving blogs, and emphasized the importance of the long-term accessibility of scholarly blogs.

GovernanceCommunityCitizen SciencePeer-productionDemocracyAutres sciences socialesAnglais

In some ways, there has been little news in the iNaturalist ‘GenAI’ story: Beyond some vague posturing towards “going to work on improving ways to get feedback from the community” , saying (but not demonstrating) that they are ‘listening’, and somehow doing some ‘webinar’ at some point in the future, there’s been very little commitment from any iNaturalist staff or leaders.

Géographie humaine et aménagement du territoireAnglais
Publié in Existential Crunch

This post is part of a living literature review on societal collapse. You can find an indexed archive here. For this post I aim to essentially create a little repository of catastrophic risk lists, so other people can find those more easily and get an overview of how groups of experts with different backgrounds categorize and evaluate risks.

Autor + TextFotos + GrafikenMusik + MP3SchöpfungshöheDroitAllemand
Publié in iRights.info
Auteur Lea Singson

Sie ist Dreh- und Angelpunkt für die Frage, ob eine geistige Leistung als Werk gilt und damit urheberrechtlichen Schutz genießt: die Schöpfungshöhe. Es ranken sich Mythen um sie, ihre Bestimmung ist nicht trivial und hängt vom Einzelfall ab. Doch es gibt klare Kriterien und Beispiele zur Orientierung. Die „Schöpfungshöhe“ ist ein unbestimmter Rechtsbegriff , also nicht im Gesetz selbst definiert.

Aus Der PraxisEnglischActivismCareDisplacementSciences socialesAnglais
Publié in Netzwerk Fluchtforschung
Auteur Philipp Schulz

In media, policy and scholarship, forced migrants are typically portrayed as either inherently vulnerable and in need of external protection, and/or as naturally violent and threatening and therefore not deserving of care. We know very little, however, about forced migrants as actors and providers of care themselves.

Artes VisualesSciences humainesEspagnol
Publié in BLOG ATARRAYA
Auteur Atarraya

J. Aranda Ortega, DR © Cerámica esmaltada Medidas variables, 2024 Esta es una reproducción digital, con fines de divulgación, de una obra original proporcionada por su autor o propietario. Todos los derechos están reservados por la artista.

Public PolicyBiotechnologyAutres sciences techniquesAnglais
Publié in The Connected Ideas Project
Auteur Alexander Titus

In 2018, when the world found out a Chinese scientist had edited the genes of twin baby girls, the reaction was instant and loud: absolutely not. Scientists called it reckless. Ethicists called it unethical. Governments rushed to reinforce bans. And He Jiankui, the scientist behind the experiment, was sentenced to prison in China for violating medical regulations.

Global HealthThe Geneva Learning FoundationCost-benefit AnalysisFunding CrisisPeer LearningSciences de l'éducationAnglais
Publié in Reda Sadki
Auteur Reda Sadki

Humanitarian, global health, and development organizations confront an unprecedented crisis. Donor funding is in a downward spiral, while needs intensify across every sector. Organizations face stark choices: reduce programs, cut staff, or fundamentally transform how they deliver results. Traditional capacity building models have become economically unsustainable.