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
We are pleased to announce the opening of a new call for applications for the rOpenSci Champions Program in Spanish , which will begin in 2026.
Nos alegra anunciar la apertura de un nuevo llamado al Programa de Campeonas y Campeones de rOpenSci , que dará inicio en 2026.
The article “A decolonial feminist perspective on gender equality programming in the Global South” provides a critical analysis of how international non-governmental organizations design and execute gender equality programs. The authors, Udenigwe Ogochukwu, Aubel Judi, and Abimbola Seye, argue that many current initiatives adapt to existing systems of oppression rather than dismantling them.