This post is part of a living literature review on societal collapse. You can find an indexed archive here. Imagine a row of dominoes where knocking over one piece triggers a cascade that topples them all. This is systemic risk - when a single failure can bring down an entire system. Now imagine several such cascade failures happening simultaneously at a global scale and making each other worse.

The transition towards open research practices has been a longstanding priority for Dutch academics. Over the last decade, the bottom-up support for open research practices has been accompanied by consolidated, national-level support. This country-level initiative has resulted in the 2017 National Plan for Open Science (NPOS) and the 2022 Open Science in 2030 in the Netherlands.

Factsheet #2 | 2025 Soziale Begegnungen und die Verfügbarkeit von Gemeinschaftsorten können das Zusammenleben und Integrationsprozesse beeinflussen. Um Begegnungen zu ermöglichen braucht es unterschiedliche Orte der Zusammenkunft. Klein- und Mittelstädte stehen dabei vor besonderen Herausforderungen. Handlungsimpulse Ambivalenzen von Begegnungen bedenken Begegnungen im Alltag können spontan oder geplant erfolgen und eine große Bandbreite unterschiedlicher Formen annehmen. […]

Neue KI-Verordnung, Datenschutz- oder Urheberrecht: Bei der Arbeit mit Künstlicher Intelligenz bestehen einige juristische Stolpersteine. Helfen kann die neue Handreichung von Till Kreutzer zu Rechtsfragen beim Einsatz von generativer KI in gemeinnützigen Organisationen. Technologien Künstlicher Intelligenz simulieren mit statistischer Wahrscheinlichkeitsberechnung menschlichen Ausdruck.

Starting around 2016, journal publishers started including mandatory “Data Availability” statements as part of research articles; a typical (dated) example is linked here, including guidelines for how to cite the data itself.

On Bluesky the other day, I came across this neat post that suggested using a histogram as a plot legend to provide additional context for the data being shown: Here’s a closer comparison of those two maps (click to zoom): This histogram legend is especially useful for choropleth maps where units like counties are sized differently, which can create an illusion of a different distribution.

Highlights of the 2025 ROR annual meeting sessions, including the Community Update, the panel on National PID Policies and Practices, and the session on Successes and Opportunities for ROR in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Clarivate is the content-hoarding corporation that owns ProQuest, the Web of Science and EndNote, among many other services widely used in academia. Plus a ton of content.

Proyecto PAPIME PE203625Competencias para la enseñanza-aprendizaje de bioliteratura: Una intervención estratégica2025-2026 Nos han aprobado un proyecto PAPIME para los siguientes dos años, los proyectos Programas de Apoyo a Proyectos de Investigación para el Mejoramiento de la Enseñanza de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), son iniciativas destinadas a fomentar la investigación y la innovación en la enseñanza a nivel

Some time ago, at a friend’s party, a conversation came up about the peer-reviewing process. I know what you might be thinking, my dear reader. “Wow, this guy must be fun at parties”. But really, I am. I promise I was not enforcing an academic topic on a non-academic audience. I think… Crap, now I’m not sure. This friend of mine – it is important to mention – is not an academic.

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