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RMZ Jour fixe/ Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review Christian Greiffenhagen (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

We are excited to kick off our Jour Fixe series for the winter semester next week with a talk by @greiffenhagen.bsky.social on "Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review"
www.rmz.hu-berlin.de...
15.10.25, 11:00 CEST, join us in person/ via zoom!

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RMZ Jour fixe/ Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review Christian Greiffenhagen (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

We are excited to kick off our Jour Fixe series for the winter semester next week with a talk by @greiffenhagen.bsky.social on "Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review"
www.rmz.hu-berlin.de...
15.10.25, 11:00 CEST, join us in person/ via zoom!

In der aktuellen Folge "Science Works" spricht @julianhamann.bsky.social über die Situation von Postdocs in einem durch Wettbewerb geprägten Wissenschaftssystem.
blogs.hu-berlin.de/s...

7 Team Mitglieder des RMZs in Duisburg

Bye bye Duisburg! Wir hatten eine tolle Woche mit vielen Vorträgen und spannenden Diskussionen auf dem #dgs2025
jetzt geht bald das Semester und damit unser #jourfixe wieder los und wir freuen uns über und auf Gäste und weitere Gespräche!

Morgen stellen 4 Kolleg:innen aus unserem RMZ-Team ihre aktuelle Arbeiten auf dem #dgs2025 vor! 09:00 in LX1203 - wir freuen uns auf die Diskussionen zum Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Politik in Transition!

Jens Ambrasat vor seiner Präsentation.

Themenwechsel: Jens Ambrasat klärt auf über Selektion & Selbstselektion unter prekären Rahmenbedingungen in der Wissenschaft.

Several (yes, 6!) of our team members will be present at the #dgskongress2025 @dgsoziologie.bsky.social next week and present in an Ad-Hoc group on Friday (AdH 105) and in the Sektionsveranstaltung @wisstechdgs.bsky.social (Sek 62) on Thursday afternoon! Looking forward to the discussions! :)

In unserer neuen #scienceworks #podcast Folge spricht T. Bogusz (Universität Hamburg) über die Exploration von Meereswissen am Beispiel von heterogenen Kollaborationen an der Station Marine Concarneau. blogs.hu-berlin.de/s... @ibi-hu.bsky.social überall wo es podcasts gibt!

@jelena3121.bsky.social @alexcsiszar.bsky.social @cherfeld.bsky.social @greiffenhagen.bsky.social are amongst others who are presenting their work!

a poster announcing the programme of the upcoming Jour Fixe at the RMZ Berlin

We're super excited to announce the programme for our Jour Fixe in the upcoming semester! Every other Wednesday at 11am, guest speakers will present their current work on science and we are thrilled to welcome fantastic colleagues! Everyone is welcome, zoom links on our website. @ibi-hu.bsky.social

Our colleague Stephan Gauch published a collection of notes on core concepts in #bibliometrics directed at newcomers to the field. They are also a valuable resource for administrators, policymakers and other people interested in "how the sausage is made".

now released as our latest podcast episode: @devezer.bsky.social talk on "Claims about scientific rigour require rigour" blogs.hu-berlin.de/scienceworks... @ibi-hu.bsky.social

Our Jour Fixe with Monika Krause starts in an hour, you're welcome to join as always.
hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/6613771246...

In our new podcast episode, Amelia Acker (University of Texas at Austin, US) speaks about the timely topic of "Platform Power and Data Integration Services in Scientific Infrastructure". blogs.hu-berlin.de/s... @ibi-hu.bsky.social

Model Cases In Model Cases, Monika Krause asks about the concrete material research objects behind shared conversations about classes of objects, periods, and regions in the social sciences and humanities. It is well known that biologists focus on particular organisms, such as mice, fruit flies, or particular viruses when they study general questions about life, development, and disease.  Krause shows that scholars in the social sciences and humanities also draw on some cases more than others, selecting research objects influenced by a range of ideological but also mundane factors, such as convenience, historicist ideas about development over time, schemas in the general population, and schemas particular to specific scholarly communities.    Some research objects are studied repeatedly and shape our understanding of more general ideas in disproportionate ways: The French Revolution has profoundly influenced our concepts of revolution, of citizenship, and of political modernity, just like studies of doctors have set the agenda for research on the professions. Based on an extensive analysis of the role of model cases in different fields, Krause argues that they can be useful for scholarly communities if they are acknowledged and reflected as particular objects; she also highlights the importance of research strategies based on neglected research objects and neglected combinations of research objects and scholarly concerns.    

In our last Jour Fixe this semester, Monika Krause (LSE London), will speak about "The model systems of global science" building on her recent monograph (press.uchicago.edu/u...). Join us for discussion on 09.07.2025 at 11am in-person or online. www.rmz.hu-berlin.de... @ibi-hu.bsky.social

Our latest episode takes up the recent debate on Trump’s executive order on #openscience - M. Reinhart & F. Hesselmann explore the historical evolution of scandals related to #academicintegrity and their implications for the relationship between science and politics. blogs.hu-berlin.de/s...

Next Monday (23.06, 4pm) our team member S. Bartscherer co-organises a Pre-Conference Virtual Symposium on "Critical #Metascience: Does Metascience Need to Change?" bringing together key voices from a variety of disciplines. Register in the link below:
nomadit.co.uk/confer... @ibi-hu.bsky.social

Can Germany rein in its academic bullying problem? Nature - Researchers and administrators are exploring ways to restructure a rigid hierarchy that can breed power abuses.

Our team of the Berlin Science Survey explores the experiences and assessments of scientists in the Berlin research area through a large survey and we are pleased that their results are mentioned in a recent article by @nature.com on power abuse www.nature.com/artic...

With Open Science advocates consistently pushing researchers, funders, and political actors to globally adopt and institutionalise their newly proposed science reforms, critical examinations of their benefits and detriments become a necessary task for the wider research community.

@devezer.bsky.social will discuss how things played out in 2023 when she & @jbakcoleman.bsky.social were investigating (methodological) issues they found in the now infamous Protzko et al. paper, and getting their response "Claims about scientific rigour require rigour" published in Nature.

RMZ Jour fixe/ Claims about scientific rigour require rigour Berna Devezer (University of Idaho, United States)

In next week's Jour Fixe, @devezer.bsky.social (University of Idaho) presents her work on "Claims about scientific rigour require rigour" www.rmz.hu-berlin.de.... Join us on Wednesday, 25.06.25, 11am online or in person in Berlin. @ibi-hu.bsky.social

New episode just dropped: last month, B. Hammarfeldt & G. Nelhans (University of Borås, Sweden) presented their recent article on "Styles of valuation: Disciplinary differences in assessing research" in our Jour Fixe and you can now listen to their talk
blogs.hu-berlin.de/s... @ibi-hu.bsky.social

tomorrow at 11am, Berlin time - join us to talk about approaches to research integrity online or in person.

RMZ Jour fixe/ From scandal to reform: approaches to research integrity at a turning point Martin Reinhart & Felicitas Hesselmann (RMZ, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)

Next Wednesday, 11.06.25, Martin Reinhart & Felicitas Hesselmann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) will speak about "From scandal to reform: approaches to research integrity at a turning point" www.rmz.hu-berlin.de... Join us for the presentation & discussion online or in person! @ibi-hu.bsky.social

Talk starts in one hour, we hope to see you online or in person!

New episode just dropped: Catalina Quiroz-Niño, Margaret Meredith (York St John University, UK) and Ana María Villafuerte (Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Peru) speak about Hermeneutical justice in international projects.blogs.hu-berlin.de/s... @ibi-hu.bsky.social

RMZ Jour fixe/ Platform Power and Data Integration Services in Scientific Infrastructure Amelia Acker (University of Texas at Austin, United States)

Next Wednesday, 28.05.25, 11:00, Amelia Acker (University of Texas at Austin) will present her work on "Platform Power and Data Integration Services in Scientific Infrastructure" Join us online or in-person! www.rmz.hu-berlin.de... @ibi-hu.bsky.social

Open Research Praktiken verbreiten sich weiter Diese Nachricht erscheint im Newsletter der BUA im Mai 2025.

Neue Mitteilung aus dem Berlin Science Survey: Open Research Praktiken verbreiten sich weiter. Zum zweiten Mal wurden Daten zu den Open Research Praktiken der Wissenschaftler:innen erhoben und zeigen eine leichte Steigerung über die letzten 2 Jahre. www.berlinsciencesur...
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Our team members Jens Ambrasat, Martin Reinhart and @metacramer.bsky.social will present their current work on research cultures and research evaluation systems at the #RESSH this year: join them in the plenary session Wednesday morning.