New studies on the quality of published research shows we could be wasting billions of dollars a year on bad science, to the neglect of good science projects.
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Research and development investment remains stagnant in Australia. It’s time for a new, long-term strategy for research.
Some 85% of research into drugs and treatments ends up on the cutting room floor but not all of that should.
Many people are left floundering when they try to get working on their PhDs. In Africa, this is often because the skills they need haven’t been developed earlier in their academic careers.
Demand for research grants has far exceeded supply, with success rates for grant applications falling to record lows.
In five years’ time, India will have the largest tertiary-age population in the world. But supply is unlikely to be able to meet demand. This provides a good opportunity for Australia.
A number of high-profile cases in which academics have fabricated their data points to a much larger problem around scholarly misconduct.
In the midst of a rapidly growing economy, research budget shortcomings threaten a young scientific community that struggles to stay afloat.
The huge growth in student numbers is restricting the government’s capacity to increase levels of public funding per student and for research.
The president of the Thomas Wolfe Society explains why Law had his work cut out for him when he agreed to portray a man who was “a hydroelectric plant of emotion.”
There are several areas where Australia could be a world leader in innovation. If we can identify them and focus our efforts there, we could generate some genuine benefits here and abroad.
A new report from Sense About Science reveals the scale of politics before evidence.
When all the evidence points in one direction, people can quite happily go the other. Whether it’s Trump, Brexit or climate change.
The new venture between Melbourne and Monash Universities will help bridge the gap that exists in commericialising medical research.
Big data studies often use easily available user-generated data from the Internet. Researchers assume that this data offers a window into reality. It doesn’t necessarily.
Why are animals still being used in drug development and what are the alternatives that could end their use altogether?
Increasing the amount that students pay towards their degree is likely to be on the cards of higher education in this year’s election.
The CSIRO will create a new climate research centre in Hobart with 40 climate scientists.
Scientists build on knowledge gained and published by others. How can we know which findings to trust?
A new review of research training in Australia calls for transferable skills to be central to the training of PhD students.
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Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
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Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Associate Professor of Communication, Michigan State University
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Previous Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DSI-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
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Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Researcher Development (EMCR), La Trobe University
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics, University of York
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Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research Affiliate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Assistant Professor, Khalifa University
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Professor of Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia
