Making sense of science policy with ScienceGeist

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The ScienceGeist online platform offers a selection of news relating to science policy and its impact. It helps researchers and other interested parties to maintain an overview of the field.

Open Science, diversity and sustainability, new forms of evaluation, internationalisation of collaborations, communication with the public and political decision-makers: Research and its funding are currently undergoing numerous transformations. These changes directly influence the way in which scientific projects are designed, evaluated and disseminated.

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To help the scientific community maintain an overview of these developments, the SNSF offers ScienceGeist. This online platform provides an international selection of analyses, articles and resources on a wide range of topics relating to science policy. The aim is to stimulate ideas and reflections as well as to communicate key topics about the transformations currently taking place, both to inform people and to help them prepare.

ScienceGeist enables you to follow current trends and major issues in science policy and to access reliable information from reputable sources (in English). Browse all the content on the website and subscribe to the biweekly newsletter to stay up to date with the latest news.