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Articles by David Matthews
Scholars fear threat of lawsuits is deterring academics from exploring Polish complicity in genocide
Online harassment is now spilling into the real world, with politically outspoken historians doxed and subject to posters warning: ¡®You are being watched¡¯
¡®Extremely careful¡¯ attitude reflects scepticism over vaccine roll-out, but also unexpected success of forced switch to online learning
Formal contracts guaranteeing regular meetings, money for conferences, and space to work in are seen as way to mitigate unbalanced power dynamic
Beijing has banned dozens of China researchers and their families, while the country¡¯s embassy to France called an expert a ¡°petty thug¡± on Twitter
At the Future of Humanity Institute, early career researchers are given two years to work out which questions are really worth asking
B¨¦n¨¦dicte Durand says university will make changes after slew of allegations, but defends governance procedures and argues banning initiation events is not the answer
Most collaboration will continue, but emphasis on building the EU¡¯s ¡®strategic autonomy¡¯ means academics in Israel, the UK and Switzerland could be shut out of some areas
Brussels-backed pilot project has borne fruit, but leaders say creating ¡®seamless mobility¡¯ across continent has been even more expensive and bureaucratic than expected
Amid the economic ravages inflicted by the coronavirus, the EU has agreed a huge stimulus package. But while research in some countries looks set for a transformational boost, it may be a different story for teaching
Critics say university lent undue weight to analysis that was not peer-reviewed, but some worry scientists have shied away from fully investigating hypothesis
Academics¡¯ desire to help the planet being ¡®lost amid the realities of being a researcher¡¯, survey concludes
Departures of Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell has prompted academics to ask if they should reconsider links with the technology giant
Unlike Dutch universities, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research cannot pay a ransom to attackers because it is a public body
One of the world¡¯s leading experts on the carbon cycle discusses campaigning for Joe Biden as a teenager, the magic of the Amazon rainforest and why she will never give up fieldwork
Academics and public health officials quit Covid-19 research or need police protection after attracting threats
Campaigners say tight-knit elitism, boozy initiation weeks and a lacklustre administrative response have led to a culture of silence in grandes ¨¦coles
But Fr¨¦d¨¦rique Vidal admits the term ¡®has no scientific definition¡¯, and it remains unclear who will conduct the investigation
Organisation charged with leading probe says term has no ¡®scientific reality¡¯ and is being used to shut down academic discussion of race and colonialism
Webinar hears that postdocs are being ¡®deprofessionalised¡¯ and encouraged to win grants on behalf of principal investigators
With scientists forced to work from home, many now conduct experiments from a distance, and the continent¡¯s biggest research facilities think this change is here to stay
University Hospital Institute M¨¦diterran¨¦e Infection, under leadership of ¡®populist¡¯ microbiologist Didier Raoult, continues to push hydroxychloroquine in the face of evidence
Railing against ¡®anti-Russian forces¡¯, lawmakers are proposing state control over ¡®educational activities¡¯
OECD finds science rose to the challenge of coronavirus, but this led to cancelled projects elsewhere and academics working outside their expertise
