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🥼🧪IN SCIENCE WE TRUST🧫 November 10 is World Science Day for Peace and Development. This special day highlights the important role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues. It also underlines the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives. The theme for 2023 is: Building trust in science. The role of science in shaping our collective future can only be fulfilled when there is trust in science. It is trust in science that fuels the development and application of evidence-based solutions to our world’s multifaceted challenges. Trust in science is a complex issue. It affects the way in which scientists operate and the way science is perceived by society. Also, enhancing trust in science strengthens science-based policy decisions and society’s support for their application. 💕🥼🧠We have seen countless examples in how science has changed the world. For more information please check out @unesco #scienceday

Lihong Qian (with Yue Song, San Diego State U., and Devi Gnyawali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.) published “From early curiosity to space wide web: The emergence of the small satellite innovation ecosystem” in Research Policy. With a focus on the transition from birth to growth of an ecosystem, this paper fills this important gap by systematically examining how a nascent ecosystem develops into a thriving one. 

Can #CitizenScience help to strengthen trust in science? This is what scientists from #TUBraunschweig want to find out in the 🤝 joint project “Trust in Citizen Science (TiCS)” together with researchers from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. The project is being funded by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung with around 900,000 euros. 👥 🔍 “Citizen science is really shaking up the standard procedure of research,” says Dr. Friederike Hendriks from the Junior Research Group fourC at TU Braunschweig and head of the new project. “Research is no longer just produced in an ivory tower and then communicated to a general public. In citizen science, citizens are actively involved in shaping research. This has great potential for building trust in science, in the projects and beyond." 🤝 The team of the joint project is interdisciplinary, and some project modules will be worked on jointly by scientists from the three locations. In addition to Dr. Friederike Hendriks and Prof. Monika Taddicken (Psychology and Communication Science) at TU Braunschweig, Prof. Mario Gollwitzer and Dr. Marlene Altenmüller (Psychology) are responsible for the sub-project at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Dr Susanne Hecker and Silke Voigt-Heucke (Citizen Science Practice Research) from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin are furthermore involved. Read more about the project in our magazine: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e46tYn3C 📸 Bianca Loschinsky/TU Braunschweig #Participation #TrustInScience #ScienceCommunication #WissKomm #Braunschweig #Niedersachsen #LowerSaxony Wissenschaft im Dialog

Today is the start of the International Week of Science and Peace. Today is also Carl Sagan's Day. Let's celebrate the scientific method, a most valuable human invention. Let's celebrate and support science and the scientists who work hard to discover the immutable laws of nature, thus helping us all understand how everything functions in reality, from viruses to the entire Universe. Let's share and apply the knowledge built by science to sustain life on the only planet we know of or will ever know where science exists, where life exists. Let's support scientific knowledge and peace. "The annual observance of the International Week of Science and Peace is making an important contribution to the promotion of peace. The Week encourages greater academic exchanges on a subject of universal importance while also generating greater awareness of the relationship of science and peace among the general public. Based on observances of Science and Peace Week to date, it may be expected that participation each year will increase, contributing to greater international understanding and opportunities for co-operation in the applications of science for the promotion of peace throughout the year."

🌱🔬Did you know that this week is International Week of Science and Peace? November 10, is also World Science Day for Peace and Development. What does this mean? “The International Week of Science and Peace was first observed during 1986 as part of the observance of the International Year of Peace. The annual observance of the International Week of Science and Peace is making an important contribution to the promotion of peace. The Week encourages greater academic exchanges on a subject of universal importance while also generating greater awareness of the relationship of science and peace among the general public.” Even during moments of collective adversity, and conflict, we continue to imagine a fair, inclusive, and more just world. An equitable world. A more peaceful world. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e8sYMKH

My science policy networks collide! Wonderful to see Avital Percher 's review of a fascinating book about CERN in Issues in Science and Technology today: https://lnkd.in/esjGCriR

At the 26 UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development in Geneva: Meeting a lot of impressive people, listening to many interesting presentations, having great discussions, one of the best was the „Conversation with Great Minds“ with Professor Yau, Shing-Tung, Director of the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center at Tsinghua University and Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Former Director-General of CERN and Professor Nicola Spaldin, ETH Zurich. Conclusion: To uncover the secrets of the big bang and ascertain how the universe is evolving, substantial infrastructure and international cooperation among all countries are essential. No single country, not even the most powerful, can alone decode the mysteries of the universe and thereby secure vital knowledge for humanity’s long-term survival. Hence, it is crucial that we maintain a global collaboration in science across all controversies, conflicts, and wars. As significant as today’s global disputes may seem, and there are indeed too many, they are trivial in the grand scale of human development. We, as scientists, are called upon to join hands across national boundaries and advance step by step, continually acquiring new and more comprehensive knowledge about our universe. This effort will lay the foundation for a better future for all people. Just as the universe knows no national borders, scientific progress should not be halted by them.

Had a great time last week learning about recent progress against each of the #UNOceanDecade challenges, the key science needs and visions for the next 7 years and beyond in addressing those challenges and others that the ocean faces. I'm looking forward to following up with all the co-chairs to capture the priorities set by the #Vision2030 papers and incorporate them into the third #WorldOceanAssessment UN Ocean Decade United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of The Sea (UNDOALOS) UNESCO Ocean

Tune into #NAS National Academy of Sciences president Marcia McNutt for State of Science address at 3pm ET on June 26, 2024. Topics include U.S. global competitiveness in science and technology; Alignment of U.S. research efforts with critical national priorities as public and private R&D funding shifts; STEMM education to adequately prepare the next generation of leaders; Public trust in science in an era of misinformation and disinformation. https://lnkd.in/ezKcPRCM

Explore the dynamic world of interdisciplinary science with Dr. Yannis Yortsos, Editor-in-Chief of PNAS Nexus! Listen to his take on inclusive science, peer review, and the future of scholarly publishing. Watch now to discover how PNAS Nexus is reshaping the landscape of research⬇️ https://ow.ly/reKk50PIWRi