I was in Helsinki, Finland last week, partly for discussions about the World Conference of Science Journalists-2013, which will be held in that very beautiful city next summer. And partly to give a presentation in a symposium on communicating science with integrity.
The symposium was held at the University...
I was in Helsinki, Finland last week, partly for discussions about the World Conference of Science Journalists-2013, which will be held in that very beautiful city next summer. And partly to give a presentation in a symposium on communicating science with integrity.
The symposium was held at the University of Helsinki's House of Letters and Science and I bring it up not to dwell on my talk but on one by Professor Ben Martin of the University of Sussex, titled "Whither research integrity? Plagiarism, self-plagiarism and coercive citation in an age of research assessment." Martin's was an outstandingly good and profoundly troubling presentation based on his experience as editor of the journal, Research Policy. I'm providing a link to the program here; if you scroll down to his place in the schedule, you can access the powerpoint slides from his talk. Or you can...
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I want to take a moment to call your attention to a fascinating discussion on what defines good science journalism resulting from a conference earlier this month at the Royal Institution in London.
The meeting, on March 13, was billed as a...
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