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Science for Societal Progress

by Dennis Eckmeier, Science for Progress

because science is fundamental in the 21st century

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Episodes

  1. 57 Ready for a change? - With Jennifer Polk

  2. 56 Transforming the Food System (and more)

  3. 55 Are you FIT 4 RRI?

  4. 54 Flatten the Global Temperature Curve - with Maria-Elena Vorrath

  5. 53 A Neuroscientist's View on Artificial Intelligence

  6. 52 B&D Online Teaching, SciComm, and the Populist Fringes

  7. 51 Extended Throwback: Precarious Postdocs - with Gary McDowell

  8. 50 Sustainable Mobility - with Jonathan Koehler of Scientists for Future

  9. 49 B&D COVID19: Conspiracies, Scientists and Communication

  10. 48 SciComm as Career Development Tool - Dmitry Kopelyanskiy

  11. 47 Extended Throwback: Insecurity and Uncertainties for Early Career Academics – with Maria Pinto

  12. 46 Scientists for Future - Industry and Sustainability - Thomas Loew

  13. 45 Animal Research During the COVID-19 Lockdown - with B&D and Daniela Buchwald

  14. 44 Green Biotechnology - with David Spencer

  15. 43 Extended Throwback: Genetically Modified Crops and the European Union – with Hélène Pidon

  16. 42 Entering Year Three, Dawkins and Eugenics & Ranking Unis - with Bart and Dennis

  17. 41 @RealScientists tweet their SciComm - with Upulie Divisekera

  18. 40 What People Think of Science - B&D

  19. 39 From Cosy(?) Academia to Harsh(?) Industry? - with John Stowers

  20. A Split in the Human Species: ANYA the movie - with Carylanna Taylor and Jakob Okada

  21. 37 Not In My Backyard! - with Bart and Dennis

  22. 36 Energiewende II: Power Distribution - with Tom Brown

  23. 35 Why Academia Fails - Bart and Dennis

  24. Community SciComm: The Addictive Brain - with Chinmaya Sadangi

  25. 33 Mandatory Open Access & E****ier - with Bart and Dennis

  26. Harassment — Speak Up in Academia — with Alice Hertzog

  27. 31 The Liberation of Science - with Jon Tennant

  28. 30 B&D LIVE: Pseudoscience Game

  29. 29 Climate Action: Energiewende - with Rüdiger Eichel

  30. 28 B&D: The Rise of the Greens in the EU, Homeopathy, & Postdocs

  31. 27 Precarious Postdocs. A Future for Research? - with Gary McDowell

  32. B&D: Conferences. What are they good for?

  33. 25 SciComm: Pint of Science - with Elodie Chabrol

  34. 24 Brexit: Its Impacts on Science and Scientists - B&D with guests

  35. 23 Don't 'Sleep Faster' - with Lars Dittrich

  36. 22 B&D: Peer Review & #ScienceTwitter

  37. 21 Altmetrics: A Better Way to Evaluate Research(ers)? - with Steffen Lemke

  38. 20 B&D: 1st Anniversary! Podcasts, and Trusting Scientists

  39. 19 Insecurity and Uncertainties for Early Career Academics - with Maria Pinto

  40. 18 B&D Animal Use and Statistics of Equivalence

  41. 17 From PhD to SciComm via BookTube - with Deboki Chakravarta

  42. B&D: CRISPR babies

  43. 15 – Animal Welfare in Scientific Research – with Nuno Franco

    I talked with Dr. Nuno Henrique Franco about animal welfare in scientific research. The questions we address are Why do we do animal experiments? What can be done to reduce the amount of animal experiments? What are the regulations for animal research? What do scientists think about the ethics of...

  44. 14 B&D: Journals, SciComm, and GMOs

    Once a month I sit down with my friend and co-host Bart Geurten. We talk about things within and around academia, and exchange opinions on earlier episodes. In this episode, we first talk about the concept of overlay journals in the context of the newly founded community based journal "Neurons,...

  45. 13 Is there Sunshine Outside the Ivory Tower? – The Recovering Academic Podcast

    While the number of PhD graduates per year is rising worldwide, the number of proper long-term or permanent positions in academia isn't. This leaves PhDs with ever decreasing chances of staying in academia. And it means that increasing numbers PhDs stay postdocs for a decade or longer, only to…

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  46. 12 Q&A Meritocracy in Academia

    This episode is the first 'Q&A' episode, where my new co-host Dr. Bart Geurten (see episode 8) and I talk about what's new in academia. Our conversations are free form and may lead us astray here and there. We discuss the concept of 'merit' in the natural sciences. And we begin with a quick recap...

  47. 11: Genetically Modified Crops and the European Union – with Hélène Pidon

  48. We are on Patreon! – and other announcements.

    Just some announcements this time In contrast to what was promised in the last podcast episode, we don't have a full question and answer episode this time. I hope this will not happen too often, in future. Dennis is a freelancer now. First thing is that I quit my postdoctoral fellowship to become…

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  49. 9: The Journal Impact Factor: how (not) to evaluate researchers – with Björn Brembs

    What is the Journal Impact Factor? The Journal Impact Factor is widely used as a tool to evaluate studies, and researchers. It supposedly measures the quality of a journal by scoring how many citations an average article in this journal achieves. Committees making hiring and funding decisions use...

  50. #8 Cognitive Biases in Science and Society – with Dr. Bart Geurten

    Science compensates for the shortcomings of human cognition. It allows us to apply methods of investigation that are independent of our own subjective notions and irrationality. As a result we have overcome common sense, traditional beliefs, and other misconceptions through thorough…

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because science is fundamental in the 21st century

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Dennis Eckmeier, Science for Progress

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