After the Referendum: Links
Posted by the Node, on 30 June 2016
To complement our Questions of the Month, we’ve brought together some post-referendum science links
News and Comment
Nature reported on science’s reaction to the news, on post-ref limbo, bemoaned the lack of a leaving plan in an Editorial, and assessed the mood seven days later.
Science documented the immediate reaction, ran an interview with Anne Glover, former EU science adviser, and discussed the role of science in future negotiations in an Editorial.
Times Higher Education has collated all of its post-ref content in one place, and recently documented the emerging worries of UK acadmics
Buzzfeed documented the worries of young scientists, and reported on the government’s attempts to reassure us about the future
The Royal Society of Biology reported from their annual Parliamentary Links Day, where the President of the Royal society delivered a speech
The BBC interviewed Paul Nurse, Director of the Francis Crick Institute, and Jo Johnson, Science Minister. Pallab Gosh, BBC science correspondent, reported on the consequences for science.
Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust, gave his thoughts in an interview
A view from Australia from The Conversation
Opinion
Mike Galsworthy (Scientists For EU) wrote in the New Scientist about scientists’ anger and future strategy
James Briscoe (Crick Institute) shared his thoughts
Helen Rippon (Worldwide Cancer Research) addressed what the result meant for collaboration in The Huffington Post
Phill Jones (Digital Science) explored what the result meant for the UK’s knowledge economy from The Scholarly Kitchen
Athene Donald (Cavendish Laboratory) encourages UK scientists to continue applying for ERC funding
Statements from organisations and institutions
The UK Minister of State for Universities and Science
EMBL-EBI (and from the EMBL blog)
Campaign for Science and Engineering
Surveys
Scientists for EU is monitoring the impact on science, and is seeking examples of direct effects on career plans, investments, and roles in consortia.
The Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee is seeking written submissions addressing science and the referendum for an inquiry in July (Nicola Blackwood, Chair of the Committee, outlined why here)
Please let us know if you find any additional useful material.
(1 votes)
Loading...