Graphic of world map with sea life extending to different parts of the world: UNESCO Ocean Decade online course, opens on 13 April 2026, "Using Science, Knowledge, and Tools to Operationalise the BBNJ Agreement")
Don't miss this opportunity! New online course: "Using science, knowledge and tools to operationalise the BBNJ (High Seas) Agreement"
oceanexpert.org/event/4989
#scipol 🦑 🌊
Read about the event here! www.wcwonline.org/2026/wcw-hos... [3/3]
#ECEC #PAsky #SciPol #DevPsy #Pedsky #EduSky
IN THE NEWS "Summit attendees were welcomed by WCW Interim Executive Director Georgia Hall, Ph.D., and Representative Christopher Worrell, who represents the 5th Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. 'You are helping us ask the right questions, measure what matters, and design solutions that are not only visionary but evidence-based," said Worrell in his remarks. "Today is about learning from one another. It's about building a roadmap for the future of early childhood research and policy in the Commonwealth."
This summit, attended by over 160 researchers, policymakers, advocates, and practitioners, was organized by WCW Senior Research Scientist Dr. Wendy Wagner Robeson, Dr. Kimberly Lucas of @nu-policyschool.bsky.social, and Dr. Kyle DeMeo Cook of @buwheelock.bsky.social. [2/3]
#ECEC #PASky #SciPol
Replacement changes what tools are available. Displacement changes how science is done.
@nicodmueller.bsky.social's revisit of “Lane‑Petter’s Pipeline” provides the wider lens we need to modernize and humanize biomedical research.
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#bioethics #paradigmchange #scipol #metasci #philsci
Great discussions at UMD’s #MPact conference on strengthening the societal impact of research. Proud to represent @AAUniversities in conversations on community‑engaged scholarship, assessing research impact & fostering a culture that supports research advancing the public good. #SciPol
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🎓 SciPol102 with OSPN!
Join us March 27 | 11 AM-12 PM (virtual) to hear from Jeff Kinder, a leader in science, technology & innovation policy with 35+ years of experience across the US and Canada: forms.gle/ojtgzGS6RrHf...
#SciPol #SciencePolicy
My own sidebar: From a government #SciPol perspective, PIDs would seem to be a perfect fit for bureaucratic accountability, tracking publicly funded research, from institutions down to grants to projects to instruments to publication output.
#RDMW2026 🧪
Please join us next month for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's "Ocean Encounters: Into the Abyss." Free ,online, April 8, 2026 It will be a distinct pleasure and honor to be on this program with Veronique LaCapra, and Anna Michel of WHOI, and Mackenzie Gerringer of SUNY Geneseo Explore the mysteries of the deep! The deep ocean is one of the most inaccessible parts of our planet, yet it plays a vital role in supporting life on Earth. Join us to hear about the technologies enabling deep ocean research, what we can learn from mapping the seafloor, and how life has adapted to thrive in the cold, dark, and crushing pressures of the deep. For Zoom viewers, WHOI now has American Sign Language interpretation! The event WILL be recorded but you need to register. Please register at https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-encounter/into-the-abyss/ The "Ocean Encounters" series covers topics in ocean science and technology, and why they matter to society in the context of climate change, conservation, food and energy security, and other issues. The event averages more than 1,000 live viewers per episode (mainly on Zoom, but also on YouTube and Facebook), with thousands more watching the recordings afterwards on YouTube or whoi.edu!
Join us next month for @whoi.edu's "Ocean Encounters: Into the Abyss." The deep ocean is one of the most inaccessible parts of our planet, yet it plays a vital role in supporting all life. Hear about the tech but also #scipol + MORE! Free event but pls register at www.whoi.edu/ocean-encoun... 🌊 🦑
This post by @emmascales.bsky.social is a MUST read. Scientists have a social responsibility to be a barrier against #fascism in science & #scipol.
@snapcoalition.bsky.social
A graphic showing the new blog post, entitled “The Lab Bench under Fascism” was published on Medium.
Original illustration by @emmascales.bsky.social for the blog post. It’s a moody picture in varying shades of red. Scientists working at lab benches with glassware are surrounded by blood vessel looking vines that pump things away from the experiments and scientists themselves.
It’s #blog post day!
SNAPper Emma Scales (@emmascales.bsky.social) asks us to recognize patterns in science & #scipol that lead to compliance with & progression of #fascism.
What must change to avoid repeating history? 🤔
TW: genocide, racism, murder
Read on Medium: medium.com/science-poli...
How NIH's Center for Scientific Review is Addressing Animal Methods Bias. CSR uses the ENQUIRE process to continuously evaluate and update study sections. Recent ENQUIRE evaluations have highlighted the need for study sections to cover NAMs. Study section descriptions are being updated, and new study sections are being formed to better fit emerging methods. CSR is actively recruiting reviewers with NAMs expertise. Applicants can initiate CSR’s bias reporting mechanism. All reports are investigated and affected applications are considered for re-review.
Last year, we urged NIH to take concrete steps to address #AnimalMethodsBias in grant review.
Here's what we learned from the conversation 🧵
#SciencePolicy #SciPol #PeerReview #GrantReview #ResearchFunding #NAMs #NIH #CSR 🧪
China’s Control Over US Drug Supply Alarms Lawmakers. America relies on China for many of its most essential hospital and outpatient medicines, particularly generic drugs, which account for 90 percent of prescriptions filled in the U.S. www.forbes.com/sites/arthur... #SciencePolicy #SciPol
P.S. - If you haven't already read @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social's Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection, add it to your TBR now!
It was one of my favorite non-fiction reads in 2025.
everythingistb.com
#PublicHealth #Biosecurity #SciPol
An @AAUniversities analysis of publicly available NIH data shows a sharp slowdown in NIH grantmaking. Delays in spending of Congressional appropriated FY26 funds are already disrupting labs, trainees, and biomedical research putting future discoveries at risk. #SciPol
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'Depressive symptoms in China increase with age, aligning with the ''age as decline'' hypothesis rather than the ''age as life cycle'' or ''age as maturity'' hypotheses commonly supported in Western contexts.' – https://www.acume.org/s/kefb8 #academicsky #scipol
Dr. Linda Charmaraman, Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Youth, Media and Wellbeing Lab, gave tech companies advice on ensuring and increasing the safety of their products for adult and youth consumers at CES 2026. [1/2]
👩🏽🔬 #scipol #cyberpsychology #edtech #ux
A flyer for the SNAP panel taking place at the Science Talk '26 Conference on March 26th in the Crystal East room of the Tiffany Center in Portland, OR at 2pm PST. It shows headshots of the panelists Alex Lando, David Ramotowski, Sneha Rao, Emma Scales, Emily Selland along with poster presenters Cael Dant, Disha Patel, JP Flores, Isako Di Tomassi, and David Ramotowski.
Check out the SNAP Panel at @sciencetalkorg.bsky.social #ScienceTalk26 at 2pm PT on March 26th! Members will share lessons from organizing national initiatives that connect policymakers, researchers, and communities.
Stop by posters from additional SNAP members too!
#SciComm #ECRs #SciPol
The first openings for the fourth cohort of #civicscience fellows just posted ...
#scicomm #scipol #engagement
🚨 Today, #NIH announced a major funding push for non-animal research.
As part of its Complement-ARIE program, the agency is devoting $150 million to "develop and scale research methods that better simulate human biology and reduce reliance on animal models."
#scipol #NAMs
🎓 SciPol102 with OSPN!
Join us March 27 | 11 AM-12 PM (virtual) to hear from Jeff Kinder, a leader in science, technology & innovation policy with 35+ years of experience across the US and Canada.
#SciPol #SciencePolicy
Back in January I had a lovely chat with Ranjini Bhattacharya for @smbmathbiology.bsky.social's #BiologyInNumbers pod.
You can find links to the full podcast episode here:
smb.org/news/13601577
Learn more about foraging cancer cells, and her work doing #SciComm and #SciPol
#MathBio
Which #science fields were the winners and losers for federal funding? Find out here, in this excellent piece by @snapcoalition.bsky.social members @bdavisbio.bsky.social and Becca Blynn on the #SciencePolicy in a SNAP blog!
#SciPol #FedFunding
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Australia has among the lowest share of spending on R & D the OECD at 1.69% in 2023-24. This is from a peak of 2.24% of GDP in 2008-09.
Let's hope the recommendations in this report actually catalyse change in the crumbling research sector
@aunz.theconversation.com
#auspol #scipol #ausacademia
FYI good people, and bad, whatever. Public hearing schedule for NCDEQ's PFAS and 1,4-Dioxane Minimization Rules. Make your voice heard! Submit comments and/or show up.
#scipol #ncdeq #pfas #northcarolina #env #policy #emergingcontaminants #ncemc
coastalreview.org/2026/03/publ...
A flyer for a workshop on effective science communication and how to counter dis- and misinformation. The flyer displays the relevant meeting information and a QR code to register for the workshop.
Join us, Science for Georgia, & Coalition of Athens Scientists on March 24th for a workshop on effective communication & countering #misinformation, with Dr. Michael Czajkowski. Workshop is open to the public - please share with other #scipol groups!
Register here: tinyurl.com/RSVPSNAPCOAS
