IAU Note on Rankings Released — International Association of Universities

This note, written by an expert group and approved by the IAU Adminsitrative Board, is in Support of the Report of the UNU-Convened Independent Expert Group on Global University Rankings

A Benefit For All: Direct Public Involvement in Advanced Encryption Standards

When engineers and computer scientists design standardised digital communication and services such as encryption, which should guarantee security, privacy and authenticity of the messages, the intended users worldwide should have trust and confidence in these services. Transparency and public scrutiny of encryption methods are therefore crucial. Hence the evaluation of these services should not be… Continue reading A Benefit For All: Direct Public Involvement in Advanced Encryption Standards

Let’s Engage Citizens in Research!

Public Engagement in Science is often equated with science communication, including transferring scientific knowledge through various media outlets or during public events for citizens. While these are valid approaches to engage a broader public with research results, the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich – through their Competence Center for Citizen Science called Citizen Science… Continue reading Let’s Engage Citizens in Research!

In-Person, Online, Hybrid Events: Who are we choosing to exclude?

The Covid pandemic fundamentally changed the ways many of us delivered Public Engagement activity, pivoting from almost entirely in-person events to, through necessity, working in the digital space. One of the huge positives of this rather strange time was how the Public Engagement and festival sectors came together to share expertise and experience. Many of… Continue reading In-Person, Online, Hybrid Events: Who are we choosing to exclude?

UCL Public Engagement: Differentiating Public Engagement, Co-Production and Citizen Science

Not long ago, science communication revolved around scientists “educating” the public, who were seen as passive recipients of knowledge. Thankfully, that outdated that strategy, known as a “deficit model,” has given way in the past few years to a more inclusive approach. Today, collaboration is the focus, as researchers actively work alongside public and community… Continue reading UCL Public Engagement: Differentiating Public Engagement, Co-Production and Citizen Science

Forging Connections: Public Engagement in Europe and Beyond

The LERU Public Engagement Focus Group is excited to announce its upcoming blog series, “Forging Connections: Public Engagement in Europe and Beyond.” This 12-part series will provide a platform for diverse voices in the current landscape of Public Engagement. Public Engagement describes the myriad of ways in which the activity and benefits of higher education… Continue reading Forging Connections: Public Engagement in Europe and Beyond

Enhancing Research Evaluation with Next Generation Metrics - interview with Paul Wouters about the LERU paper | LERU

Examples of decoupling different functions of publishers: peer-reviewing processes and open citation indexes

Slides of the presentation on open peer reviews and open citation indexes done during the internal Information & Open Access Policy Group meeting of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), held in Milan on the 29th of February 2024.