Open scientists in the shoes of frustrated academics part I: Open-minded scepticism
Last week I was in Oslo, invited by the organising committee of Eurodoc2017, to give an introductory talk on Open…
Brady Kiesling. The diplomat who objected to the war on Iraq, comments on the US elections
He is a former ancient historian/archaeologist from California who returned to scholarship after a twenty-year detour working as a diplomat…
What does the Brexit vote say about demoracy and EU?
I was woken up by the Guardian’s news alert notification that the UK had voted to leave the EU this…
A ‘No’ for autonomy
What happened in Greece does not stay in Greece. The referendum has greater significance, beyond the borders of the country,…
British General Election: the SNP new political order and the day after
The English general election result of May 7th took by storm politicians and pundits alike. In the early hours of…
If not now, when? If not us, who? :The new Greek government and its negotiation strategy
On January 26th Alexis Tsipras head of SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left) Party assumed office as the first Left-wing…