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Riccardo Petrella – Another step by the powerful towards the financialisation of life and the break-up of the state of public commons and universal rights

January 22, 2024 Ben Wray 0

BlackRock has announced the purchase of Global Infrastructures Partners, seizing yet more control of the planet’s natural resources. Riccardo Petrella is an Italian political scientist and economist. He is currently honorary professor at the Catholic […]

Nature – Scientist Rebellion: researchers join protestors at COP26

November 13, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

“Climate change isn’t just a battle of information, but of power and influence. Writing scientific papers doesn’t influence the public or governments, whereas activism might”. Read here Members of Scientist Rebellion, including Kyle Topfer (second […]

nature: Row erupts over university’s use of research metrics in job-cut decisions

March 26, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Critics say redundancies are being decided using unreliable measures related to funding and citations, highlighting broader unease about the use of metrics in science. Read here The Victoria Building at the University of Liverpool, UK.Credit: […]