Record of the Week (Week of 2 June 2014)

This record of the week contains links to posts covering areas of big data, biodiversity, citizen science, climate change, computer games, culture, digital culture. energy, environment, expertise, higher education, responsible research, responsible innovation, scholarly, communication, science communication, science history, public engagement, fracking, social media.

BIG DATA

The Guardian (Learning & Teaching Hub) – Big data can transform learning – as long as lecturers take control

BIODIVERSITY

Political Science blog (hosted by The Guardian) – Can we have a robust public debate on biodiversity offsetting?

The Guardian – Conservationists split over ‘biodiversity offsetting’ plans

CITIZEN SCIENCE

SciStarter blog – Bridging the Gaps: Integrating Citizen Science Throughout an Institution

CLIMATE CHANGE

The Breakthrough Institute – How Ambitious Are the EPA’s Proposed Carbon Dioxide Reductions?: Everything Depends on Your Assumptions About the Future

Climate Desk – 9 Things You Need To Know About Obama’s New Climate Rules

The Cultural Cognition Project blog – Critical thinking about public opinion on climate change

Dot Earth blog – Rhetoric and Realities Around Obama’s ‘Carbon Pollution’ Power Plant Rules

Grist – Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how Republicans blew it on climate change

COMPUTER GAMES

The Guardian – Tetris: how we made the addictive computer game

Documentary Film – Tetris: From Russia with Love

CULTURE

Contemporary Social Science – Special Issue: The Olympic Legacy

DIGITAL CULTURE

Culture Digitally –

• Cloud [draft] [#digitalkeywords]
• Gaming [draft] [#digitalkeywords]

Higher Education Development Association – New: Widespread Digital Illiteracy According to New EU Data

ENERGY – Nuclear / Renewable / etc.

The Breakthrough Institute – EPA Points to Nuclear as Climate Solution: Advanced Nuclear and Preventing Retirement of Plants Key to Carbon Reductions

Globe and Mail – Are Harper’s dreams of Canada as energy superpower going up in smoke?

The Guardian –

• World not moving fast enough on renewable energy, says IEA
• UK will have to gamble with nuclear safety to provide power, analyst warns

Journal of Risk Research – Japan-India civil nuclear energy cooperation: prospects and concerns

Manchester Policy blogs (Science & Technology) – Russian energy policy at a crossroads

ENVIRONMENT

The Guardian – Investigation into 2010 BP oil spill finds failures, poor testing and ongoing risks

EXPERTISE

Climate Desk – This Is Why You Have No Business Challenging Scientific Experts

Health – Networks of knowledge or just old wives’ tales?: A diary-based analysis of women’s self-care practices and everyday lay expertise

Policy Sciences – ‘Neutral’ experts? How input of scientific expertise matters in international environmental negotiations

HIGHER EDUCATION

The Guardian – Oxford University urged to purge its £3.3bn fund of fossil fuel investments

REF

Reciprocal Space – The REF: what is the measure of success?

RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH / INNOVATION

Making Science Public – Responsible research and innovation: challenges and opportunities for governance

SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION

The Occasional Pamphlet – How universities can support open-access journal publishing

SCIENCE – COMMUNICATION

Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC) – Science Cheerleaders – Is There a Role for Hollywood Hyper-publicity in Science Communications?

LSE Impact blog – The growth of the science PR industry has resulted in an overly exaggerated presentation of research findings

Making Science Public – Describing research in plain language is challenging – but worth it

Science Borealis – Physics and astronomy hit the mainstream: Cosmos reboot

Speakers of Science – Science, Religion and Entertainment Media

SCIENCE – HISTORY

Social History of Medicine – Learning from the Common Folks. Academic Physicians and Medical Lay Culture in the Sixteenth Century

SCIENCE – POLICY / & POLICY

The Bridge: Connecting Science & Policy (AGU blog) – The Challenges of Seismic Mitigation in Oregon: Where Science and Policy Meet

LSE Impact blog – Negative stereotypes about the policymaking process hinder productive action toward evidence-based policy

Political Science (Blog hosted by Guardian) – Technology policy in an election year: stop pretending it’s technocratic

Social Science & Medicine – Human embryonic stem cell science and policy: The case of Iran

SCIENCE – PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

The Scholarly Kitchen – Life in a Bubble — The Limitations of Public Access, the Challenges of Public Engagement

SHALE GAS / FRACKING

The Guardian Letters – Lancashire’s shale gas can fill UK energy gap

The Guardian –

• Shale gas firms to get more power to drill under homes
• Activists stage fracking protest at David Cameron’s home

SOCIAL MEDIA

Health Affairs – Translating Research For Health Policy: Researchers’ Perceptions And Use Of Social Media [Web First] [OPEN ACCESS]

OTHER ROUND UPS

BPS Research Digest – Link feast

The Bubble Chamber – Weekly Roundup

Journalist’s Resource –

• What’s new in digital and social media research, May 2014: Crowdsourcing, analytics, Twitter patterns, product ratings
• Food safety in the United States: Research roundup

LSE Impact blog – Impact Round-Up 7th June: Prometheus gagged, Einstein’s peer review, and turning repositories into journals.

Nieman Journalism Lab – This Week in Review: A setback for reporter privilege, and a new New York Times opinion app

Not Exactly Rocket Science – I’ve Got Your Missing Links Right Here (07 June 2014)

Savage Minds – Around the Web Digest: Week of June 1

Somatosphere – In the Journals, May 2014 — Part II