📣 Lloyd's Register Foundation has launched its first 2024 #WorldRiskPoll report! Drawing #data from the 2nd edition of the #ResilienceIndex, also released today, it provides a unique insight into the resilience and vulnerabilities of countries & communities worldwide. loom.ly/YUNOxoI

Grim illuminating 🧵on academic #bullying 🙏Krzysztof Potempa H/T Richard Le Blanc including reference to work of my colleague Ken Westhues on academic #mobbying (web.archive.org/web/2011072418…) & great work by Morteza Mahmoudi, PhD Academic Parity Movement Janet Hering Sense about Science #AcademicTwitter

You’re Invited! Join me for the 191st Inaugural Lecture at UniPort: "Science and Sustainability: Pioneering a Greener Future". 🗓️ Aug 29, 2024, 3:00 PM WAT. 📍 CBN Centre of Excellence, UniPort 💻 Virtual: profeucharianwaichi.com → 'Join via Zoom link' youtu.be/W0Q3k-321G4?si…

Exclusive: a Nature investigation reveals the papers that most heavily cite retracted work yet haven’t themselves been withdrawn. go.nature.com/3AGXucZ

Our 2022 #MaddoxPrize winner Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi will give a lecture on Science and Sustainability: Pioneering a Greener Future. Click here to watch the lecture -> profeucharianwaichi.com

Censorship by social media platforms or govt isn't a sustainable solution to address increased misinformation. The best way to counter it is providing good access to useful information. 'False narratives' can't be prevented without providing a full account of the true narrative

"If you know the liars are out there, you’ll be careful; if you think the liars are everywhere, you might give up on the idea of truth altogether." Flagging untruths isn't a solution. Good information needs to be accessible and trusted to fully counter damaging false narratives.

If we want to use large language models for important decision making, we have to know how the model behaves and what kind of fairness testing has been done. Without this knowledge and subsequent efforts to combat biases, we empower racist, classist and sexist tools.

I'm fulfilled to share that my 191st Inaugural Lecture at the University of Port Harcourt was a resounding success! Support was all the way. Iam deeply grateful and inspired to continue our journey toward a sustainable future #InauguralLecture #ScienceAndSustainability #Grateful

One to watch this Tuesday: The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill will go through Committee of the Whole House and all its remaining stages in the House of Commons. "It's also the first opportunity for MPs to propose amendments to the legislation that will bring

#EvidenceKnowHow All tests give false positives. Giving the whole population full body scans would subject many to unnecessary extra testing and the psychological strain of being told they have a particular disease. On such scales, screening can cause more harm than good.

It's disappointing the government's first major policy has failed our #EvidenceTransparency test. While this bill has been prepared at speed, there is no good reason for supporting documents to omit the sources and calculations behind figures. senseaboutscience.org/activities/rai…

"MPs and the public should not be expected to accept ‘policy now, evidence later." - Tracey Brown on the #Railwaybill, which failed #evidencetransparency tests ahead of passing through UK House of Commons today. Read the report here: senseaboutscience.org/transparency-o…

It is promising to see new AI tools being used with human oversight involved and with the flexibility required to overrule AI when necessary, which are key for responsible use of AI.

To ensure our #policymakers are up to date with the latest research findings, we need #researchers to shape policy debates and engage with decision-makers. Our latest #VoYS resource shares our top 3 tips for how researchers should start engaging their work with politics.

#CILIP, Society of Authors, School Library Association (SLA) have issued a joint statement on censorship in school libraries and express the need for diverse library collections. CILIP SLG Read the full statement: cilip.org.uk/news/news.asp?…

"I feel like many social media companies don't respect your opinion, as long as it makes them money" from Marianna Spring @bbc #Tech companies must be held to account on what algorithms show young people. A structure which promotes non-harmful content should be actively pursued

❗️"The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth" - the simplest and the best. 🖥️Social media companies must also be transparent with the algorithms used to promote fake news on their platforms.

Congratulations to Hannah Barnes for winning three category awards plus the headline Outstanding Contribution award at the 2024 #MJAAwards, which was presented by Paul Naish of AstraZeneca. (Smashing Shaun Lintern's impressive record!)