Ipshita Mandal-Johnson
@dripshitamj.bsky.social
Bio Systems Thinking; Independent Advisor; Former McK PhD Cambridge; Wellingtonian Toddler Mum
Insightful talks at SynBio Australasia on Public and Social policy of Synthetic Biology:
Consensus frameworks @julietgerrard.bsky.social
Social sciences research by Aditi Mankad and Fran Humphries @csiropublishing.bsky.social
Gene editing regulation by Revel Drummond @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social
Consensus frameworks @julietgerrard.bsky.social
Social sciences research by Aditi Mankad and Fran Humphries @csiropublishing.bsky.social
Gene editing regulation by Revel Drummond @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Insightful talks at SynBio Australasia on Public and Social policy of Synthetic Biology:
Consensus frameworks @julietgerrard.bsky.social
Social sciences research by Aditi Mankad and Fran Humphries @csiropublishing.bsky.social
Gene editing regulation by Revel Drummond @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social
Consensus frameworks @julietgerrard.bsky.social
Social sciences research by Aditi Mankad and Fran Humphries @csiropublishing.bsky.social
Gene editing regulation by Revel Drummond @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social
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🚀 Governments need long-term stability but also agility to respond to new challenges.
IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social expands on the concept of 'agile stability' and provides examples from his book 'How to Make an Entrepreneurial State'.
🎙️ Listen here: buff.ly/ptO3wKu
IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social expands on the concept of 'agile stability' and provides examples from his book 'How to Make an Entrepreneurial State'.
🎙️ Listen here: buff.ly/ptO3wKu
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚀 Governments need long-term stability but also agility to respond to new challenges.
IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social expands on the concept of 'agile stability' and provides examples from his book 'How to Make an Entrepreneurial State'.
🎙️ Listen here: buff.ly/ptO3wKu
IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social expands on the concept of 'agile stability' and provides examples from his book 'How to Make an Entrepreneurial State'.
🎙️ Listen here: buff.ly/ptO3wKu
Reposted by Ipshita Mandal-Johnson
PhD courses need to change to educate the students for jobs outside academia, so those that really want academic careers can have them and the rest can do something useful.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber jobs in academia
PhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside universities, researchers warn.
www.nature.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
PhD courses need to change to educate the students for jobs outside academia, so those that really want academic careers can have them and the rest can do something useful.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Ipshita Mandal-Johnson
America dominates the rankings of technological strength. But other countries are closing in https://econ.trib.al/sRIkB5E
Who is ahead in the global tech race?
A ranking of 25 countries shows that the West is in a precarious spot
econ.trib.al
June 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
America dominates the rankings of technological strength. But other countries are closing in https://econ.trib.al/sRIkB5E
Is Public R&D investment lower or higher in economic crises?
Interesting paper by @maikelpellens.bsky.social et al from last year studying 29 OECD countries with a key highlight "Only leading innovators behave countercyclically and invest more in recessions"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Interesting paper by @maikelpellens.bsky.social et al from last year studying 29 OECD countries with a key highlight "Only leading innovators behave countercyclically and invest more in recessions"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Public R&D investment in economic crises
We study the cyclicality of public R&D in 29 OECD countries over the period 1995 to 2019. Public R&D is procyclical on average, and mostly driven by a…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Is Public R&D investment lower or higher in economic crises?
Interesting paper by @maikelpellens.bsky.social et al from last year studying 29 OECD countries with a key highlight "Only leading innovators behave countercyclically and invest more in recessions"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Interesting paper by @maikelpellens.bsky.social et al from last year studying 29 OECD countries with a key highlight "Only leading innovators behave countercyclically and invest more in recessions"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This morning reflecting on public values-interests and science-evidence analysis with a couple of former policy and science leaders Helen Anderson and @julietgerrard.bsky.social this morning #policy #sciencepolicy #nzpol
June 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This morning reflecting on public values-interests and science-evidence analysis with a couple of former policy and science leaders Helen Anderson and @julietgerrard.bsky.social this morning #policy #sciencepolicy #nzpol
A new open group for Welly Sci-Tech nerds and doers led by Ralph Highnam. 1st bohemian style set of talks on June 18th #wellington wellyforge.beehiiv.com
WellyForge
Bringing together science, tech & investors to create a more active Wellington eco-system via newsletters and monthly meet-ups. Let's really get Wellington moving.
wellyforge.beehiiv.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A new open group for Welly Sci-Tech nerds and doers led by Ralph Highnam. 1st bohemian style set of talks on June 18th #wellington wellyforge.beehiiv.com
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If returns on science investment are shrinking, there are plenty of potential culprits
https://go.nature.com/3H1EPfn
https://go.nature.com/3H1EPfn
Are groundbreaking science discoveries becoming harder to find?
Nature - Researchers are arguing over whether ‘disruptive’ or ‘novel’ science is waning – and how to remedy the problem.
go.nature.com
May 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If returns on science investment are shrinking, there are plenty of potential culprits
https://go.nature.com/3H1EPfn
https://go.nature.com/3H1EPfn
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The Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some might leave the country -- or abandon research altogether.
https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq
https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq
Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science
As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.
go.nature.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some might leave the country -- or abandon research altogether.
https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq
https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq
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Some coverage of it; more pm prize folks on TVNZ tomorrow and Otago times among others www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/marsden-f...
Science body urges PM to reconsider cuts to research funding
Royal Society Te Apārangi weighs in on Govt-ordered cuts to humanities research grants.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 16, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Some coverage of it; more pm prize folks on TVNZ tomorrow and Otago times among others www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/marsden-f...
Reposted by Ipshita Mandal-Johnson
'Nature asked science-policy specialists which country is particularly good at ensuring science is factored into government decisions. The question mystified many respondents. “Not aware of any,” wrote one. “None have enviable systems,” wrote another. “Very hard to say,” said a third.'
Advising governments about science is essential but difficult. So train people to do it
A great scientist doesn’t necessarily make an effective science adviser — but schooling and practice can help to bridge the gap.
www.nature.com
December 8, 2024 at 9:08 AM
'Nature asked science-policy specialists which country is particularly good at ensuring science is factored into government decisions. The question mystified many respondents. “Not aware of any,” wrote one. “None have enviable systems,” wrote another. “Very hard to say,” said a third.'
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Behind the graduate mental health crisis in science go.nature.com/3Z5GqHl
Behind the graduate mental health crisis in science - Nature Biotechnology
Survey results identify how scientific research and teaching contribute to the graduate student mental health crisis.
go.nature.com
November 14, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Behind the graduate mental health crisis in science go.nature.com/3Z5GqHl