We need to take care, collectively, not to allow a few dominant actors to impose social, political and economic conditions in which this process of meaning-making is captured for their benefit. 2/2

Thanks for the report on what was a troubling moment. For me the lesson was that the Metascience ‘discourse coalition’ absolutely has to question/critique the shifting power dynamics as more private organisations enter the open science space. And associated questions of trust. 1/2

Yes, evaluators (and funders) deserve a place here. But real estate is scarce ;-)

Was not there, but seems to be an important issue that will undoubtedly recur. I also cannot not mention that the moderator who silenced the discussion is from an institution that has frequently received students scholarships and collaborations on AI courses from Google Deepmind.

Even aside from needing to reduce our environmental footprint by fewer, closer and more online conferences, the US has always been a very unwelcome destination for most people, currently allowing visa-free travel for only 46 countries' passport holders: www.passportindex.org/byWelcomingR...

Here the Administration lays the groundwork for weaponization of scientific principles to justify rollback of science-based policy actions. This isn't just hypothetical, its what the first-term Trump Administration and members of Congress have done for years. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

try this: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17084...

I provide (much) more context on Utrecht University leaving the THE university ranking in my longish thread here: bsky.app/profile/jero...