Joanna Chataway
@joannachataway.bsky.social
Prof of Science and Technology Policy in the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, UCL. Mostly waving not drowning.
These new drugs are changing lives — the NHS won’t buy them - The Times and The Sunday Times
Growing concerns about NICE methodology and the shrinking NHS medicines budget.
Growing concerns about NICE methodology and the shrinking NHS medicines budget.
September 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
These new drugs are changing lives — the NHS won’t buy them - The Times and The Sunday Times
Growing concerns about NICE methodology and the shrinking NHS medicines budget.
Growing concerns about NICE methodology and the shrinking NHS medicines budget.
Reposted by Joanna Chataway
“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”
AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.
www.bloomberg.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”
July 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A new ADC drug for Myeloma is great news but the reporting is confined to celebration. So much detail is left out. WHO developed this drug? How long did it take? How long did NICE take to approve it? It can be a traumatically long process for patients.
June 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A new ADC drug for Myeloma is great news but the reporting is confined to celebration. So much detail is left out. WHO developed this drug? How long did it take? How long did NICE take to approve it? It can be a traumatically long process for patients.
Reposted by Joanna Chataway
The entire board of the Fulbright program reportedly resigned today after accusing the Trump administration of illegal interference www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
An Entire Board Just Resigned After Accusing Trump Of Illegal Interference
The board members say Trump denied Fulbright awards to several people they had selected for the 2025-2026 academic year.
www.huffpost.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The entire board of the Fulbright program reportedly resigned today after accusing the Trump administration of illegal interference www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
RFK Jr sacks entire US vaccine committee
June 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
RFK Jr sacks entire US vaccine committee
Reposted by Joanna Chataway
I had to read this several times as “prioritise growth” and “hit universities over the head” are so mutually contradictory
'Universities will be lucky to avoid being “completely hit over the head” in the UK government’s upcoming spending review as ministers look set to prioritise plans for growth – which could eat into core research funding – and save higher education reform for a later date.' 1/3
Universities face ‘tough’ spending review after brutal few months
Potential reprioritisation of parts of research budget could heap pressure on institutions already counting cost of immigration and tax changes
www.timeshighereducation.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I had to read this several times as “prioritise growth” and “hit universities over the head” are so mutually contradictory
There are some serious critiques of high end journals’ place in research systems and of peer review. Unsurprisingly this isn’t one of them.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals
The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.
www.politico.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
There are some serious critiques of high end journals’ place in research systems and of peer review. Unsurprisingly this isn’t one of them.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Reposted by Joanna Chataway
ICYMI, The Trust is thrilled to team up with @acadsocsciences.bsky.social and @nuffieldfoundation.org to produce the We Society Podcast. Together we will promote innovative social science research that benefits society.
Read here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/new-pod...
@annavignoles.bsky.social
Read here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/new-pod...
@annavignoles.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
ICYMI, The Trust is thrilled to team up with @acadsocsciences.bsky.social and @nuffieldfoundation.org to produce the We Society Podcast. Together we will promote innovative social science research that benefits society.
Read here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/new-pod...
@annavignoles.bsky.social
Read here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/new-pod...
@annavignoles.bsky.social
My wonderful PhD student, Weijia Ding, successfully defended her PhD thesis today. Anyone interested in how Chinese universities behave as entrepreneurial universities, talk to Weijia (via me - I’ll pass on your message as she doesn’t yet have an account here).
March 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My wonderful PhD student, Weijia Ding, successfully defended her PhD thesis today. Anyone interested in how Chinese universities behave as entrepreneurial universities, talk to Weijia (via me - I’ll pass on your message as she doesn’t yet have an account here).
Reposted by Joanna Chataway
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
Is there an argument that a reduced aid budget strengthens the need for an independent DFID? Surely, this is a time for creative thinking and new partnerships. Better led from an independent government department.
February 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Is there an argument that a reduced aid budget strengthens the need for an independent DFID? Surely, this is a time for creative thinking and new partnerships. Better led from an independent government department.
Reposted by Joanna Chataway
We are advertising for two assistant professors in public policy, with digital policy know-how: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50248/
Assistant Professor in Public Policy - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Assistant Professor in Public Policy in the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
February 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We are advertising for two assistant professors in public policy, with digital policy know-how: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50248/
Powerful words from Gordon Brown www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die | Gordon Brown
The decimation of USAid is already having a terrible effect in some of the poorest places on the planet. It damages America: it will harm us all, says Gordon Brown, the UN’s special envoy for global e...
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Powerful words from Gordon Brown www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Joanna Chataway
Very much looking forward to #Metascience2025 this summer in London, organized by @rorinstitute.bsky.social and @cos.io metascience.info.
This will be crucial event in development of metaresearch field, with exciting opportunities to bring together researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders.
This will be crucial event in development of metaresearch field, with exciting opportunities to bring together researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders.
Metascience 2025 Conference
A global gathering for knowledge sharing, community building, and opportunities to define a roadmap of research and intervention priorities to accelerate science.
metascience.info
January 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Very much looking forward to #Metascience2025 this summer in London, organized by @rorinstitute.bsky.social and @cos.io metascience.info.
This will be crucial event in development of metaresearch field, with exciting opportunities to bring together researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders.
This will be crucial event in development of metaresearch field, with exciting opportunities to bring together researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders.
Reposted by Joanna Chataway
We (who are using Bluesky routinely) knew this already but an official poll showed the majority of scientists now using it and finding it better to discuss and find research as well as waaaaaaay less toxic 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com
January 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We (who are using Bluesky routinely) knew this already but an official poll showed the majority of scientists now using it and finding it better to discuss and find research as well as waaaaaaay less toxic 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Longer dog walk than usual earlier - was listening to this Leading episode with Tom Fletcher. Made me think about a lot of things including how we help students navigate different dimensions of AI. Unexpectedly interesting on that. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
Is the UN fit for purpose? (Tom Fletcher)
Podcast Episode · Leading · 20/01/2025 · 1h
podcasts.apple.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Longer dog walk than usual earlier - was listening to this Leading episode with Tom Fletcher. Made me think about a lot of things including how we help students navigate different dimensions of AI. Unexpectedly interesting on that. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
Reposted by Joanna Chataway
Am interested to learn about methodology. This looks like a strong argument for R&D spending.
New NCUB analysis reveals that for every £1 spent by the Government on R&D, an additional £3.09 to £4.02 is then spent by businesses investing in UK R&D. This is nearly twice as high as previously thought
www.ncub.co.uk/insight/unlo...
www.ncub.co.uk/insight/unlo...
Unlocking growth: The impact of public R&D spending on private sector investment in the UK - National Centre for Universities & Business
NCUB's new report reveales that each £1 of public R&D stimulates between £0.60 to £1.10 of private R&D investment in the short term
www.ncub.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Am interested to learn about methodology. This looks like a strong argument for R&D spending.
Reposted by Joanna Chataway
Wow. This is important. Now on BlueSky
House of Commons
bsky.app/profile/hous...
House of Lords
bsky.app/profile/hous...
It’s happening👏
House of Commons
bsky.app/profile/hous...
House of Lords
bsky.app/profile/hous...
It’s happening👏
December 11, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Wow. This is important. Now on BlueSky
House of Commons
bsky.app/profile/hous...
House of Lords
bsky.app/profile/hous...
It’s happening👏
House of Commons
bsky.app/profile/hous...
House of Lords
bsky.app/profile/hous...
It’s happening👏
Reposted by Joanna Chataway
This is huge.
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:19 AM
This is huge.
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
Strange Today 8.10 am interview with John Bell about the new Ellison Institute! Maybe the interview should have been about the $1 billion and not conducted as though the idea of technology and social/environmental challenges is somehow novel.
December 3, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Strange Today 8.10 am interview with John Bell about the new Ellison Institute! Maybe the interview should have been about the $1 billion and not conducted as though the idea of technology and social/environmental challenges is somehow novel.
Hello Andreas, good to see you here.
Hello Bluesky!
November 30, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Hello Andreas, good to see you here.
Such interesting policy from New Zealand as they encourage older workers back into employment. theippo.co.uk/how-a-univer...
How a Universal Basic Income for People Over 65 Increased New Zealand’s Labour Force Participation | IPPO
Tatjana Buklijas In 2022, the New Zealand government launched the Older Workers Employment Action Plan (OWEAP), which outlined a series of actions supporting older workers, their employees as well as ...
theippo.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Such interesting policy from New Zealand as they encourage older workers back into employment. theippo.co.uk/how-a-univer...