Prof Nisreen Alwan
Professor of Public Health MBE
Southampton, UK
Posts are my own personal views not those of any organisation.
Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
Peace of mind can be measured by the speed in which we turn the assumptions we make to questions.
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- I refuse to accept the labelling of science as ‘left-wing’. Not only because I think this is largely aimed at discrediting facts as opinions, but also -for any insider- it’s so untrue. The echelons of science are too traditional, hierarchical & club-based to qualify for any sort of progressive left.
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- It’s very painful to see the mainstreaming of truth-telling as division-stirring. The line of questioning is so horrendous I could hardly bear to finish watching this short clip but I’m glad I did manage to get to Zack’s sharp answer.
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- Exactly that.
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- I really can’t bear to watch any of her interviews anymore. Life’s too short for such self-infliction!
- 1/ This pause is obviously concerning to researchers & universities & I’d like to specifically register the point that if the reason of ‘aligning with national priorities’ means more policy-driven & less free ideas-driven research then this move is of even more concern. www.msn.com/en-in/politi...
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View full thread4/ It’s about the future, not only the short term political and economic goals. This does not only apply to basic science. People working in the applied research space like me know that we need space, time and resources for creative ideas too.
- 5/ Ideas that not only serve to implement existing policies but also to challenge them if needed and alternatively think outside the box. I do hope the powers that be have the much needed insight and will to preserve that function of tax-payer reseach funding.
- 2/ Increasingly our research funding is driven by what policy makers decide as the country’s priorities. Research shouldn’t be only about how to effectively implement policy that is already decided.
- 3/ It should mainly be about how to inform and influence future policies and positively change existing policies for the benefit of society. This requires supporting free and creative spaces for distruptive ideas that may not seem relevant to the already-decided national priorities.
