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We examine how scientific knowledge is transformed through politics, society, and environments.
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Welcome to Science Politics—a newly launched publication that pairs academic rigor with journalistic storytelling to explore the complexities at the heart of #science, #technology, and #internationalaffairs. 🧬🔬🏛️🌍
Visit our website below and check out our published pieces!
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Visit our website below and check out our published pieces!
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Regina LaBelle argues that #Congress spent two years playing defense against #budget cuts when it should be rebuilding. Congress must treat #addiction like a chronic #publichealth condition instead of a crisis, paving the way for long-term #treatment systems.
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September 28, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Regina LaBelle argues that #Congress spent two years playing defense against #budget cuts when it should be rebuilding. Congress must treat #addiction like a chronic #publichealth condition instead of a crisis, paving the way for long-term #treatment systems.
sciencepolitics.org/2026/07/23/t...
sciencepolitics.org/2026/07/23/t...
We interviewed three Science Politics authors about their piece, “How to Ensure the Most Vulnerable Don’t Go Hungry.” Check out this clip for more insights from Lesley Jo Weaver, Josh Snodgrass, and Bella Albiani.
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#Hunger #Houselessness #Oregon
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#Hunger #Houselessness #Oregon
September 1, 2026 at 5:24 PM
We interviewed three Science Politics authors about their piece, “How to Ensure the Most Vulnerable Don’t Go Hungry.” Check out this clip for more insights from Lesley Jo Weaver, Josh Snodgrass, and Bella Albiani.
blogs.uoregon.edu/weaverlab/ho...
#Hunger #Houselessness #Oregon
blogs.uoregon.edu/weaverlab/ho...
#Hunger #Houselessness #Oregon
Happy #BackToSchool! 🎉
As we enter this new academic year, the Science Politics team is looking forward to some major milestones— our one-year anniversary and our second ever special print issue!
We’re so excited for what’s ahead. Stay tuned! 👀
As we enter this new academic year, the Science Politics team is looking forward to some major milestones— our one-year anniversary and our second ever special print issue!
We’re so excited for what’s ahead. Stay tuned! 👀
August 31, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Happy #BackToSchool! 🎉
As we enter this new academic year, the Science Politics team is looking forward to some major milestones— our one-year anniversary and our second ever special print issue!
We’re so excited for what’s ahead. Stay tuned! 👀
As we enter this new academic year, the Science Politics team is looking forward to some major milestones— our one-year anniversary and our second ever special print issue!
We’re so excited for what’s ahead. Stay tuned! 👀
Katie Salen Tekinbaş argues that with children on the #internet, the goal shouldn’t be to eliminate #risk entirely but to design for it: pointing to moderated #Minecraft communities where children practice conflict resolution entirely on their own.
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August 26, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Katie Salen Tekinbaş argues that with children on the #internet, the goal shouldn’t be to eliminate #risk entirely but to design for it: pointing to moderated #Minecraft communities where children practice conflict resolution entirely on their own.
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28% of American adults are functionally illiterate, and academics don’t know why. 📚
Jishnu Das, Yash Dhuldhoya, and Ethan Sager explore the decline in functional #literacy in high-income countries like the United States. Smartphones and COVID alone can’t explain this phenomenon.
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Jishnu Das, Yash Dhuldhoya, and Ethan Sager explore the decline in functional #literacy in high-income countries like the United States. Smartphones and COVID alone can’t explain this phenomenon.
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August 21, 2026 at 5:13 PM
28% of American adults are functionally illiterate, and academics don’t know why. 📚
Jishnu Das, Yash Dhuldhoya, and Ethan Sager explore the decline in functional #literacy in high-income countries like the United States. Smartphones and COVID alone can’t explain this phenomenon.
lnkd.in/gqgsiM4t
Jishnu Das, Yash Dhuldhoya, and Ethan Sager explore the decline in functional #literacy in high-income countries like the United States. Smartphones and COVID alone can’t explain this phenomenon.
lnkd.in/gqgsiM4t
Your doctor says you need more care. An algorithm disagrees. Who wins? 🥼
Sanjay Basu traces how #Medicare Advantage insurers seek #profit over #healthcare, a system going back three decades. He recounts the story of #GeneLokken to show how U.S. #healthpolicy fails its #patients.
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Sanjay Basu traces how #Medicare Advantage insurers seek #profit over #healthcare, a system going back three decades. He recounts the story of #GeneLokken to show how U.S. #healthpolicy fails its #patients.
lnkd.in/gQ2KfHYf
August 7, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Your doctor says you need more care. An algorithm disagrees. Who wins? 🥼
Sanjay Basu traces how #Medicare Advantage insurers seek #profit over #healthcare, a system going back three decades. He recounts the story of #GeneLokken to show how U.S. #healthpolicy fails its #patients.
lnkd.in/gQ2KfHYf
Sanjay Basu traces how #Medicare Advantage insurers seek #profit over #healthcare, a system going back three decades. He recounts the story of #GeneLokken to show how U.S. #healthpolicy fails its #patients.
lnkd.in/gQ2KfHYf
What if the next major cyberattacker is just waiting for a hurricane? 🌩️
Zeinah Abdelsalam warns that #hackers time attacks on the #powergrid to extreme weather events, making a sabotage indistinguishable from a power outage. This consequence is exacerbated by #AI systems.
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Zeinah Abdelsalam warns that #hackers time attacks on the #powergrid to extreme weather events, making a sabotage indistinguishable from a power outage. This consequence is exacerbated by #AI systems.
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August 7, 2026 at 11:28 PM
What if the next major cyberattacker is just waiting for a hurricane? 🌩️
Zeinah Abdelsalam warns that #hackers time attacks on the #powergrid to extreme weather events, making a sabotage indistinguishable from a power outage. This consequence is exacerbated by #AI systems.
lnkd.in/gNnKd_wk
Zeinah Abdelsalam warns that #hackers time attacks on the #powergrid to extreme weather events, making a sabotage indistinguishable from a power outage. This consequence is exacerbated by #AI systems.
lnkd.in/gNnKd_wk
James Wang writes that while the U.S. ban on Chinese drones was meant to promote #domestic alternatives, it led to American manufacturers choosing lucrative private #defense contracts over the common #consumermarket.
Read the rest at lnkd.in/gMB-8Jei!
Read the rest at lnkd.in/gMB-8Jei!
July 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
James Wang writes that while the U.S. ban on Chinese drones was meant to promote #domestic alternatives, it led to American manufacturers choosing lucrative private #defense contracts over the common #consumermarket.
Read the rest at lnkd.in/gMB-8Jei!
Read the rest at lnkd.in/gMB-8Jei!
Georgetown University Professor Jorge Huete draws on his experience as a Nicaraguan scientist denied entry into #Nicaragua for #politicaladvocacy, revealing a larger pattern of #scientists being silenced and projects being dismantled for political reasons.
Read this piece at lnkd.in/g7f6Y8ak!
Read this piece at lnkd.in/g7f6Y8ak!
July 15, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Georgetown University Professor Jorge Huete draws on his experience as a Nicaraguan scientist denied entry into #Nicaragua for #politicaladvocacy, revealing a larger pattern of #scientists being silenced and projects being dismantled for political reasons.
Read this piece at lnkd.in/g7f6Y8ak!
Read this piece at lnkd.in/g7f6Y8ak!
In this Science Politics piece, Valentina Greco argues that science, similar to #biology itself, is fundamentally #collective. Promotion and #tenure systems should stop prioritizing individual replaceability and start measuring contribution to the whole.
Read this piece at lnkd.in/gdVVbE4i!
Read this piece at lnkd.in/gdVVbE4i!
July 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
In this Science Politics piece, Valentina Greco argues that science, similar to #biology itself, is fundamentally #collective. Promotion and #tenure systems should stop prioritizing individual replaceability and start measuring contribution to the whole.
Read this piece at lnkd.in/gdVVbE4i!
Read this piece at lnkd.in/gdVVbE4i!
Proposed #OMB regulations would allow #federalagencies to have further control over #research grants. The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy argues that as #scientists leave work and #universities reduce admissions in response to federal changes, the #future of science weakens.
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July 7, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Proposed #OMB regulations would allow #federalagencies to have further control over #research grants. The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy argues that as #scientists leave work and #universities reduce admissions in response to federal changes, the #future of science weakens.
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Joshua Darr and David Scales suggest that medicine should borrow from the #journalist playbook to fix its collapsing #publictrust. Embracing nuances over #binaries, earning #transparency, and #community engagement are among the lessons covered.
Read the rest at lnkd.in/g6SNuMet!
Read the rest at lnkd.in/g6SNuMet!
July 6, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Joshua Darr and David Scales suggest that medicine should borrow from the #journalist playbook to fix its collapsing #publictrust. Embracing nuances over #binaries, earning #transparency, and #community engagement are among the lessons covered.
Read the rest at lnkd.in/g6SNuMet!
Read the rest at lnkd.in/g6SNuMet!
Sanjay Basu details how fear of #ICE enforcement has stopped both undocumented and legal immigrants from visiting the #doctor. He argues that this isn’t just a #humanitarian failure: #patients who miss routine care end up spending more on #emergency visits.
Read the rest at lnkd.in/g8bpYU2X!
Read the rest at lnkd.in/g8bpYU2X!
July 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Sanjay Basu details how fear of #ICE enforcement has stopped both undocumented and legal immigrants from visiting the #doctor. He argues that this isn’t just a #humanitarian failure: #patients who miss routine care end up spending more on #emergency visits.
Read the rest at lnkd.in/g8bpYU2X!
Read the rest at lnkd.in/g8bpYU2X!
Diana Rayes uses the stories of Malekah Jazmati and Svitlana Zaluzhna, two respectively #Syrian and #Ukrainian #displaced women, to argue that #resilience is a #community practice. She asks, why wait for a #crisis to learn what displaced peoples already know?
Read the rest at lnkd.in/g-2dKV-M!
Read the rest at lnkd.in/g-2dKV-M!
July 1, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Diana Rayes uses the stories of Malekah Jazmati and Svitlana Zaluzhna, two respectively #Syrian and #Ukrainian #displaced women, to argue that #resilience is a #community practice. She asks, why wait for a #crisis to learn what displaced peoples already know?
Read the rest at lnkd.in/g-2dKV-M!
Read the rest at lnkd.in/g-2dKV-M!
In this Science Politics piece, Gwen Ottinger argues that fact-fighting alone can’t repair a fractured #society. Rebuilding trust calls for #transparency in #science about its #moral commitments.
Read the rest at lnkd.in/gFZUFuGS !
Read the rest at lnkd.in/gFZUFuGS !
June 26, 2026 at 7:35 PM
In this Science Politics piece, Gwen Ottinger argues that fact-fighting alone can’t repair a fractured #society. Rebuilding trust calls for #transparency in #science about its #moral commitments.
Read the rest at lnkd.in/gFZUFuGS !
Read the rest at lnkd.in/gFZUFuGS !
Journalists John Heilprin and Lisa Palmer review how the U.S.’s withdrawal from the #WorldHealthOrganization has made #globalhealth cooperation more precarious. As outbreaks and #humanitarian crises continue, WHO tries to “do more with less.”
Read this piece at lnkd.in/gxdT68cm.
Read this piece at lnkd.in/gxdT68cm.
June 17, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Journalists John Heilprin and Lisa Palmer review how the U.S.’s withdrawal from the #WorldHealthOrganization has made #globalhealth cooperation more precarious. As outbreaks and #humanitarian crises continue, WHO tries to “do more with less.”
Read this piece at lnkd.in/gxdT68cm.
Read this piece at lnkd.in/gxdT68cm.
Vidisha Mishra, Chinasa T. Okolo, and Imane Bello argue that the upcoming 2027 AI Summit in #Geneva is a critical inflection point for AI #governance.
Read the rest, and more on #tech and #policy, at lnkd.in/d24nW87m!
Read the rest, and more on #tech and #policy, at lnkd.in/d24nW87m!
June 16, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Vidisha Mishra, Chinasa T. Okolo, and Imane Bello argue that the upcoming 2027 AI Summit in #Geneva is a critical inflection point for AI #governance.
Read the rest, and more on #tech and #policy, at lnkd.in/d24nW87m!
Read the rest, and more on #tech and #policy, at lnkd.in/d24nW87m!
#WorldOceanDay, celebrated on June 8th, put on the #pressure to designate #MarineProtectedAreas. Elle Wibisono argues that a line on a #map means nothing without the #science, #traditionalknowledge, and active enforcement to back it up.
Read her beautifully illustrated piece at lnkd.in/gFB7pX6Z!
Read her beautifully illustrated piece at lnkd.in/gFB7pX6Z!
June 12, 2026 at 2:08 PM
#WorldOceanDay, celebrated on June 8th, put on the #pressure to designate #MarineProtectedAreas. Elle Wibisono argues that a line on a #map means nothing without the #science, #traditionalknowledge, and active enforcement to back it up.
Read her beautifully illustrated piece at lnkd.in/gFB7pX6Z!
Read her beautifully illustrated piece at lnkd.in/gFB7pX6Z!
Emeka Nwachinemere argues that farmer-centered data #systems are foundational for #African agriculture. They serve as the key to unlocking #credit, targeting #resources, and building a #food network that serves the people.
Read this piece, and more on food and #tech, at lnkd.in/gje3VUKJ!
Read this piece, and more on food and #tech, at lnkd.in/gje3VUKJ!
June 11, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Emeka Nwachinemere argues that farmer-centered data #systems are foundational for #African agriculture. They serve as the key to unlocking #credit, targeting #resources, and building a #food network that serves the people.
Read this piece, and more on food and #tech, at lnkd.in/gje3VUKJ!
Read this piece, and more on food and #tech, at lnkd.in/gje3VUKJ!
How does #China direct #media narratives? 🇨🇳🗞️
In this piece, Dechun Zhang covers how China’s rumor #governance system calculates the fight against #misinformation, suppressing disruptive #speech even when its accurate.
Read this piece, and more on #tech and #politics, at lnkd.in/gUdWBs6Q!
In this piece, Dechun Zhang covers how China’s rumor #governance system calculates the fight against #misinformation, suppressing disruptive #speech even when its accurate.
Read this piece, and more on #tech and #politics, at lnkd.in/gUdWBs6Q!
June 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
How does #China direct #media narratives? 🇨🇳🗞️
In this piece, Dechun Zhang covers how China’s rumor #governance system calculates the fight against #misinformation, suppressing disruptive #speech even when its accurate.
Read this piece, and more on #tech and #politics, at lnkd.in/gUdWBs6Q!
In this piece, Dechun Zhang covers how China’s rumor #governance system calculates the fight against #misinformation, suppressing disruptive #speech even when its accurate.
Read this piece, and more on #tech and #politics, at lnkd.in/gUdWBs6Q!
Ryan Kerney calls on #CharlesDarwin’s local #advocacy and #action to emphasize the importance of small-scale #impact. He argues that #scientists need to stop waiting for national measures and start showing up at local #elections and #school board meetings
Read the rest at lnkd.in/ggJ3xtQG!
Read the rest at lnkd.in/ggJ3xtQG!
June 4, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Ryan Kerney calls on #CharlesDarwin’s local #advocacy and #action to emphasize the importance of small-scale #impact. He argues that #scientists need to stop waiting for national measures and start showing up at local #elections and #school board meetings
Read the rest at lnkd.in/ggJ3xtQG!
Read the rest at lnkd.in/ggJ3xtQG!
Ademola Adelowo Adenle reminds us that war easily disrupts food #supplychains and pushes people toward #acutehunger. He argues that the answer is #local: democratizing #agricultural science, investing in #renewableenergy for #farming, and more.
Read the rest at lnkd.in/gTBpuwQB!
Read the rest at lnkd.in/gTBpuwQB!
May 27, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Ademola Adelowo Adenle reminds us that war easily disrupts food #supplychains and pushes people toward #acutehunger. He argues that the answer is #local: democratizing #agricultural science, investing in #renewableenergy for #farming, and more.
Read the rest at lnkd.in/gTBpuwQB!
Read the rest at lnkd.in/gTBpuwQB!
Antonia Baskakov points out that #AI deepfake photos are treated as a #moderation problem under #European law, intervening only when the damage is done. She calls for an outright ban of nudifier #technology, citing #dignity and #autonomy.
Read the rest, and more on #tech, at lnkd.in/gpAuftBC!
Read the rest, and more on #tech, at lnkd.in/gpAuftBC!
May 27, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Antonia Baskakov points out that #AI deepfake photos are treated as a #moderation problem under #European law, intervening only when the damage is done. She calls for an outright ban of nudifier #technology, citing #dignity and #autonomy.
Read the rest, and more on #tech, at lnkd.in/gpAuftBC!
Read the rest, and more on #tech, at lnkd.in/gpAuftBC!
Yogi Putranto points out that the sea is now being governed by #algorithms and #data, shifting #enforcement from physical interception to #digital detection. He warns that this strengthens #wealthier countries, who exercise more #technology and thus more #sovereignty in the sea.
lnkd.in/gMNTvZki!
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May 25, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Yogi Putranto points out that the sea is now being governed by #algorithms and #data, shifting #enforcement from physical interception to #digital detection. He warns that this strengthens #wealthier countries, who exercise more #technology and thus more #sovereignty in the sea.
lnkd.in/gMNTvZki!
lnkd.in/gMNTvZki!
Christopher Otter argues that the #technosphere isn’t a modern system, but hundreds of thousands of years old. The real danger comes from the age-old technological #inequality that sets groups at a disadvantage in #land, #internet, #architecture, and more.
Read this piece at lnkd.in/gwsZwzfH !
Read this piece at lnkd.in/gwsZwzfH !
May 23, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Christopher Otter argues that the #technosphere isn’t a modern system, but hundreds of thousands of years old. The real danger comes from the age-old technological #inequality that sets groups at a disadvantage in #land, #internet, #architecture, and more.
Read this piece at lnkd.in/gwsZwzfH !
Read this piece at lnkd.in/gwsZwzfH !