#Tag · BT Free Social

NEW TITLE | Neomania: How Our Obsession With Innovation is Failing Science, and How to Restore Trust by Krist Vaesen

Vaesen argues that worshipping the “new” has fractured science and eroded trust, and presents a sharp, constructive case for rebuilding research around reliability, and truth.

Read for free or buy a copy: https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0507

#OAbooks #OpenScience

The book jacket on a colourful background alongside text that says:

Neomania: How Our Obsession With Innovation is Failing Science, and How to Restore Trust by Krist Vaesen

Contemporary science faces a profound poly-crisis: replication failures, weak theories, poor generalizability, and declining public trust. Neomania contends that these symptoms stem not merely from flawed practices or institutional pressures, but from a deeper cultural pathology—our collective obsession with innovation. This valorization of the new for its own sake has reshaped the scientific enterprise, privileging novelty over reliability and fragmentation over coordination.

Drawing on metascience as well as the philosophy and sociology of science, this book offers a critical analysis of how this ethos has permeated the norms and institutions of modern science, and advances a constructive vision for rebuilding science as a coherent and truth-oriented system.

Combining philosophical depth with institutional analysis, Neomania addresses students, scholars, policymakers, and practitioners concerned with the organization of knowledge production in an era of epistemic crisis. It is both a critique of contemporary scientific culture and a normative proposal for its renewal. — The book jacket on a colourful background alongside text that says: Neomania: How Our Obsession With Innovation is Failing Science, and How to Restore Trust by Krist Vaesen Contemporary science faces a profound poly-crisis: replication failures, weak theories, poor generalizability, and declining public trust. Neomania contends that these symptoms stem not merely from flawed practices or institutional pressures, but from a deeper cultural pathology—our collective obsession with innovation. This valorization of the new for its own sake has reshaped the scientific enterprise, privileging novelty over reliability and fragmentation over coordination. Drawing on metascience as well as the philosophy and sociology of science, this book offers a critical analysis of how this ethos has permeated the norms and institutions of modern science, and advances a constructive vision for rebuilding science as a coherent and truth-oriented system. Combining philosophical depth with institutional analysis, Neomania addresses students, scholars, policymakers, and practitioners concerned with the organization of knowledge production in an era of epistemic crisis. It is both a critique of contemporary scientific culture and a normative proposal for its renewal.

Open Book Publishers

@OpenBookPublish@hcommons.social · 17 hours ago

NEW TITLE | Neomania: How Our Obsession With Innovation is Failing Science, and How to Restore Trust by Krist Vaesen

Vaesen argues that worshipping the “new” has fractured science and eroded trust, and presents a sharp, constructive case for rebuilding research around reliability, and truth.

Read for free or buy a copy: https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0507

#OAbooks #OpenScience

Business Channel and 1 other boosted

UniversityofGroningenLibrary

@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl · 20 hours ago

New in our electronic collection:

➡️ The Routledge Handbook of Economic Expectations in Historical Perspective

🔗 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003379010

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #economics #history #finance #business #industry #books #bookstodon

Book cover featuring a black/white photograph of people using typewriters, with the title "The Routledge Handbook of Economic Expectations in Historical Perspective."

Transcribed Text: Routledge Handbooks. The Routledge Handbook of Economic Expectations in Historical Perspective. Edited by Laetitia Lenel, Alexander Nützenadel, Jochen Streb, and Ingo Köhler — Book cover featuring a black/white photograph of people using typewriters, with the title "The Routledge Handbook of Economic Expectations in Historical Perspective." Transcribed Text: Routledge Handbooks. The Routledge Handbook of Economic Expectations in Historical Perspective. Edited by Laetitia Lenel, Alexander Nützenadel, Jochen Streb, and Ingo Köhler

UniversityofGroningenLibrary

@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl · 20 hours ago

New in our electronic collection:

➡️ The Routledge Handbook of Economic Expectations in Historical Perspective

🔗 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003379010

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #economics #history #finance #business #industry #books #bookstodon

Social Media Channel boosted

Marthe Küster

@marthe_kuester@fedihum.org · yesterday

Ich bin eher neu auf Mastodon und hier um #Wissenschaftkommunikation zu stärken. Für mein Forschungsfeld, die #DigitalHistory funktionieren je nach Thema diese #Hashtags am besten. Ein großes Dankeschön an die Newsmast-Channels. Wie sind eure Erfahrungen?

#socialmedia #DigitalHumanities #programming #history #books #AI #EarlyCareer #OpenScience #OpenAccess

Marthe Küster

@marthe_kuester@fedihum.org · yesterday

#socialmedia #DigitalHumanities #programming #history #books #AI #EarlyCareer #OpenScience #OpenAccess

EikeZiegler boosted

twillo

@twillo@bildung.social · 2 days ago

🎬 Videos barriereärmer, offener und vielseitiger gestalten
In dieser Tooltime geht es um Open-Source- und KI-Tools für Transkriptionen, mehrsprachige Untertitel, Voiceover und Audiodeskriptionen. Praxisnah zeigen wir, wie Videos technisch, gestalterisch und rechtlich sauber mit KI aufgewertet werden können.

🔗 Jetzt Anmelden: https://www.twillo.de/veranstaltung/ki-video-workshop-18-02-2026/

#OER #OERde #OpenEducation #FediCampus #FediLZ #CCLde #openscience #AcademiaEdu #AcademicMastodon #hochschuldidaktik

twillo

Untertitel, Übersetzung, Voiceover & Co – Videos mit KI aufwerten

Untertitel, Übersetzung, Voiceover & Co - Videos mit KI verbessern. Workshop am 18.02.2026 mit technischen und rechtlichen Infos.

HypeBot 🔥 boosted

Monica Gonzalez-Marquez

@aeryn_thrace@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

The core of my frustration with #OpenScience practices:

We cannot have a true Open Science until we dispel the myth that papers contain usable descriptions of scientific processes.

This cannot happen until researchers are trained, using evidence-based pedagogy, to read scientific articles for USE, not citation, not argument support, but USE!!!

In my seminars, all learners leave convinced we need a documentation system grounded in usability, & that papers are NOT fit for purpose. >>

twillo

@twillo@bildung.social · 2 days ago

🔗 Jetzt Anmelden: https://www.twillo.de/veranstaltung/ki-video-workshop-18-02-2026/

#OER #OERde #OpenEducation #FediCampus #FediLZ #CCLde #openscience #AcademiaEdu #AcademicMastodon #hochschuldidaktik

twillo

Untertitel, Übersetzung, Voiceover & Co – Videos mit KI aufwerten

Untertitel, Übersetzung, Voiceover & Co - Videos mit KI verbessern. Workshop am 18.02.2026 mit technischen und rechtlichen Infos.

Monica Gonzalez-Marquez

@aeryn_thrace@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

The core of my frustration with #OpenScience practices:

We cannot have a true Open Science until we dispel the myth that papers contain usable descriptions of scientific processes.

This cannot happen until researchers are trained, using evidence-based pedagogy, to read scientific articles for USE, not citation, not argument support, but USE!!!

In my seminars, all learners leave convinced we need a documentation system grounded in usability, & that papers are NOT fit for purpose. >>

Bob Jamieson and 4 others boosted

UniversityofGroningenLibrary

@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl · 3 days ago

Our University of Groningen Press colleagues were also at the #DigitalAutonomy Fair today.

At UGP, we work with Open Journal Systems by @PublicKnowledgeProject. We help academic staff take back control of the #academic #publishing infrastructure, for example by supporting them in setting up their own journal.
#OpenScience #OpenAccess

University of Groningen Press booth with leaflets, a laptop. In the background a UGP banner. A colleague is staffing the booth.

Ecologia Digital boosted

Marco

@macromare@mastodon.social · last week

We need more scientists giving feedback here:

🇪🇺 European Open Digital Ecosystems: Call for Feedback

⏰ Deadline: Feb 3, 2026

➡️ 🔗 https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en

EU Commission collects feedback from the #opensource community to shape strategies for boosting open source. Scientists need to share insights on how open source can boost #science and #innovation.

#OpenScience
#ReproducibleResearch
#GitHub #GitLab #Codeberg #NumFOCUS
#Funding #Grant

Image shows a pie-chart of feedback to European Open Digital Ecosystems Call by category of respondent. Most feedback comes from EU citizens, very little feedback (so far) from scientists or research institutions.

European Commission - Have your say

Ruud Steltenpool boosted

Harald Klinke

@HxxxKxxx@det.social · 9 months ago

Thrilled to share that my book Cultural Data Science – An Introduction to R is finally out! A journey through digital methods, visual culture & data analysis—made for everyone exploring the intersection of humanities and code.

#DigitalHumanities #CulturalData #RStats #OpenScience

https://link.springer.com/book/9783031881305

UniversityofGroningenLibrary

@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl · 3 days ago

Our University of Groningen Press colleagues were also at the #DigitalAutonomy Fair today.

Social Media Channel boosted

UniversityofGroningenLibrary

@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl · 8 months ago

🆕 Out now: our study on #academic staff engagement on #Mastodon

🔗 Summary
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15582839

💡 While Mastodon is valued for its ethical positioning, continued engagement hinges more on social and institutional dynamics than on technical features alone

➡️Ethical concerns drive adoption
➡️Peer presence matters more for staying than joining
➡️Academic institutions could be game-changers by leading adoption instead of waiting for grassroots growth

#OpenScience #SocialMedia #AcademicMastodon

Zenodo

PROJECT SUMMARY: Exploring Academic Staff Engagement on Mastodon

This research project explores the role of Mastodon in academic communication. Sparked by a shift away from X/Twitter due to concerns over misinformation and harassment, Mastodon has become a growing space for scholarly exchange. Despite this trend, little is known about how academics engage with the platform. We conducted this study to understand academic staff's perceptions, motivations, usage patterns, and the platform’s potential benefits and challenges. The project employed a mixed-methods approach, resulting in a three-part study comprising (1) a literature review, (2) a quantitative survey, and (3) qualitative interviews. In this project summary, we briefly present the main results.