Category Archives: Sociology of science

Update: libel cases and the ‘climate wars’

Posted on February 14, 2018 by curryja | 139 comments

by Judith Curry

Big news in the world of ‘climate wars’ – the libel case of Andrew Weaver versus Tim Ball has been dismissed by the judge — for a rather surprising reason.

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The Top 50 Women in STEM

Posted on February 1, 2018 by curryja | 78 comments

by Judith Curry

Inspiring biosketches of some amazing female scientists, which rather astonishingly includes moi.

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Manufacturing consensus: the early history of the IPCC

Posted on January 3, 2018 by curryja | 385 comments

by Judith Curry

Short summary: scientists sought political relevance and allowed policy makers to put a big thumb on the scale of the scientific assessment of the attribution of climate change.

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Posted in Attribution, Consensus, IPCC, Sociology of science

JC’s (un)motivated reasoning

Posted on December 28, 2017 by curryja | 315 comments

by Judith Curry

“I think open explorations of the ideological assumptions scientists bring into policy debates are not only welcome but often necessary for having productive conversations.” – Aaron Huertas

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Girls rule(s)

Posted on December 10, 2017 by curryja | 152 comments

by Judith Curry

The #MeToo movement is spawning considerable reflection in academia. Here are some reflections and advice from a senior female scientist (moi) who came up through the academic system during the bad old days of the 1970’s and 1980’s, and who has mentored many young female scientists as they navigate the professional world of academia.

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