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On scientific blind spots and biases |
academic researcher & Essayist |
https://www.research-reviewer.blogspot.com
academic researcher & Essayist |
https://www.research-reviewer.blogspot.com
Industry-backed research doesn’t just distort facts — it can endanger public health and the environment. Take the sugar industry...
My new article collects several of these cases to show how dangerous the collusion between money and “science” can be: research-reviewer.blogspot.com/2025/07/fail...
My new article collects several of these cases to show how dangerous the collusion between money and “science” can be: research-reviewer.blogspot.com/2025/07/fail...
Peer Review Explained with the Famost Flaws: Sweet Sugar Lies and Dirty Diesel
Corporate manipulation in science: from VW diesel emissions scandal to sugar industry - money’s hidden grip on peer review and influence on research.
research-reviewer.blogspot.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Industry-backed research doesn’t just distort facts — it can endanger public health and the environment. Take the sugar industry...
My new article collects several of these cases to show how dangerous the collusion between money and “science” can be: research-reviewer.blogspot.com/2025/07/fail...
My new article collects several of these cases to show how dangerous the collusion between money and “science” can be: research-reviewer.blogspot.com/2025/07/fail...
That's an important addition.
The tendency to treat fundamentally different kinds of research as “equivalent units” is one of the structural issues that keeps publish-or-perish alive. A two-month literary analysis and a multi-year experimental or field project being weighed the same…
The tendency to treat fundamentally different kinds of research as “equivalent units” is one of the structural issues that keeps publish-or-perish alive. A two-month literary analysis and a multi-year experimental or field project being weighed the same…
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
That's an important addition.
The tendency to treat fundamentally different kinds of research as “equivalent units” is one of the structural issues that keeps publish-or-perish alive. A two-month literary analysis and a multi-year experimental or field project being weighed the same…
The tendency to treat fundamentally different kinds of research as “equivalent units” is one of the structural issues that keeps publish-or-perish alive. A two-month literary analysis and a multi-year experimental or field project being weighed the same…
Hi Dani, I write independently about science and academia — mostly from a critical but constructive perspective. I’m not part of an institution anymore, but I’m still deeply engaged with research. I’d love to join this space. You can find my work on this blog: www.research-reviewer.blogspot.com
Academia's Aftermath
Investigating how research is shaped—by theory, method, hierarchy, and pressure. A closer look at what academia tends not to question.
www.research-reviewer.blogspot.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Hi Dani, I write independently about science and academia — mostly from a critical but constructive perspective. I’m not part of an institution anymore, but I’m still deeply engaged with research. I’d love to join this space. You can find my work on this blog: www.research-reviewer.blogspot.com
I’ve recently completed my master’s thesis and am no longer affiliated with a university. While I’m not currently doing institutional research, I will be publishing independently. Publications will appear here:
www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebe...
www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebe...
Rebekka BRANDT | Master's Student | University of Augsburg, Augsburg | UNA | Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences | Research profile
Rebekka BRANDT, Master's Student of University of Augsburg, Augsburg (UNA) | Contact Rebekka BRANDT
www.researchgate.net
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I’ve recently completed my master’s thesis and am no longer affiliated with a university. While I’m not currently doing institutional research, I will be publishing independently. Publications will appear here:
www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebe...
www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebe...