Mario Scharfbillig
@scharfbillig.bsky.social
Science for Policy Advisor @European Commission. Behavioural Science, Values, Political Decision Making, Science Communication. Personal views only.
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Trust in science for policy Nexus - Publications Office of the EU
The "Trust in Science for Policy Nexus" workshop, held in Ispra, Italy, on September 12-13, 2024, convened by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, the International Science Cou...
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🌍🔍 Bridging the Gap: Trust in Science for Policy 🌍🔍
Recent months have seen mounting challenges for science globally.
We’re excited to share insights from our recent workshop with the ISC, NSF and JRC, compiled into a report "Trust in Science for Policy Nexus."
dx.doi.org/10.2760/6212...
Recent months have seen mounting challenges for science globally.
We’re excited to share insights from our recent workshop with the ISC, NSF and JRC, compiled into a report "Trust in Science for Policy Nexus."
dx.doi.org/10.2760/6212...
We have chosen to fight.
🚨 Just in: the European Commission has slapped a €2.95 billion fine on Google for breaching EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in the advertising technology industry #adtech.
The fine comes amid Trump’s tariff threats against countries that regulate Big Tech.
The fine comes amid Trump’s tariff threats against countries that regulate Big Tech.
September 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We have chosen to fight.
Brilliant response about what the real harms of misinformation are for democracies.
@lewan.bsky.social @sachaltay.bsky.social @anaskozyreva.bsky.social @lorenzspreen.bsky.social @sebavalenz.bsky.social
@lewan.bsky.social @sachaltay.bsky.social @anaskozyreva.bsky.social @lorenzspreen.bsky.social @sebavalenz.bsky.social
🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
The Misleading Panic over Misinformation
People can’t agree on how to define misinformation and its related terms, making regulation nearly impossible. Instead, free expression serves as a better tool for discovering truth.
www.cato.org
June 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Brilliant response about what the real harms of misinformation are for democracies.
@lewan.bsky.social @sachaltay.bsky.social @anaskozyreva.bsky.social @lorenzspreen.bsky.social @sebavalenz.bsky.social
@lewan.bsky.social @sachaltay.bsky.social @anaskozyreva.bsky.social @lorenzspreen.bsky.social @sebavalenz.bsky.social
🚨 New preprint out!
Excited to introduce ValuesML, the largest expert-annotated multilingual dataset for detecting human values in political texts and news.
🔍 2,648 texts | 9 languages | 74,231 sentences
🧠 Annotated by 74 values scholars
osf.io/preprints/ps...
#NLP #PoliticalPsychology #Values
Excited to introduce ValuesML, the largest expert-annotated multilingual dataset for detecting human values in political texts and news.
🔍 2,648 texts | 9 languages | 74,231 sentences
🧠 Annotated by 74 values scholars
osf.io/preprints/ps...
#NLP #PoliticalPsychology #Values
OSF
osf.io
May 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨 New preprint out!
Excited to introduce ValuesML, the largest expert-annotated multilingual dataset for detecting human values in political texts and news.
🔍 2,648 texts | 9 languages | 74,231 sentences
🧠 Annotated by 74 values scholars
osf.io/preprints/ps...
#NLP #PoliticalPsychology #Values
Excited to introduce ValuesML, the largest expert-annotated multilingual dataset for detecting human values in political texts and news.
🔍 2,648 texts | 9 languages | 74,231 sentences
🧠 Annotated by 74 values scholars
osf.io/preprints/ps...
#NLP #PoliticalPsychology #Values
Reposted by Mario Scharfbillig
Amazing opportunity and…All this work is effectively banned in the U.S. now….
So American political communication colleagues you should snap this up!
So American political communication colleagues you should snap this up!
We are hiring! Deadline 14 May.
This job will be a fantastic opportunity to use science to inform policymaking.
What we work on:
- protecting democracy
- fighting disinformation
- countering polarisation
- improving evidence informed policymaking
recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1881
This job will be a fantastic opportunity to use science to inform policymaking.
What we work on:
- protecting democracy
- fighting disinformation
- countering polarisation
- improving evidence informed policymaking
recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1881
JRC Recruitment Portal
recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu
May 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Amazing opportunity and…All this work is effectively banned in the U.S. now….
So American political communication colleagues you should snap this up!
So American political communication colleagues you should snap this up!
We are hiring! Deadline 14 May.
This job will be a fantastic opportunity to use science to inform policymaking.
What we work on:
- protecting democracy
- fighting disinformation
- countering polarisation
- improving evidence informed policymaking
recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1881
This job will be a fantastic opportunity to use science to inform policymaking.
What we work on:
- protecting democracy
- fighting disinformation
- countering polarisation
- improving evidence informed policymaking
recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1881
JRC Recruitment Portal
recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu
May 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
We are hiring! Deadline 14 May.
This job will be a fantastic opportunity to use science to inform policymaking.
What we work on:
- protecting democracy
- fighting disinformation
- countering polarisation
- improving evidence informed policymaking
recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1881
This job will be a fantastic opportunity to use science to inform policymaking.
What we work on:
- protecting democracy
- fighting disinformation
- countering polarisation
- improving evidence informed policymaking
recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1881
Exciting Milestone: Our Report Featured in Nature! ✨
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Happy to announce that our report on the science-for-policy interface through the eyes of professionals has been spotlighted in a correspondence published by Nature.
With Krieger, @drlmelchor.bsky.social, Almeida
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Happy to announce that our report on the science-for-policy interface through the eyes of professionals has been spotlighted in a correspondence published by Nature.
With Krieger, @drlmelchor.bsky.social, Almeida
In science-for-policy design, one size doesn’t fit all
Letter to the Editor
www.nature.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Exciting Milestone: Our Report Featured in Nature! ✨
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Happy to announce that our report on the science-for-policy interface through the eyes of professionals has been spotlighted in a correspondence published by Nature.
With Krieger, @drlmelchor.bsky.social, Almeida
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Happy to announce that our report on the science-for-policy interface through the eyes of professionals has been spotlighted in a correspondence published by Nature.
With Krieger, @drlmelchor.bsky.social, Almeida
Reposted by Mario Scharfbillig
Some more ideas on how to tackle this most urgent problem from @scharfbillig.bsky.social and others at the Joint Research Centre and elsewhere in this recent paper.
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Trust in science for policy Nexus - Publications Office of the EU | Mario Scharfbillig
🌍🔍 Bridging the Gap: Trust in Science for Policy 🌍🔍
In recent months, we’ve seen mounting challenges and attacks on science, with policymakers and scientists struggling to find the right responses. W...
www.linkedin.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Some more ideas on how to tackle this most urgent problem from @scharfbillig.bsky.social and others at the Joint Research Centre and elsewhere in this recent paper.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mario-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mario-...
🌍🔍 Bridging the Gap: Trust in Science for Policy 🌍🔍
Recent months have seen mounting challenges for science globally.
We’re excited to share insights from our recent workshop with the ISC, NSF and JRC, compiled into a report "Trust in Science for Policy Nexus."
dx.doi.org/10.2760/6212...
Recent months have seen mounting challenges for science globally.
We’re excited to share insights from our recent workshop with the ISC, NSF and JRC, compiled into a report "Trust in Science for Policy Nexus."
dx.doi.org/10.2760/6212...
Trust in science for policy Nexus - Publications Office of the EU
The "Trust in Science for Policy Nexus" workshop, held in Ispra, Italy, on September 12-13, 2024, convened by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, the International Science Cou...
op.europa.eu
March 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🌍🔍 Bridging the Gap: Trust in Science for Policy 🌍🔍
Recent months have seen mounting challenges for science globally.
We’re excited to share insights from our recent workshop with the ISC, NSF and JRC, compiled into a report "Trust in Science for Policy Nexus."
dx.doi.org/10.2760/6212...
Recent months have seen mounting challenges for science globally.
We’re excited to share insights from our recent workshop with the ISC, NSF and JRC, compiled into a report "Trust in Science for Policy Nexus."
dx.doi.org/10.2760/6212...
Reposted by Mario Scharfbillig
Soo, puh, heute ist so ein Tag wo ein Meeting das nächste jagt, kaum möglich mal durchzuschnaufen. Aber jetzt habe ich mir einen Kaffee geholt und möchte mit Euch eine wirklich tolle Resource teilen:
Taadaa: Das Competence Framework des JRC von der EU Kommission.
➡️ Thread
Taadaa: Das Competence Framework des JRC von der EU Kommission.
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March 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Soo, puh, heute ist so ein Tag wo ein Meeting das nächste jagt, kaum möglich mal durchzuschnaufen. Aber jetzt habe ich mir einen Kaffee geholt und möchte mit Euch eine wirklich tolle Resource teilen:
Taadaa: Das Competence Framework des JRC von der EU Kommission.
➡️ Thread
Taadaa: Das Competence Framework des JRC von der EU Kommission.
➡️ Thread
Reposted by Mario Scharfbillig
Congrats to @profsanderlinden.bsky.social @hugoreasoning.bsky.social for setting out both sides of this important argument so well.
We really need that adversarial collaboration to get to the bottom of this and give the best possible advice to policymakers.
podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/e...
We really need that adversarial collaboration to get to the bottom of this and give the best possible advice to policymakers.
podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/e...
Is the Misinformation Crisis Overblown?
Podcast Episode · Entanglements, by Undark · 09/12/2024 · 31m
podcasts.apple.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Congrats to @profsanderlinden.bsky.social @hugoreasoning.bsky.social for setting out both sides of this important argument so well.
We really need that adversarial collaboration to get to the bottom of this and give the best possible advice to policymakers.
podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/e...
We really need that adversarial collaboration to get to the bottom of this and give the best possible advice to policymakers.
podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/e...
How can we improve the uptake of scientific evidence in policymaking and politics?
We asked 500 professionals working at the science for policy interface for their experiences and insights.
👇 Here is our study.
We asked 500 professionals working at the science for policy interface for their experiences and insights.
👇 Here is our study.
📣 New JRC report out!
How to harness the potential of science-for-policy (S4P) ecosystems in the EU?
This exploratory survey of ∼500 S4P professionals sheds light on the main challenges.
Scientists and policymakers are eager to collaborate but need better tools and support.
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How to harness the potential of science-for-policy (S4P) ecosystems in the EU?
This exploratory survey of ∼500 S4P professionals sheds light on the main challenges.
Scientists and policymakers are eager to collaborate but need better tools and support.
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Science-for-policy ecosystems through the eyes of professionals
This Joint Research Centre science for policy (S4P) report explores the perceived challenges for establishing and maintaining a well-functioning science–policy interface in the EU. To gather this info...
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu
December 3, 2024 at 10:02 AM
How can we improve the uptake of scientific evidence in policymaking and politics?
We asked 500 professionals working at the science for policy interface for their experiences and insights.
👇 Here is our study.
We asked 500 professionals working at the science for policy interface for their experiences and insights.
👇 Here is our study.
Reposted by Mario Scharfbillig
▶️ Want to do research with data from X, LinkedIn and soon @bsky.app?
❗ Want to shape the #RulesForReseachers for access to this data?
The @eucommission.bsky.social consults you on the rules to access data under the #DSA
📝 Deadline Dec, 10 (extended):
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
❗ Want to shape the #RulesForReseachers for access to this data?
The @eucommission.bsky.social consults you on the rules to access data under the #DSA
📝 Deadline Dec, 10 (extended):
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Commission launches public consultation on the rules for researchers to access online platform data under the Digital Services Act
The Commission launched a public consultation on the draft delegated act on access to online platform data for vetted researchers under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
November 25, 2024 at 7:35 AM
▶️ Want to do research with data from X, LinkedIn and soon @bsky.app?
❗ Want to shape the #RulesForReseachers for access to this data?
The @eucommission.bsky.social consults you on the rules to access data under the #DSA
📝 Deadline Dec, 10 (extended):
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
❗ Want to shape the #RulesForReseachers for access to this data?
The @eucommission.bsky.social consults you on the rules to access data under the #DSA
📝 Deadline Dec, 10 (extended):
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
First day on #Bluesky, first post.
📯 We are looking for 600 scientists in various disciplines to join our team at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission!
Deadline for application 10 December. Come and join us.
👇
europa.eu/!Gcjwkp
#science #science4policy #career #EUJobs
📯 We are looking for 600 scientists in various disciplines to join our team at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission!
Deadline for application 10 December. Come and join us.
👇
europa.eu/!Gcjwkp
#science #science4policy #career #EUJobs
Scientific research administrators | EU Careers
Do you have experience in scientific research? Would you like to start an international career within a multicultural and diverse team? If yes, then read on.
europa.eu
November 22, 2024 at 7:50 PM
First day on #Bluesky, first post.
📯 We are looking for 600 scientists in various disciplines to join our team at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission!
Deadline for application 10 December. Come and join us.
👇
europa.eu/!Gcjwkp
#science #science4policy #career #EUJobs
📯 We are looking for 600 scientists in various disciplines to join our team at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission!
Deadline for application 10 December. Come and join us.
👇
europa.eu/!Gcjwkp
#science #science4policy #career #EUJobs