World View in 2017

Policymakers in charge of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union have a duty to maintain benefits of collaboration, says James Wilsdon.

Carlos Moedas sees a bold future for the European Research Council and more projects that copy its approach.

Amaya Moro-Martín is furious about Spanish government attempts to brand her and other exiled scientists as strategic partners.

To help scientists build a career, Panayiota Poirazi says funders must earmark cash, reduce emphasis on collaboration and improve the application process.

Researchers must seek out others’ deposited biological sequences in community databases, urges Franziska Denk.

Public trust demands greater openness from those whose research is used to set policy, argues Stefan Pfenninger.

As people in other nations watch the UK prepare to sever ties, Herman Goossens urges more scientists to stress what the EU does for them.

Too many researchers make up or massage their data, says Timothy D. Clark. Only stringent demands for proof can stop them.

Policymakers should read the contents of published papers and not just count them, says Dyna Rochmyaningsih.

Scientists have worked hard to ensure that Europe’s new data laws do not harm science, but one last push is needed, says Jan-Eric Litton.

Anita Makri argues that the form of science communicated in popular media leaves the public vulnerable to false certainty.

After a decade of progress, Argentina’s scientists are battling a government bent on twisting public conceptions of their role, writes Alberto Kornblihtt.

Leaving the European Union is not yet a done deal, and UK researchers must look past a pay-off and take a stand, says Colin Macilwain.