Provocative NEW POST on the RoRI Substack: Adam Golberg asks how universities and funders might 'cull' uncompetitive research grant applications to relieve unsustainable pressures on the system. https://researchonresearchinstitute.substack.com/p/reducing-waste-in-the-competition
Stephen Curry
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Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c.
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Mar 25, 2026
NEW on the RoRI Substack: @tomstafford@mastodon.online describes how he implemented a partial randomisation scheme to help a funder disburse emergency grants to researchers hit by Trump turbulence https://open.substack.com/pub/researchonresearchinstitute/p/bingo-partial-randomisation-for-emergency
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Mar 19, 2026
NEW on the RoRI Substack: @tomstafford@mastodon.online muses on an exploration of the curious interaction between theory testability and the distribution of scholarly prestige. https://open.substack.com/pub/researchonresearchinstitute/p/good-investments-in-the-prestige
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
mstdn.social
Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Mar 11, 2026
NEW on the RoRI Substack this week: Moumita Koley & Chandan Nagarajappa examine the metascience gaps that have resulted in misplaced R&D investment priorities in India https://researchonresearchinstitute.substack.com/p/why-metascience-matters
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Mar 05, 2026
Provocative new post from Youyou Wu on the RoRI substack. What happens when AI peer review does a surprisingly good job? https://open.substack.com/pub/researchonresearchinstitute/p/no-paper-is-perfect
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Feb 26, 2026
NEW POST from @tomstafford@mastodon.online on the RoRI substack taking a closer look at the point of no return in research funding processes. https://open.substack.com/pub/researchonresearchinstitute/p/the-point-of-no-return
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
mstdn.social
Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Feb 24, 2026
Looking forward to lots of lively metascience discussion on the new RoRI substack. Read my inaugural post to find out what we’re up to. https://open.substack.com/pub/researchonresearchinstitute/p/time-to-go-meta
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Feb 13, 2026
RE: @StephenCurry@mstdn.social
If you would like to help put pressure on the Royal Society to finally take meaningful action on this issue, you can politely decline their requests for your labour (eg invitations to review or to sit on their editorial boards or grant panels), and refer to the arguments in this blogpost.
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Feb 11, 2026
A year of inaction: why has the Royal Society allowed itself to be hollowed out by Elon Musk? And why does that matter more than ever? https://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2026/02/11/year-of-inaction-royal-society-hollowed-out-musk/
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
mstdn.social
Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Jan 14, 2026
In the interests of more open and informed discussion of the issues raised by the Royal Society's failure to address Musk's actions, I have published a longer version of my critique of President Nurse's recent interviews (highlighted in today's Guardian): https://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2026/01/14/critique-president-royal-society-comments-musk/
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Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
mstdn.social
Stephen Curry
@StephenCurry@mstdn.social
Emeritus Prof (Imperial); Dir. of Strategy at RoRI. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http:// occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ .
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Jan 11, 2026
A Quiet Light - reflections stirred by seeing the luminous paintings of Anna Ancher. https://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2026/01/10/a-quiet-light/
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