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  1. Can grant evaluation still distinguish scientific excellence?

    Article • August 2026, Center for Open Science

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  2. Churn, not crisis, for UK science

    Article • Science, July 2026, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  3. What the sudden demise of the UK’s department of science means for the future of research

    Article • July 2026, The Conversation

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  4. Could agentic AI topple grant-funding systems?

    Article • Nature, April 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  5. The Lancet Commission on improving population health post-COVID-19

    Article • The Lancet, January 2026, Elsevier

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  6. Metascience-powered policymaking

    Article • June 2025, Cassyni

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  7. Socially-distanced science: how British publics were imagined, modelled and marginalised in political and expert responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Warren Pearce, Professor James R Wilsdon

  8. Where next for partial randomisation of research funding? The feasibility of RCTs and alternatives

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, May 2024, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  9. Reimagining the recipe for research & innovation: the secret sauce of social science

    Article • January 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr Juergen Wastl, Professor James R Wilsdon

  10. What’s the big idea? Identifying research priorities using linked data

    Article • International Journal for Population Data Science, September 2023, Swansea University

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  11. Where next for partial randomisation of research funding? The feasibility of RCTs and alternatives

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, July 2023, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  12. A science superpower in the wings?

    Article • Science, March 2023, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  13. Supported or stressed while being assessed? How motivational climates in UK University workplaces promote or inhibit researcher well‐being

    Article • Higher Education Quarterly, February 2023, Wiley

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  14. The pandemic veneer: COVID-19 research as a mobilisation of collective intelligence by the global research community

    Article • Collective Intelligence, January 2023, SAGE Publications

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  15. Lessons from the UK’s handling of Covid-19 for the future of scientific advice to government: a contribution to the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry

    Article • Contemporary Social Science, December 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  16. Analysts, advocates and applicators: three discourse coalitions of UK evidence and policy

    Article • Evidence & Policy, August 2022, Policy Press

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  17. Socially-distanced science: how British publics were imagined, modelled and marginalised in political and expert responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • April 2022, Center for Open Science

    Dr Warren Pearce, Professor James R Wilsdon

  18. Global resilience through knowledge-based cooperation: a new Protocol for Science Diplomacy

    Article • F1000Research, August 2021, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  19. A conducive environment? The role of need support in the higher education workplace and its effect on academics' experiences of research assessment in the UK

    Article • Higher Education Quarterly, May 2020, Wiley

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  20. For science, Brexit isn't done yet

    Article • Science, February 2020, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  21. The Real-Time REF Review: A Pilot Study to Examine the Feasibility of a Longitudinal Evaluation of Perceptions and Attitudes Towards REF 2021

    Article • June 2019, Center for Open Science

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  22. Europe the rule-maker

    Article • Nature, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  23. Resilience to Climate Change

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  24. The Brexit experience -- evidence, expertise and post-truth politics

    Article • Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, June 2018, Biodiversity Heritage Library

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  25. Powerhouse of Science? Prospects and Pitfalls of Place-Based Science and Innovation Policies in Northern England

    Article • November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  26. Responsible metrics

    Article • July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  27. Brexit must preserve advisory networks

    Article • Nature, March 2017, Nature

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  28. UK science, post-Brexit

    Article • Science, March 2017, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  29. Sustainability in turbulent times: lessons from the Nexus Network for supporting transdisciplinary research

    Article • March 2017, University of Sussex

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  30. From paradox to principles: where next for scientific advice to governments?

    Article • Palgrave Communications, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  31. Research priorities for managing the impacts and dependencies of business upon food, energy, water and the environment

    Article • Sustainability Science, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor James R Wilsdon, Prof David Butler

  32. Science advice for Europe

    Article • Science, July 2016, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  33. Forskningens plass i politikken

    Article • Stat & Styring, September 2015, Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  34. Acknowledging AI's dark side

    Article • Science, September 2015, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  35. We need a measured approach to metrics

    Article • Nature, July 2015, Nature

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  36. Metrics and Assessment

    Article • Insights the UKSG journal, July 2015, UKSG

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  37. Watchdogs of the European system

    Article • Science, May 2015, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  38. The Metric Tide: Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment and Management

    Article • January 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  39. Digital Futures

    Article • October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  40. The Past, Present and Future of the Chief Scientific Advisor

    Article • European Journal of Risk Regulation, September 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  41. From foresight to hindsight: the promise of history in responsible innovation

    Article • Journal of Responsible Innovation, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  42. Why should we promote public engagement with science?

    Article • Public Understanding of Science, January 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  43. Science policy: Beyond the great and good

    Article • Nature, May 2012, Nature

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  44. Sustainable Reform and Development in Post-Olympic China

    Article • October 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  45. The new geography of science

    Article • Physics World, October 2008, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  46. Digital Sustainability in Europe

    Article • Journal of Industrial Ecology, February 2008, Wiley

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  47. China: the next science superpower?

    Article • Engineering & Technology, March 2007, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  48. From Bio to Nano: Learning Lessons from the UK Agricultural Biotechnology Controversy

    Article • Science as Culture, December 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  49. The politics of small things: nanotechnology, risk, and uncertainty

    Article • IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, January 2004, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  50. Digital Futures — An Agenda for a Sustainable Digital Economy

    Article • Corporate Environmental Strategy, September 2001, Elsevier

    Professor James R Wilsdon

  51. Dot.com ethics: E-business and sustainability

    Article • GSE Research Limited

    Professor James R Wilsdon