Re:How Google quietly funds Europe’s leading tech policy ins...
by cinntaile on Sunday August 01, 2021 @02:11PM
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According to the article the Humboldt gets about €1 million per year, I checked 10+ publications from this year [0] but I couldn't find a single one funded with Google money. Now, this doesn't mean that something fishy is going on but it would be interesting to find the research that Google did fund since it doesn't seem like the funds were used for regular research.
Re:How Google quietly funds Europe’s leading tech policy ins...
by HarryHirsch on Sunday August 01, 2021 @02:51PM
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When a researcher receives direct funding they will disclose the source. It gets interesting when the funding source is indirect, let's say the departmental chair is funded through the Mercatus Institute. Of course any new faculty member will not go against the prevailing departmental winds and they need not disclose where the department gets a good chunk of funding from.
What do you mean? Academics routinely do disclose their funding. In practically every paper published they list where their fund comes from.
If someone publishes papers without disclosing sources, that's a newsworthy exception in my opinion. Not proof that it's routine.