'We are pleased to announce the winners for the 2025 Nature Awards for Standing Up For Science - The John Maddox Prize.
We are proud to announce that our Maddox Prize winner is Virginia Burkett, United States Geological Survey. Judges were impressed by her persistence, as a government adviser and an expert in coastal systems, in the face of opposition.' ...
https://www.nature.com/immersive/maddoxprize/winners/index.html
Virginia Burkett's five 'tips for resisting the anti-science lurch'
individual
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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ------------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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group-population
2. KEEP RECEIPTS (your memory) know your institution's scientific integrity policy | 2. Never compromise on scientific integrity |
3. Find allies 5. Be prepared for setbacks, e.g. relying on family and religious faith. | keep receipts (your defence) 4. KNOW YOUR INSTITUTION'S SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY POLICY |
My source:
Anjana Ahuja, Tips for resisting the anti-science lurch, Opinion, Research. Financial Times, Wednesday 5 November, 2025, p.20.