The European Union, recognizing that quantitative evaluation of research harms quality for the sake of quantity, urged evaluators, universities, research institutions, and scholarly societies to join together in a coalition (COARA) for the reform of evaluation itself. Even the Italian evaluation agency. ANVUR, joined the coalition and committed itself to reducing bibliometrics to a […]

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Italy mourns a legendary freedom fighter: #BrunoSegre, who fought #Fascism.

In 2022, He and his association #Anppia awarded Julian #Assange,#StellaAssange,#KristinnHrafnsson, #SarahHarrison, #JosephFarrell, #JacobAppelbaum and me of #Anppia honorary membership

I'm heading to #ReggioEmilia - an Italian city which was awarded a gold metal for its heroic fight against #Fascism.

Today the mayor of #ReggioEmilia and the president of the town council will award Julian #Assange the honorary citizenship.

#StellaAssange will receive it for him

Dec. 7 #ReggioEmilia - which played a major role in the #Resistance against #Fascism - will award Julian #Assange its #HonoraryCitizenship

#StellaAssange will receive it for him

Thank you to the mayor and councillors, especially Matteo Iori, Marga,Elvira, #ReggioEmiliaPerJulianAssange