A recent report on research culture shows that evaluation is key, but stops short of practical solutions to core problems.
The neuroscientist is gearing up to cover topics from open, team-based science to putting EDI to work in the field.
Earning a doctorate earlier may sound attractive, but there’s value in completing a master’s degree first.
The scientific community needs to talk about the sustainability implications of our research practices and start implementing approaches to minimize our professional carbon footprint.
The status quo is not good enough, a new paper concludes.
We want to actively encourage a wider range of perspectives to represent early career researchers.
Universities that frequently make additional funds available for a short period of time risk alienating new projects from early career researchers who don’t have large, established teams.
We need to start thinking about why a process exists and whether the proposed mechanism actually achieves that goal.
It is incumbent on scientists to make sure that the ‘loudest’ research isn’t the only stuff we read.
While a fee-for-service system may be justified in a world where transactional exchanges of time and money are commonplace, academic publishing seems to sit outside this because the incentives are not solely monetary.
If you want to build or change something, you need to find a band of people who share that vision.
