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Researchers are leaving academia. How can academia improve? (Part 3 of 3)

How can academia improve? In the previous two sections I explored the reasons why researchers are leaving academia recently and how this is driven by the “publish or perish” mindset. […]

Posted by lucaloveki

17 October, 2024

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Researchers are leaving academia. How can academia improve? (Part 2 of 3)

In this section, I want to tackle the dreaded “Publish or Perish” mindset that academia is based on and how this leads to lower quality research and is a key part of why researchers are leaving.

Posted by lucaloveki

9 October, 2024

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Researchers are leaving academia. How can academia improve? (Part 1 of 3)

Imagine a talented, enthusiastic postdoctoral life sciences researcher who pushes themselves in their career. They are driven to become the best in their field and to make real scientific progress. They are the all-round exceptional scientist, a good mentor, project manager, has an encyclopaedic knowledge of a field, laser sharp interpretation, mature, and drives their field forward. They love research and want to get a permanent position doing what they love in an academic environment. Despite this, they will leave academic research due to multiple, complex, and interconnected reasons. Let’s explore this in this blog post.

Posted by lucaloveki

5 October, 2024

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Making summer stay a little longer

September is here, the air is getting more crisp and the days slowly shorter. But fear not! There are still plenty of possibilities to enjoy the outdoors and soak up the early autumn sun. In this post, our bloggers share their tips.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

2 September, 2024

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What I like (and would like to improve) about Sweden

Hi everyone! I am a British/Italian PhD student at the Karolinska Institutet who has been here in Sweden for 4 years. During that time, I have travelled within Sweden extensively […]

Posted by lucaloveki

5 June, 2024

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Behind the Scenes of the Students’ Nobel Nightcap

On a dark night in 1978, an idea was born. How strange that one of the world’s most esteemed events, the Nobel Prize award ceremony, ended abruptly at midnight without a shred of proper festivities?. In 2019 I joined the Students’ Nobel Nightcap (SNNC) as an Attachée Manager, a journey that was both exhilarating and full of responsibilities.

Posted by hagersaleh

9 April, 2024

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Beyond the bench

PhD students and postdocs are busy bees, but what do they do to relax their brains? In this post some of the bloggers share their activities beyond the bench.
Spoiler alert: this post contains cute cats

Posted by natalievonderlehr

25 March, 2024

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Open Access Publishing: An Unexpectedly Hard Challenge

Open access publishing is the simple idea that publicly funded published science is accessible for free by anyone with an internet connection.

Posted by lucaloveki

25 February, 2024

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Peer review – a system that needs revision

Peer review benefits science, but the system needs revision

Posted by lucaloveki

20 January, 2024

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The old and the new

Christmas is here and it is time for festivities. The end of the year is also a good time to reflect and look ahead. In this fourth post of our advent calendar the bloggers share some of their traditions around christmas and their thoughts on new year resolutions.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

24 December, 2023

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Be nice – to yourself

Do you have a list of things to be done before your well-deserved and needed Christmas break? You are probably not alone. In this post, the bloggers share their thoughts and tips on how to cope with the sometimes crazy Christmas time.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

17 December, 2023

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Christmas tree with presents and two cats

The joy of giving

Presents, presents, presents. Surely a dominant feature of Christmas. In the last post, our bloggers wrote a wish list, this time they give some tips how to bring joy to others.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

10 December, 2023

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Dear Santa,

the bloggers have been good PhD students and postdocs this year. They all wish to spend with their family and friends, maybe you can help some of them. Comfy clothes, books, and a bit of magic will also be appreciated.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

3 December, 2023

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Money, money, money, must be funny, in the rich grant’s world

Money is the answer to everything. Want to add fancy new experiments to your research project? Money. Want to attend that Conference is an exotic looking place? Money.

Posted by libevilela

17 October, 2023

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Nobel Prize Medal held by hands in gloves

Stockholm calling

The first week in October is special to anyone with an interest in science – this is when the new Nobel Prize Laureates are announced. In this blog post, some of our bloggers speculate who might get a call this year.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

29 September, 2023

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Meet the blogger – Libe Vilela

Never knew that writing my first blog ever would feel like stage fright, but here I am. Am I a little intimidated? Yes. Am I also excited to start a new chapter? Also Yes.

Posted by libevilela

7 June, 2023

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Scientists are unsupported and let down by bad management

Researchers are hired because they are proven researchers, publishers and grant winners. People who can lead research projects and make breakthroughs. However they quickly find themselves with several extra tasks. […]

Posted by lucaloveki

6 May, 2023

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A new year – fresh start or social construct?

January is here. For many a fresh start, maybe with new year resolutions or plans for the next 12 months ahead. In this post, some of the bloggers let you know their thoughts about the first month of the year.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

18 January, 2023

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Cancelled flights, living far-far away from your home and dear people, financial or health-related issues, studies/work obligations, coming from a culture where the celebration of Christmas is not typical, and so on… Sometimes, due to different circumstances, we need to make a plan and have a holiday on our own.

Posted by natalievonderlehr

20 December, 2022

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An Umbrella Academy (Part 2)

How creating a network of advisors shaped my career over the years. I have an unusual life story. When I was 17 years old, I decided I needed to study […]

Posted by andreacelestedv

14 December, 2022

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Researchers are leaving academia. How can academia improve? (Part 3 of 3)

Researchers are leaving academia. How can academia improve? (Part 2 of 3)