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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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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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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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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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An Umbrella Academy (Part 1)

The importance of choosing a good supervisor and their constant support in early career stages Umbrellas protect us from the sun, the rain, and the wind. Academic mentoring is somehow […]

Posted by andreacelestedv

22 November, 2022

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Enable disabled – Dismantle ableism in academia

My recent close experience working with an intern who has visual impairment exposed my privilege of being able-bodied that many academics, and humans alike, often take for granted.

Posted by queerioushazel

Research and work culture

15 August, 2022

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STEM Pride – from bench to rainbow

Being queer in academia adds another layer to this loneliness. Look around, where are the LGBTQIA+ people?

Posted by queerioushazel

21 June, 2022

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PhD Parenting: The Good, the Bad, and the Unspoken

The PhD process is challenging. Being a parent during this process brings its own unique set of challenges and opportunities.

Posted by Rebeca Cardoso

29 May, 2022

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The only way forward is being true to yourself and your values

(She) realised that it’s not academia that she loves, but learning. To grow, to build new skills, to be innovative. Abeni Wickham Abeni Wickham is driven by her value to […]

Posted by leonievetter

5 May, 2022

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The New Aliens Act and Me: Rebeca’s story

The new Aliens Act makes it tougher for researchers to stay long-term in Sweden. What other options are there?

Posted by Rebeca Cardoso

23 March, 2022

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Source: Placing children and adolescents at the centre of the Sustainable Development Goals will deliver for current and future generations https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2019.1670015

Children are the centre of Christmas: Can we not make them the centre of the SDG agenda, too?

Today is 17th of December, and this blog means to relate to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but how link the SDG-Agenda 2030 with Christmas? Christmas commemorates the birth […]

Posted by Y.Vladimir Pabón-Martínez

17 December, 2021

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No title, no expert? (Part 2)

A microscopic view from the academic community First, a quick recap from the previous post on this topic: we talked about public criticism and suppression of junior researchers, conveying the […]

Posted by katharinaherzog007

Research and work culture

14 June, 2021

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No title, no expert? (Part 1)

A macroscopic view from the academic community Stanford Professor, John Ioannidis, is no stranger to controversy; in 2005 he published a paper titled “Why most published research findings are false”. […]

Posted by katharinaherzog007

Research and work culture

7 June, 2021

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Mental health awareness month. I am raising my voice. I am here. Talk to me. Talk to someone.

It is mental health awareness month, and I feel that I should be saying something about it. I am raising my voice. I hear you, you are not alone.

Posted by Irina Jovel-Dalmau

Research and work culture

26 May, 2021

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“It’s simply time to say No!” to abusive behavior and toxic interactions

How many of us have either suffered or know someone that has dealt with abusive behavior and toxic interactions in their working place?We all know someone, right? Recently, this article […]

Posted by anaosoriooliveira

Research and work culture

4 March, 2021

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Researcher blogs

Research and work culture

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

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

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

Open Access Publishing: An Unexpectedly Hard Challenge

Peer review – a system that needs revision

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