A proposal to change how academic performance is measured at an Australian university spurred one department into action.

Adjuncts across the region are protesting what they say are unfair working conditions

Rebuke against Russian science grows as the deadly conflict enters its sixth day.

Tulsa massacre analysis and a genetically modified mosquito release are two important updates to 2021 stories.

Nature's salary survey finds that industry researchers are more positive about their careers. Academia must raise its game.

Hayder Aljayyash was sentenced to 20 months after breaking into University of South Wales' systems.

Here's how Afghanistan's scholars can be supported.

How much more work can we pile on researchers?

Lewontin was a groundbreaking geneticist, best known for bringing molecular tools into evolutionary biology and for his advocacy against the use of science to rationalize structural inequity.

But for maximal benefit, more of these academic administrators need to get involved in the scholarly aspect of research.

Scientists at German universities are speaking out against precarious working conditions. Job insecurity and a lack of support are also problems at universities in other countries.

A survey of US medical scientists also found that more women than men have thought about leaving since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gemma Derrick revisits calls for a better research culture.

Professor Tim Whitmarsh looks at the origins of classics as an academic discipline and how it is studied in the 21st century.

The responsibility for better culture lies with the workplace itself. Reporting on burnout and the future of work, this article explores lasting shifts in workplace culture.

The journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones appears to be a victim of viewpoint discrimination. Academic freedom needs a vigorous defense-and not just at UNC.

For this grad student, speaking publicly about mental health was scary but worth it

Standing up to a persecutor is tough, particularly if they are your supervisor. But you can take steps to report abuse and protect yourself.

Revisiting a 2018 post discussing that for social science and humanities researchers in many parts of the world there are significant barriers to conducting and sharing research, in some cases more so than for science and medicine. In this revisited guest post, Dr. Naveen Minai provides a perspective as a gender studies researcher in Pakistan.