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What Do You Do When They Say "No?"

What Do You Do When They Say "No?"

After unanimous recommendations for Promotion with Tenure from both the department and college committees, the Dean overturned the committees' votes. He would not be recommending me for tenure.

 

Scientists Tainted by Misconduct of Former Collaborators

Scientists Tainted by Misconduct of Former Collaborators

The stigma has a punitive effect on citations for prior collaborators of fraudulent researchers.

Great Mentoring Is Key for the next Generation of Scientists

Great Mentoring Is Key for the next Generation of Scientists

The Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science show that it is crucial to support researchers in leading their groups well.

Rwanda's First All-Female University Is Training Up The Next Generation Of Women Leaders

Rwanda's First All-Female University Is Training Up The Next Generation Of Women Leaders

Rwanda is the global leader in terms of percentage of women in government, but the idea of women in positions of leadership is still seen as a taboo.

The Cruel World of Funding Peer Review

The Cruel World of Funding Peer Review

Early career researchers face a cruel world these days. Even though they are an increasingly diverse cohort, they are still generally imagined as young, full-time academics without significant outside commitments.

It's Time to Incentivise the Behaviours That Are Good for Research and Researchers

It's Time to Incentivise the Behaviours That Are Good for Research and Researchers

The importance of addressing researchers’ recognition and reward structures, arguing it is time to move to a system that uses metrics and indicators that incentivise the types of behaviours that are good for research and researchers.

Scraping Google Scholar to Write your PhD Literature Chapter

Scraping Google Scholar to Write your PhD Literature Chapter

This post is about a prototype ‘network’ approach to finding papers using data from Google Scholar.

These Professors Want to Lower the Rankings of Schools That Underpay Adjunct Faculty

These Professors Want to Lower the Rankings of Schools That Underpay Adjunct Faculty

Four Penn professors have signed a petition calling on the U.S. News & World Report to alter its rankings by docking points from schools that underpay adjunct faculty members.

Many Junior Scientists Need to Take a Hard Look at Their Job Prospects

Many Junior Scientists Need to Take a Hard Look at Their Job Prospects

Permanent jobs in academia are scarce, and someone needs to let PhD students know.

Top Chinese University to Consider Social-Media Posts in Researcher Evaluations

Top Chinese University to Consider Social-Media Posts in Researcher Evaluations

Controversial policy means mainstream media are starting to rival rigorous academic publications in some universities in China.

The Misleading Narrative of the Canonical Faculty Productivity Trajectory

The Misleading Narrative of the Canonical Faculty Productivity Trajectory

80% of faculty exhibit a rich diversity of productivity patterns.