The Young and the Restless
Initiatives are in place to keep early-career investigators in the biomedical system, but more support is needed.
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My Children Make Me a Better Scientist
Having children can offer unique career benefits, this scientist writes.
Rwanda's First All-Female University Is Training Up The Next Generation Of Women Leaders
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.
The (Possible) Postdoc Union Boom
Could postdoc unions be the next big thing in collective bargaining among academics? Recent filing at University of Washington could be beginning of a new round of organizing.
These Professors Want to Lower the Rankings of Schools That Underpay Adjunct Faculty
The Unexpected Reason Researchers Choose Open Access
Open-access publishing held to the same standards as paid subscription journals.
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
The Misleading Narrative of the Canonical Faculty Productivity Trajectory
80% of faculty exhibit a rich diversity of productivity patterns.
Faculty Careers Can Progress in Many Directions
A new study highlights the variety of productivity trajectories among faculty members in computer science.
Academe’s Prestige Problem
Professors and aspiring professors are complicit in perpetuating a rigged system.
We Hail Individual Geniuses, but Success in Science Comes through Collaboration
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