What's Stopping Young African Scientists from Achieving Their Potential
The Global State of Young Scientists Africa project investigates the challenges that shape the career trajectories of young African scientists.
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Doctoral Students at Germany’s Max Planck Society Say Recent Troubles Highlight Need for Change
Doctoral Students at Germany’s Max Planck Society Say Recent Troubles Highlight Need for Change
Physicist Jana Lasser of PhDnet discusses the group's new report.
So You Want to Make an Impact? Some Practical Suggestions for Early-Career Researchers
This Trump Administration Whistleblower Has Some Advice for Young Scientists
Joel Clement reflects on his battle with Department of the Interior leadership
Why It Is Not a 'Failure' to Leave Academia
Here's how PhD students can prepare for different careers, and how lab heads can help.
'Science-Adjacent' Conferences and Why They Matter
The multidisciplinary conferences that use ‘science’ as an adjective can be a fantastic source of new collaborations and ideas.
Track the Fate of Postdocs to Help the next Generation of Scientists
Data on the career paths of young researchers would help to guide the lost generation.
Harness the Power of Groups to Beat the PhD Blues
Doctoral students can use writing meet-ups to overcome isolation and depression and boost their motivation, says Karra Harrington.
Making Research Evaluation Processes in Europe More Transparent
What models or practices could be developed to help incentivize and reward innovation and diverse forms of scholarly communication and public engagement while reducing the risk to those who are seen to be diverging from traditional modes of professional practices and advancement?
We Should Reward Scientists for Communicating to the Public
Universities need to rethink how they evaluate academics for promotion.
Until Academic Careers Do Us Part
For academic couples who are committed to living in the same place and pursuing faculty careers, asking for a dual hire—when one person receives an offer and then negotiates a position at the same university for their partner—can be a good option. But it must be approached carefully, and it is far from a sure thing.
The Cost of a Career: A Letter to My Younger Self
If only I had known then what I know now, 16 years later, this is what I would have told myself.
The PhD Picnic Guidelines, Rewritten
A different take on advice frequently given to PhD students.
Faculty Service Loads and Gender: Are Women Taking Care of the Academic Family?
A New Paradigm for the Scientific Enterprise: Nurturing the Ecosystem
Six Principles for Assessing Scientists for Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure
With Generous Funding and Top-Tier Jobs, China Seeks to Lure Science Talent from Abroad
I Struggle to Hire Academics, Because Candidates Are Too Good
I’m deluged with outstanding applications for academic posts. So should I recruit the people who need the job most?
Preliminary Findings from the Review, Promotion, and Tenure Study
Only about 5% of the institutions made explicit mention of open access in their guidelines, and, in several of those few cases, the mention was done to call attention to the potentially problematic nature of these journals.
Effectiveness of Anonymization in Double-Blind Review
In a controlled experiment with two disjoint program committees, the ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM'17) found that reviewers with author information were 1.76x more likely to recommend acceptance of papers from famous authors, and 1.67x more likely to recommend acceptance of papers from top institutions.
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