TY - JOUR
KW - Careers
KW - Careers in research
KW - Decision making
KW - open science
KW - reproducibility
KW - Research funding
KW - Scientific publishing
KW - Scientists
AU - Brianne A. Kent
AU - Constance Holman
AU - Emmanuella Amoako
AU - Alberto Antonietti
AU - James M. Azam
AU - Hanne Ballhausen
AU - Yaw Bediako
AU - Anat M. Belasen
AU - Clarissa F. D. Carneiro
AU - Yen-Chung Chen
AU - Ewoud B. Compeer
AU - Chelsea A. C. Connor
AU - Sophia Crüwell
AU - Humberto Debat
AU - Emma Dorris
AU - Hedyeh Ebrahimi
AU - Jeffrey C. Erlich
AU - Florencia Fernández-Chiappe
AU - Felix Fischer
AU - Małgorzata Anna Gazda
AU - Toivo Glatz
AU - Peter Grabitz
AU - Verena Heise
AU - David G. Kent
AU - Hung Lo
AU - Gary McDowell
AU - Devang Mehta
AU - Wolf-Julian Neumann
AU - Kleber Neves
AU - Mark Patterson
AU - Naomi C. Penfold
AU - Sophie K. Piper
AU - Iratxe Puebla
AU - Peter K. Quashie
AU - Carolina Paz Quezada
AU - Julia L. Riley
AU - Jessica L. Rohmann
AU - Shyam Saladi
AU - Benjamin Schwessinger
AU - Bob Siegerink
AU - Paulina Stehlik
AU - Alexandra Tzilivaki
AU - Kate D. L. Umbers
AU - Aalok Varma
AU - Kaivalya Walavalkar
AU - Charlotte M. de Winde
AU - Cecilia Zaza
AU - Tracey L. Weissgerber
AB - Early career researchers (ECRs) are important stakeholders leading efforts to catalyze systemic change in research culture and practice. Here, we summarize the outputs from a virtual unconventional conference (unconference), which brought together 54 invited experts from 20 countries with extensive experience in ECR initiatives designed to improve the culture and practice of science. Together, we drafted 2 sets of recommendations for (1) ECRs directly involved in initiatives or activities to change research culture and practice; and (2) stakeholders who wish to support ECRs in these efforts. Importantly, these points apply to ECRs working to promote change on a systemic level, not only those improving aspects of their own work. In both sets of recommendations, we underline the importance of incentivizing and providing time and resources for systems-level science improvement activities, including ECRs in organizational decision-making processes, and working to dismantle structural barriers to participation for marginalized groups. We further highlight obstacles that ECRs face when working to promote reform, as well as proposed solutions and examples of current best practices. The abstract and recommendations for stakeholders are available in Dutch, German, Greek (abstract only), Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Serbian.
BT - PLOS Biology
DA - Jul 7, 2022
DO - 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001680
IS - 7
LA - en
N2 - Early career researchers (ECRs) are important stakeholders leading efforts to catalyze systemic change in research culture and practice. Here, we summarize the outputs from a virtual unconventional conference (unconference), which brought together 54 invited experts from 20 countries with extensive experience in ECR initiatives designed to improve the culture and practice of science. Together, we drafted 2 sets of recommendations for (1) ECRs directly involved in initiatives or activities to change research culture and practice; and (2) stakeholders who wish to support ECRs in these efforts. Importantly, these points apply to ECRs working to promote change on a systemic level, not only those improving aspects of their own work. In both sets of recommendations, we underline the importance of incentivizing and providing time and resources for systems-level science improvement activities, including ECRs in organizational decision-making processes, and working to dismantle structural barriers to participation for marginalized groups. We further highlight obstacles that ECRs face when working to promote reform, as well as proposed solutions and examples of current best practices. The abstract and recommendations for stakeholders are available in Dutch, German, Greek (abstract only), Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Serbian.
PY - 0
EP - e3001680
T2 - PLOS Biology
TI - Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice
UR - https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001680
VL - 20
Y2 - 2024-06-13
SN - 1545-7885
ER -