Voice of Researchers

Talking about research culture: a report on discussions about research culture in the 23 #PhD programmes funded by @wellcometrust 2019 funding call osf.io/preprints/soca… @UKRI_CEO

"“Are we going to have a machine that is 100% accurate [at spotting sarcasm]? ... that’s not something even humans can achieve.”" theguardian.com/technology/art…

🌳 @ecosia the eco-friendly search engine, now offers its own browser as an alternative to Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. It includes an ad-blocker, supports tree-plantation projects through ad revenue, and runs on solar power alternativeto.net/news/2024/4/ec…

"She is, of course, aware that there’s a nonsensical aspect to this, too – flying around the world to perform a programme warning of climate catastrophe."

Are you a scientist who wants to support this letter? You can do so here @BES_careers #gid=0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

#Italy lags behind for #women in science and technology #womeninSTEM ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/we…

Where I Work is an award-winning photography feature from the journal Nature. Proud to be among the science workers in the exhibition of portraiture from Nature’s Where I work section. The exhibition is now installed in the Kings Cross area, London @CNR nature.com/immersive/wher…

"Comparing > 146K peer reviews submitted to the same conferences before & after ChatGPT, the analysis found that the frequency of adjectives such as commendable, innovative, meticulous, notable ... increased significantly since the chatbot became mainstream"

Peer reviewers are turning to ChatGPT when writing referee reports, suggests a new study by @liang_weixin & colleagues. My latest for @Nature: nature.com/articles/d4158… @generalising @Research_Voice

The EuroScience Open Forum (#ESOF), a major European science event for early-career researchers, faces uncertainty as its organizer, EuroScience, has filed for bankruptcy. @ScienceCareers scim.ag/6rp

@DalmeetS @KRoyMyers @wytham88 @Nature @CT_Bergstrom @jameswilsdon @HarvardHBS @HHMINEWS @NSF @NatureIndex what about offering them more money AND time?

Offering professors more money or time isn’t likely to dramatically change how they do their research, a survey by @KRoyMyers & @wytham88 has found. My latest for @Nature: nature.com/articles/d4158… @CT_Bergstrom, @jameswilsdon @HarvardHBS @HHMINEWS @NSF @Research_Voice @NatureIndex

Two years ago we at @wildcardrewild started a sort of 21-century peasant’s revolt to challenge the Royals to rewild. Today I’m thrilled to say that it seems to be working! Historic shifts are taking place. Read my piece in the Guardian out today 👇 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Hier près de 2,9 millions de passagers de vols commerciaux ont été enregistrés aux USA, un record. Mais vous n'oublierez pas d'éteindre le WiFi et baisser le chauffage. Carte @flightradar24

@danielneuroglia @PhDVoice @PostdocVoice and the source?

An interesting description of what an academic career holds. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter @PhDVoice @PostdocVoice @Research_Voice #phdlife

"Air travel overwhelmingly outweighs the carbon footprint of research travel, representing more than 96% of greenhouse gas emissions in a database of about 130K travel segments by car/train/plane in 159 research units across France" hal.science/hal-04264960/ @flyingless @CNRS

📢 Results from the #FlyingLess project in the Nature portfolio journal "Climate Action" ⭐️An evidence-based approach to accelerate flight reduction in academia⭐️ Now online and open access 🔓 nature.com/articles/s4416… @NKI_Bund @delameurthe @SGorlinger

Very sad to hear of the death of Prof. Teresa Rees. Her meticulous and ground-breaking scholarship on gender equality inspired me as a student and an academic. cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2766…

Journal after journal publishes pieces like these but nothing really changes. Falling behind: postdocs in their thirties tire of putting life on hold nature.com/articles/d4158…

"much more needs to be done to understand and meet postdocs’ needs" nature.com/articles/d4158… @nationalpostdoc @thepostdoctoral @Postdoc_Academy

ChatGPT for grants nature.com/articles/d4158…