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Pandemic restrictions have shuttered research projects - some, for good. The consequences for science, not to mention policy and decision making, must be addressed
While having to carry the added burdens and responsibilities of working from home, Indonesian female academics are also sidelined by policies in universities.
Across our global network we are employing guidelines that we hope will allow readers to understand this approach we take to the reporting and analysis of research.
Humanity is destroying Earth’s ability to support complex life. But coming to grips with the magnitude of the problem is hard, even for experts.
Universities that pay academics to publish their research should do so with caution.
Trump doesn’t just ignore science, he attacks it. Australia’s experts have an obligation to speak out on crises such as the coronavirus pandemic, even if it means picking a side in our politics.
Economic historian and development scholar Bill Freund was impatient with theoretical fads.
About half of environmental scientists working for government had been prohibited from communicating scientific information.
Picture this change: Through collaborative garden networks, teachers, schools, children, community partners and universities inspire real learning and transformation for a more sustainable world.
Academics report feeling unhappy and isolated in their current work culture.
Letters of recommendation have grown supersized and one-sided in their praise. In one study, only 1-2% of letters fell below the good-to-excellent range. How can a reviewer find out who’s really good?
In a survey, Trump supporters showed the lowest faith in the Supreme Court, the federal government, the media and other pillars of society.
As I found, academics engaging in fieldwork research are in a particularly vulnerable position.
Not only do some countries perpetrate direct attacks on students and academics but the internationalisation of higher education has also created new global threats.
The climate emergency requires the full mobilisation of scientific institutions, but the persistent compartmentalization between disciplines and difficulties of adaptation hinder their action.
Australia’s top scientist Alan Finkel says too many poor quality research papers are being published in Australia, and the system may inadvertently encourage academics to behave badly.
With limited resources and inadequate infrastructure, African universities appear to be under tremendous strain. But some are beating the odds and getting it right.
New research shows that Māori and Pasifika scholars are significantly under-represented in New Zealand’s universities, making up only 5% and 1.7% of the academic workforce, respectively.
Australia’s metadata laws offer weak protection to journalists, but they don’t offer any to academics conducting confidential interviews.
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Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Visiting Fellow, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Director of research training, Australian National University
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Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bayes Business School, City, University of London
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Senior Lecturer, Management, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, School of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash University
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Research fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Head of Social Impact and Senior Lecturer, Business School, Stellenbosch University
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Program Director, Pacific Islands Centre for Development Policy and Research, Griffith University
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Professor of International Higher Education, UCL
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Professor of Business Statistics, Melbourne Business School, The University of Melbourne
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Chair & Professor of International Business, University of Manchester
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Professor of Finance, President, UWA Academic Staff Association, The University of Western Australia
