Academic Life and Culture

 

Scandal in scientific reform: the breaking and remaking of science

This perspective explores the Scientific Reform Movement and its links to scandalized claims, such as ‘science is broken’. It delves into the pivotal role of scandal in shaping and sustaining this movement, both rhetorically and politically and …

Schools ‘should teach children how to spot conspiracy theories

Cambridge scholar says that lessons on identifying and debunking fake news should be on the national curriculum.

Supporting the next generation of psychologists

This month, we launch a new collection of pieces that highlight ways to improve doctoral education and support graduate student trainees to their fullest potential.

Ten simple rules for pushing boundaries of inclusion at academic events

Inclusion at academic events is facing increased scrutiny as the communities these events serve raise their expectations for who can practically attend. Active efforts in recent years to bring more diversity to academic events have brought progress …

Ten Strategies to Foster Open Science in Psychology and Beyond

The scientific community has long recognized the benefits of open science. Today, governments and research agencies worldwide are increasingly promoting and mandating open practices for scientific research. However, for open science to become the …

The Case for Using Educational Scholarship to Improve Peer Review

Peer review is broken. Reviewer comments often lack constructiveness, clarity, and consistency. For decades, educational scholarship has provided evidence-based, theoretically informed, and robust interventions for the provision of effective …

The costs of competition in distributing scarce research funds

Research funding systems fundamentally influence how science operates. This paper aims to analyze the allocation of competitive research funding from different perspectives: How reliable are decision processes for funding? What are the economic costs …

Three ways to recognize hidden labour in research

From designing studies and translating science to technical services, the work of support staff is highly diverse — and it needs merit systems to match.

Towards inclusive mentoring in academic psychology

Mentoring is a core part of training the next generation of psychologists. Recognizing how culture and social identities inform mentorship and science is essential for creating a diverse and therefore robust workforce of psychologists.

Detecting Bad Science

This course is developed for students in research master programs and PhD candidates in the social and behavioral sciences broadly conceived, including psychology, neuroscience, data science, computational social science, sociology, political …
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