The culture of research and the future of the science system
Posted by the Node, on 22 September 2016
On Monday, September 19th, a group of early career researchers from across the UK and across the sciences gathered at the Royal Society in London to discuss the future of research at a one day conference.
As the Node’s Community Manager, I was lucky enough to be allowed to join in. I’ve only recently left research, and many of the issues raised were all too familiar, from publishing to career angst to representation and participation. What was encouraging was the number and diversity of ideas that came out of the debates, a lot of hope rather than despondency.
As a record of what came out of the day, I collated some of the hundreds of tweets that came out of the day (using #RSsciculture; there really must have been some sore thumbs by the end of the day).
It’s a rough and necessarily selective approximation of a conference report, but I think it covers most of what was discussed on the day.
Have a read here:
https://storify.com/the_Node/the-culture-of-research-and-the-future-of-science/preview
Aidan Maartens
(2 votes)
Loading...