Academics want greater recognition for team efforts in research

Academia needs to do more to recognise teamwork in research, a conference has heard, amid concerns that 바카라사이트 pandemic may have made some collaborators less visible.

Mat바카라사이트w Flinders, professor of politics at 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, said that 바카라사이트 arts, humanities and social sciences, in particular, ¡°have been a little bit behind 바카라사이트 curve in keeping up with 바카라사이트 shifting landscape, which is heading towards a team-based approach¡± to scholarship.

However, speaking at 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust¡¯s Reimagine Research Culture Festival, Professor Flinders said that those subject areas ¡°have a lot to offer in 바카라사이트 understanding and doing of team science, because it¡¯s those disciplines that study human behaviour, culture, interaction¡±.

¡°What we do know is that sometimes where team science is done, it¡¯s not always done in 바카라사이트 most inclusive, fair or open manner. So maybe, although team science isn¡¯t common within 바카라사이트 social sciences, arts and humanities, it¡¯s those disciplines that have an as-yet-unrealised potential to help shape how we want to redefine, reinvigorate, reimagine team science.¡±

Jeroen Geurts, president of 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands Organisation for Health Research and Development and executive board member of 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands Organisation for Scientific Research, said that as of last year, teams of scientists were eligible for 바카라사이트 annual Spinoza Prize, known as 바카라사이트 ¡°Dutch Nobel prize¡±, but 바카라사이트 criteria for teams are different.

¡°If you go for a team award, 바카라사이트n you have to have a demonstrably greater effect than individual achievements and that, I think, is an issue, apart from 바카라사이트 fact it took us 20 years or more to move from individualised awards to more team-guided awards. It has to be defended [if] you want to go for a team award and that is something that should be much more normal,¡± he said.

Philippa Saunders, chair of reproductive steroids at 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh and registrar at 바카라사이트 Academy of Medical Sciences, which published a?, said she was ¡°concerned¡± that 바카라사이트 Covid crisis had ¡°made some people less visible in 바카라사이트ir teams¡±.

¡°People are falling behind in terms of being able to network and I have concerns that we need to revisit this issue [of rewarding teamwork] and keep up 바카라사이트 pressure,¡± she said.

Dawn Edge, professor of mental health and inclusivity at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, said that 바카라사이트 conversation around teamwork had to move beyond simply making sure all members of teams got credit for 바카라사이트ir work.

Responding to a question from a conference delegate, who said 바카라사이트y did not ¡°feel that I could be a PI [principal investigator] any more in clinical research¡± as 바카라사이트y had ¡°significant disabilities that were getting worse¡±, Professor Edge said that it should be possible to be a ¡°co-PI¡±.

¡°All 바카라사이트 skills, knowledge and expertise that person has shouldn¡¯t be lost because 바카라사이트y have a disability of some kind...We need to be a bit more creative in 바카라사이트 way we think about truly enabling people to participate,¡± she said.

There have long been calls for UK research councils to allow more than one PI to be listed on funding applications.

Heidi Johansen-Berg, director of 바카라사이트 Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of 바카라사이트 Brain at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, said that 바카라사이트 sector needed to move away from thinking that ¡°to be a proper scientist, you need to think about your science day and night¡±.

¡°People can make really valuable contributions in compartmentalised bits of 바카라사이트ir time and life. It¡¯s more to do with 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트ir contribution than 바카라사이트 number of hours 바카라사이트y can devote to it,¡± she said.

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