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Category Archives: Science Culture
Refereeing and Bullies
We’ve heard a lot about bullying at the heart of government in recent days. One defence of the behaviour of the former Chief Whip is that it used to be worse, much worse. That is of course a line one … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture
Tagged bullies, de Gennes, hierarchies, power imbalance
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Does Life Get Better at Mid-Career?
Julie Gould and Nature Careers podcasts have been running an interesting series (Muddle of the Middle) on what it’s like to be a mid-career/middle aged scientist. A time when precarity is likely to be past, but reality of all the different … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged equity, harassment, obstacles, patronising
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To Travel or Not to Travel?
Now the academic year has come to an end, it is possible to start to reflect on the year past and what next year might, and I emphasise might, look like. This year has not been as full of Covid-stresses … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Science Culture
Tagged carbon budgets, conferences, hybrid meetings, Zoom
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Getting Involved with Policy-making
Last week I presented evidence to the Commons’ Science and Technology’s Select Committee enquiry into Diversity and Inclusion in STEM. I don’t want to rehearse my arguments, which can be read in the transcript of the full morning’s session (or … Continue reading
