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Of the Structural Pressures That Silence Academics

Since their inception, universities have been regarded as lighthouses guiding the storm-tossed ship of society. These institutions, tasked with generating ideas that shape and secure the future of societies, must

26 Feb 2026 • 5 min read

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Work-Life balance: A perspective from Early Career Researchers

Work-Life balance: A perspective from Early Career Researchers

How do you feel about your work-life balance? Have you normalized overworking? In this post we share the opinions and suggestions from several early career researchers that can help you be more aware of your time management and set boundaries.

Feyza Nur Arslan, Michael Barlett

29 Oct 2020 • 6 min read

Beyond the tenure track: there is more than one way to succeed

Beyond the tenure track: there is more than one way to succeed

Have you considered a non-tenured position in academia? Come discover how much potential this non-traditional career path holds, and what are the advantages that it offers to nowadays scientists.

22 Oct 2020 • 5 min read

How to cope with graduate school when life gets complicated

How to cope with graduate school when life gets complicated

Life can get difficult sometimes, and it can be specially hard when you must spend most of your time studying or working in the lab. Find out how to not lose track of your own well-being during those years of training.

Joel Encarnacion-Rosado

15 Oct 2020 • 5 min read

Navigating fake news as a scientist

Navigating fake news as a scientist

Fake news has become of global concern, and we as scientists have an important role to play, delivering the right information in the right way. Discover some useful tips to deal with it.

GSA Communications & Outreach Subcommittee

8 Oct 2020 • 6 min read

Early Career Researchers, take charge and develop your career

Early Career Researchers, take charge and develop your career

You are not alone in feeling overwhelmed when trying to plan out your career development. Discover some tips and tricks to best overcome this feeling and take charge!

28 Sep 2020 • 6 min read

An ECR’s guide to peer review

An ECR’s guide to peer review

As an early career researcher, how do you get invited to review manuscripts?

Patricia Resa-Infante, Ewoud Compeer

11 Sep 2020 • 5 min read

How to get started in science communication

How to get started in science communication

Science communication refers to sharing and raising awareness about scientific discoveries to a broad audience. Although many scientists engage broad audiences, not all scientists feel this is an important aspect

Jacob L. Steenwyk, Michelle Jonika

21 Aug 2020 • 4 min read

How I learned to approach my research with love in the midst of a pandemic

How I learned to approach my research with love in the midst of a pandemic

It was in mid-March that I last held a pipette in my hands. I miss hearing it squeak as I turn the knob and the satisfactory click as I lodge

Shravanti Suresh

6 Aug 2020 • 4 min read

Building a Culture of Remote Science

Building a Culture of Remote Science

Science lives on exchanging results, ideas, praise and criticism. In this pursuit, we travel vast distances to come face to face with fellow scientists at conferences and other events. While

Daniel Müller-Komorowska

24 Jul 2020 • 4 min read

Boarding the academic career train at any age

Boarding the academic career train at any age

Success in any career can be boiled down to three key ingredients: putting in the work, having the right team, and hoping with a little luck that the timing is

Carolina Makowski

4 Jun 2020 • 5 min read

Making science more inclusive for trans scientists

Making science more inclusive for trans scientists

Many scientists who identify as trans suffer from discrimination. Nearly 50% of trans people in physics have experienced exclusionary behavior in their workplace, according to a 2016 report from the

18 May 2020 • 4 min read

An international student’s guide to grad school

An international student’s guide to grad school

Are you curious about what it takes to earn a postgraduate degree, particularly one from another country? You are not alone. The number of international students worldwide has steadily increased

Janani Hariharan

13 May 2020 • 8 min read

Intersectionality: what it means

Intersectionality: what it means

Sarah Hainer, Ashley Albright

7 May 2020 • 5 min read

Here's how COVID-19 is affecting my first year in graduate school

Here's how COVID-19 is affecting my first year in graduate school

27 Apr 2020 • 5 min read

Safety vs freedom: the landscape of post-PhD careers

Safety vs freedom: the landscape of post-PhD careers

Natalia Bielczyk, Elisenda Bonet-Carne

23 Apr 2020 • 6 min read

How one university is green-ing up its act

How one university is green-ing up its act

24 Mar 2020 • 6 min read

Include junior researchers in peer review

Include junior researchers in peer review

We, a group of early career researchers (ECRs) involved in the eLife Community Ambassadors programme, believe that the rigour, speed, and inclusivity of existing peer review processes can be significantly improved by including (more) ECRs.

4 Mar 2020 • 4 min read

ecrLife: a reintroduction

ecrLife: a reintroduction

Today, I am proud to announce that we are relaunching ecrLife with a brand new design and a new team of editors [https://ecrlife.org/about/#team] who share a

2 Mar 2020 • 2 min read

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