Life in Science Remote Work and Research: How the Geography of Talent Is Changing The digital world allows us to communicate with our peers anywhere in the world and to perform different tasks without needing to be in the office. Here, Luigi Capoani and Chiara Ghirardini discuss how remote work provides opportunities for more collaborative and sustainable research. Luigi Capoani, Chiara Ghirardini 1 Oct 2026 • 4 min read
eLife Ambassadors Learning how to change the research environment as an eLife Community Ambassador Research can be incredibly rewarding, but there are a lot of hurdles along the way. Some of these relate to our environments and are difficult to overcome. In this post, Maria Sol Ruiz and Nalaka Wijekoon explain how to take matters into our own hands and step up to induce global change. ecrLife editors 4 Oct 2022 • 7 min read
Sustainable Science Running successful virtual workshops in Africa We have all had to grapple with a new virtual academic reality, but some countries have had even more challenges during this transition. Read on to find out about challenges and solutions for organizing virtual workshops in Tanzania. ECRs of Tanzania collective 19 Nov 2020 • 5 min read
Sustainable 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
Sustainable Science How one university is green-ing up its act Scientific research has been estimated [https://www.nature.com/articles/528479c] to produce 5.5 million tonnes of plastic waste globally. Recognising that the world is facing a climate emergency Melanie Krause 24 Mar 2020 • 6 min read
Sustainable Science Walking the talk for sustainable science It’s just another day in the lab: perhaps you’re culturing ten different cell lines in ten different plastic flasks, picking bacterial colonies with plastic tips into single-use Samantha Seah, Bente Benedict 17 Sep 2019 • 5 min read
