Advice for a Scholar Seeking a Life in Academia
The need to train professionals, educate citizens and advance knowledge of our world has never been less, yet the academic
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(Un)Building a Mystery: Peeking Behind the Curtain in the Academic Land of Oz
The gap between what academics do and what those outside of the academy think they do is enormous. The mysteriousness
Read moreInnovation and Academic Science
Universities haven’t survived hundreds of years by being risky, they have because they were safe (in spite of the occasional radical shift here and there). With complex social problems and the challenges posed by things like cancer, something risky is needed. Academics just aren’t positioned to embrace this risk unless the system changes — with them helping drive that change — to support innovation and not just talk about it.
Read moreSystems (Science): Sexy and Not So Much
Recently I was discussing what I do with someone relatively unfamiliar to my research, yet in the same field and
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