Ten simple rules towards healthier research labs.
The negative effects of extremely competitive academic and research environments on the performance and health of researchers are well known and common worldwide. The prevalence of these effects, particularly among early career researchers, calls for a more humane and people-centered way of working...
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| author | Fernando T Maestre |
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| description | The negative effects of extremely competitive academic and research environments on the performance and health of researchers are well known and common worldwide. The prevalence of these effects, particularly among early career researchers, calls for a more humane and people-centered way of working within research labs. Although there is growing concern about the urgent need for a better life-work balance when doing science, there are not many examples about how this could be achieved in practice. In this article, I introduce 10 simple rules to make the working environment of research labs more nurturing, collaborative, and people-centered. These rules are directed towards existing and future principal investigators (PIs) but will be of interest to anyone working in a research lab and/or dealing with how to improve working conditions for scientists. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df39037594894464bf91d8bd8d2d452a2022-12-21T20:06:48ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Computational Biology1553-734X1553-73582019-04-01154e100691410.1371/journal.pcbi.1006914Ten simple rules towards healthier research labs.Fernando T MaestreThe negative effects of extremely competitive academic and research environments on the performance and health of researchers are well known and common worldwide. The prevalence of these effects, particularly among early career researchers, calls for a more humane and people-centered way of working within research labs. Although there is growing concern about the urgent need for a better life-work balance when doing science, there are not many examples about how this could be achieved in practice. In this article, I introduce 10 simple rules to make the working environment of research labs more nurturing, collaborative, and people-centered. These rules are directed towards existing and future principal investigators (PIs) but will be of interest to anyone working in a research lab and/or dealing with how to improve working conditions for scientists.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006914 |
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| title | Ten simple rules towards healthier research labs. |
| title_full | Ten simple rules towards healthier research labs. |
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| title_short | Ten simple rules towards healthier research labs. |
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