Feature Articles

eLife Feature Articles allow authors to discuss research culture, science policy and funding, careers in science and a variety of other topics related to science and research.

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  1. Research Culture: Going beyond compliance to build on the Researcher Development Concordat

    Robert AR Drake, Laura A Gray ... Joan Chang
    An agreement between universities, research institutes and funders to support the career development of researchers in the UK has led to improvements in research culture since 2019, but there is still more to do.

  2. Research Culture: The SAFE Labs Handbook as a tool for improving lab culture

    Erika Donà, James M Gahan ... Philip Coen
    A survey of more than 200 researchers shows strong support for a new community-driven lab handbook that can be implemented by individual group leaders to reduce conflict and create more positive and equitable work environments.

  3. Living Science: My grandmother’s rug

    Eve Marder
    The objects that migrants carry with them are tethers to the lives they have left behind.

  4. Point of View: How the Global South is reshaping scholarly communication

    Humberto Debat, Izuchukwu Azuka Okafor ... Carolina Santacruz-Perez
    Publishing initiatives in Latin America, Africa, and Asia are promoting diamond open access, multilingualism, and non-profit, scholarly-led governance structures.
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    Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations

    Marcia Puig-Lluch, Mary Williams ... Patricia Baldrich
    The ROOT & SHOOT project in the plant sciences has produced guidelines to help scientific societies organize conferences that are more inclusive and offer more supportive environments to all attendees.

  6. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Improving gender equity in academia depends on the workplace environment

    Sreetama Bhadra, Gabriella Damasceno ... Alexandra Weyrich
    The authors recommend actions that can be taken by individuals, institutions and policymakers to promote gender equity.

  7. Science Under Threat in the United States: Campaigning for science and scientists

    Adriana Bankston
    A Congressional Science & Technology policy fellow outlines some options available for responding to the blatant attacks on science and the scientific workforce in the US.

  8. Science Under Threat in the United States: How to make science more efficient

    Stuart Buck
    DOGE needs to completely rethink its efforts to increase the efficiency of the federal agencies that fund research in the US.

  9. Science Under Threat in the United States: Research turns hope into reality

    Anna C Greene, Casey S Greene
    Two scientists describe how an acute myeloid leukemia diagnosis underscores the need for continued federal support for research and access to care.

  10. Science Under Threat in the United States: The impact on undergraduate students

    Reenie Tian, Kamna Kalkunte ... Mayank Chugh
    Anti-science policies, funding cuts, scientific censorship and the US withdrawing from international commitments are worrying members of the ReForm Lab at the College of William & Mary.
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