TY - ICOMM
T1 - Time to take researchers' emotions seriously!
AU - Stage, Andreas Kjær
AU - Høg Utoft, Ea
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - For too long, research funders may have taken scientists’ intrinsic motivation for granted, not regarding it as their responsibility to consider emotions. However, reports on declining job satisfaction, mental health, and talent retention in universities are becoming increasingly common. Scholars of science systems warn us about growing numbers of alienated hired-hand researchers who have lost ‘their calling.’ Such negative emotions are not only undesirable for the individual, but also for the progress of science, because how scientists feel affects the research they do. Researching without passion is routinely assumed to infringe on its quality and novelty. As external funding directs ever more research, it is time for funders to take scientists’ emotions seriously....
AB - For too long, research funders may have taken scientists’ intrinsic motivation for granted, not regarding it as their responsibility to consider emotions. However, reports on declining job satisfaction, mental health, and talent retention in universities are becoming increasingly common. Scholars of science systems warn us about growing numbers of alienated hired-hand researchers who have lost ‘their calling.’ Such negative emotions are not only undesirable for the individual, but also for the progress of science, because how scientists feel affects the research they do. Researching without passion is routinely assumed to infringe on its quality and novelty. As external funding directs ever more research, it is time for funders to take scientists’ emotions seriously....
UR - https://www.euroscientist.com/time-to-take-researchers-emotions-seriously/
M3 - Net publication - Internet publication
PB - EuroScientist
ER -