Research culture: let's reimagine how we work together

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Current practices prioritise outputs over people’s wellbeing. We want to help build a better research culture – one that is creative, inclusive and honest. 

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We want to help build a better research culture – one that is creative, inclusive and honest. Current practices prioritise outputs at almost any cost. This is damaging people’s wellbeing and undermining the quality of research. We can all help to reimagine how research is conducted.

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Thousands of researchers have taken part in the largest ever survey into experiences of research culture.

And through your Café Culture discussions, and events across the country, we’ve been hearing your ideas for change.

Your conversations have been feeding directly into our work, driving the changes Wellcome will be making and encouraging others to make to create a better research culture.

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We've introduced a new vision and strategy for Wellcome that we hope will have significant positive impacts on the course of human health over the next two decades.  

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COVID-19 is transforming every aspect of society – and research is no exception. But how can we use what we’ve learned in the past six months to build a better research culture?

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How could COVID-19 change research culture for the better?
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Researcher Dumas Galvez works from home in Panama City. Before COVID-19 lockdown restrictions took effect, he had to move all his research material, including thousands of ants, to the bathroom of his house.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and publishers have pulled together to publish their outputs at an unprecedented rate. How will this change research culture and the way findings are disseminated in future?

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Robert Kiley: "Ensuring that all research is published open access must become one of the positive outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic."
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[Summary] Perspectives on and experiences of research culture, based on a survey of more than 4,000 researchers in the UK and globally.

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Our review reveals high levels of satisfaction with biomedical PhD training overall, but significant levels of worry and uncertainty among students.

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