Does academia's growing bureaucracy generate more excessive exclusivity or more excessive inclusivity, or both, or neither? Why? How?
Academia is getting resilience wrong
Being repeatedly told to bounce back and develop a thicker skin can mask a toxic lab culture...
"After giving a presentation to her department about issues she faced with inclusivity, “I got told that I need to toughen up”, says biomechanics researcher Emily Wharton. Her experience captures academia’s often misguided view of resilience. It's more than putting on a brave face when the going gets tough, says biomedical researcher Sharon Milgram. “It is the ability to know when to persist and when to pivot.” It also isn’t just down to the individual, but also to their work environment, says cognitive neuroscientist Dusana Dorjee..."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00383-x
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