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Rethinking the Research Culture | Challenges in Academia with Dr. Haage #6

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Dr. Haage reveals that creating psychological safety for PhDs and postdocs is essential to combat the mental health crisis in science.

Dr. Verena Haage joins the podcast to dissect the systemic problems in academic science, arguing that toxic research culture is the root cause of issues like the reproducibility crisis, postdoc instability, and poor mental health. She proposes concrete solutions including reforming how scientists are assessed, creating more staff scientist roles, and fostering psychological safety in labs.

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