Literature and Resources

Evidence that author group diversity impacts 5-year weighted citations:

• AlShebli, B.K., Rahwan, T. & Woon, W.L. The preeminence of ethnic diversity in scientific collaboration. Nat Commun 9, 5163 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07634-8

Wellcome Trust surveyed thousands of researchs on their experiences of research culture and have published the results, qualitative and quantitative research, literature review, townhalls report, and the contribution made by technical staff to research culture:

• Wellcome: What Researcher’s Think of the Cultures They Work In

University of Leeds Research Culture Team – A partially randomised approach (PRA) to internal funding allocation – A pilot

• https://sway.cloud.microsoft/5ExKikMSoTIST26u

Nature Reviews Materials – Sexism in academia is bad for science and a waste of public funding 

• Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment
• European Commission Charter for Researchers
• Irish Universities Association National Research Integrity Forum containing Framework to Enhance Research Integrity in Collaborations
• Science Europe Resources (filter by Research Culture) and Statement on Research Culture
• ALLEA European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
• University of Leeds Research Culture Strategic Plan 2023-2028
• RAIL Report: A model for keeping the academic Mid-career on track WIASN

• Russell Group (UK): Culture & Environment toolkit
• Wellcome: Cafe Culture Toolkit and the Equitable Funding Practice Library – a resource that provides ideas on how to reduce and eliminate inequitable funding outcomes
• European Commission: SOPs4RI Toolkit – SOPs4RI (Standard Operating Procedures for Research Integrity) is a 4 year funded project stimulating transformational processes around research integrity
• Flemish Interuniversity Council (Belgium): Mind the GAP (Good Academic Practices) a mandatory course in research integrity as part of doctoral training at all Flemish universities.  Public website under development.
• Royal Society/UK Research Integrity Office: Integrity in practice toolkit
• Newcastle University – EDI Toolkit for Researchers – a set of practical resources, designed to help researchers to engage with and understand equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
• UKRI – Resume Resource LIbrary – hosting a range of materials designed to support people and organisations in the adoption and use of narrative CVs.
• Matharu Plots – decolonising the curriculum and encouraging researchers to consider literature from outside the global North and creating a mechanism for reporting.
• University of Nottingham EDI Cards – cards developed aids for driving discussion and reflection on EDI.
• University of Manchester, Christabel Pankhurst Institute Team Research Programme
• The Biochemist – A beginner’s guide to supervising a PHD Researcher 
• University of Leeds resources for writing narrative CV’s: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/leRUQ6hLgatSupGY
• University of Leeds funding resources: https://researchersupport.leeds.ac.uk/research-funding-and-outputs/fellowships-and-grants/

Policy Papers

• Research briefs from the ARRC team’s background research to understand current practices around research culture issues in other countries. The briefs summarise practices from select European universities about the ways they approach the recruitment of postdocs and postdoc precarity.
  • Recruitment of early career researchers
  • Precarity of early career researchers

Wider Context

• (Access required) Simon Marginson (2016) High Participation Systems of Higher Education, The Journal of Higher Education, 87:2, 243-271, DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2016.11777401
• Eric Laloux Culture Model: https://www.humanizingwork.com/laloux-cultural-model-and-agile-adoption/
• ASPIRES research study exploring young people’s science career aspirations – https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/departments/education-practice-and-society/aspires-research
• Leading Routes – Broken Pipeline Report – describing barriers to black PhD students accessing research council funding – Leading Routes – The Broken Pipeline Report 
• Institute of Physics Interview with Dr Annette Bramley on research collaboration
• University of Manchester animation on Team Research
• Collaborative Historical Research in the Age of Big Data – Lessons from an Interdisciplinary Project
• Applying behaviour change science to prevent sexual misconduct | Centre for Behaviour Change – UCL – University College London
• Newcastle University: How do we destigmatise ‘failure’ in the research environment?

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