Category: Critical People in Academia

After a long time of silence (surprise, PhDs are stressful and juggling side projects is difficult), I finally had time to write down an interview that I did last year for the series about critical people. This interview is special. First of all, it was conducted with two people, who second of all, are very…

When looking for more ‘critical people’ to talk to for this series, I thought about the different researchers that I met during my studies. One of them was Ineke Wessel – I met her when I was looking to learn more about statistics and meta-science. She is known for her research on controversial memory topics…

Last year, I conducted interviews with researchers about their attitudes towards open science. Some interviewees told me that people are easily put into camps, among others ‘the open science movement’ or ‘the critical people’. Such a label might trigger different reactions or even prejudice. Being interested in dynamics within academia, I was curious about what…