Overcoming the Obstacles Faced by Early Career Researchers in Marine Science: Lessons From the Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean
Overcoming the Obstacles Faced by Early Career Researchers in Marine Science: Lessons From the Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean
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DOI：
10.3389/fmars.2020.00692
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发表时间：
2020-08-28
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Weldrick, Christine K.
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作者：
Brasier, Madeleine J.;McCormack, Stacey;Weldrick, Christine K.
学术界和科学界的压力正在迅速增加，早期职业研究人员（ecr）从参与诸如大型国际项目之类的研究计划中获益良多。但它们到底有多包容呢？在此，我们讨论了直接参与南大洋海洋生态系统评估（MEASO）的ecr的经验，该项目是澳大利亚领导的评估南大洋生态系统现状和趋势的国际研究项目。我们回顾了ECR参与大型项目对项目可交付成果、领导团队和ECR本身的好处。利用来自MEASO的见解，我们概述了在一般科学研究中可能成为ecr障碍的障碍，但重点是大型研究项目，并提出了在个人、机构和科学界层面克服这些障碍的潜在行动。我们认为ecr有潜力领导未来的南极科学项目，重点是在全球范围内为决策者提供科学传播和应用研究。
Pressure in academia and science is rapidly increasing and early career researchers (ECRs) have a lot to gain from being involved in research initiatives such as large international projects. But just how inclusive are they? Here we discuss experiences of ECRs directly involved in the Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean (MEASO), an Australian led international research project to assess the status and trends of Southern Ocean ecosystems. We review the benefits of ECR involvement in largescale initiatives to the project deliverables, the leadership team and ECRs themselves. Using insights from MEASO, we outline the obstacles that may become barriers to ECRs in scientific research in general but with a focus on large-scale research projects and suggest potential actions to overcome these at the individual, institutional and scientific community level. We consider the potential for ECRs to lead future Antarctic science programmes with a focus on science communication and applied research for policy makers within a global setting.