Sanli Faez
Physicist, Podcaster, FAIR-technologist. Allergic to hypocrisy.
Making room for everyone's talent
Who gets a chance at a university career,
and Why?
Sanli Faez, Universities of the Netherlands
Distributed under CC BY 4.0
Why do we need to change the academic recognition and rewards system?
Why do we need to change the academic recognition and rewards system?
what we aim for
what we reward
How Science works? (perception)
How science really works!
(aged perspective)
The cycle of credibility
facts and figures
articles published each year
(source: Rathenau 2018)
Carr 2018
Carr 2018
O'Niel 2011
The Credibility Network
Scientists interact with a complex
knowledge development and attribution network.
Systemic view,
"recognition and rewards"
recognitionrewards.nl
Check the R&R forum
for examples from all universities in the Netherlands
Diversifying careers
examples from 3 Dutch universities
Carrots: sharing as a Remedy
Utrecht University
What can go wrong?
Frank Miedema, Open Science: the Very Idea, Springer 2022National program's guiding principles
Majority feeling
not there yet!
International
landscape
The Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) is a collective of organisations committed to reforming the methods and processes by which research, researchers, and research organisations are evaluated. Current research assessment methods rely heavily on publication-based metrics such as citation counts, and often fail to recognise the wide array of contributions made by researchers.
Over 700 research organisations, funders, assessment authorities, professional societies, and their associations have agreed on a common direction and guiding principles to implement reform in the assessment of research, researchers, and research organisations, outlined in the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment published in July 2022 which provides an outline for reform and implementation.
Individual Skills?
Decisions, decisions
Carl Wieman, How to become a successful physicist, Physics Today 75 (9), 46–52 (2022);
Individual Skills?
Stay up to date in the field
by learning relevant new knowledge, ideas, and technology from literature, conferences, and colleagues.
Develop intuition and experience
to improve problem-solving.
Enhance interpersonal and teamwork skills—
for example, how to navigate collaborations...
Improve one’s efficiency
by practicing time management, including learning to complete certain common tasks efficiently and accurately.
Cultivate an attitude,
or motivation, which includes persevering in the task despite obstacles, dealing with stress, and having confidence in decisions.
let's move together
Reach out to me: faez@unl.nl
How to thrive in the credibility network?
Interactions matter
as much as
the achievements
Community over Code
healthy community is a higher priority than good code
Free advice
if I may!
1- learn git
- microcontributions
- transparent credits
- community building
- project management
2- choose an altruistic group
“Selfishness beats altruism within groups.
Altruistic groups beat selfish groups.”
Does Altruism Exist? Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others, by David Sloan Wilson, Yale UP, 2015
My goals at R&R
1- Expand common understanding of criteria and qualities
2- Define team and role of individual in the collective
3- Benchmarks for good (academic) leadership
4- Investigate mismatches between intention and action
The Netherlands Recognition and Rewards program
By Sanli Faez
The Netherlands Recognition and Rewards program
Current societal challenges demand for more cooperation and a multidisciplinary approach by scientists. Putting into practice the shared ambitions in Dutch academia requires a modernisation of the system of Recognition and Rewards. The modernisation should be designed to improve the quality of each of the key areas: education, research, impact, leadership and (for university medical centres) patient care. I will introduce the Dutch Recognition & Rewards programme in which we work in cooperation with all universities, university medical centers, reputable research institutes and research funders on a position paper: Room for everyone’s talent.
