eLife Community Voices

Voices 7: Fátima Sancheznieto

Fátima Sancheznieto witnessed the issues with academia’s work culture first-hand during her DPhil focusing on STEM cells. She saw the deleterious effect bullying, harassment and maltreatment had on her colleagues. This inspired her to pursue a post-doc in social sciences, focusing on how post-docs and PhD students are trained. Fátima discusses her transition between these fields, the problems with academia’s culture and one’s identity as a scientist.    Full transcript: https://elifesciences.org/community/community-voices-episode-7 [https://elifesciences.org/community/community-voices-episode-7]

Voices 6: John Willinsky

The founder of the Public Knowledge Project [https://pkp.sfu.ca/] reflects on his journey from schoolteacher to open access pioneer. He discusses the origins of Open Journal Systems [https://pkp.sfu.ca/software/ojs/] and how a love of learning, a DIY ethos, and a belief in global knowledge justice drove him to reshape the world of scholarly publishing. Full transcript: https://elifesciences.org/community/community-voices-episode-6 [https://elifesciences.org/community/community-voices-episode-6]

Voices 5: Christian Molina-Aguilar

Being a researcher is only ever one aspect of your life, but one facet impacts and is impacted by the whole. Christian Molina-Aguilar shares how the combined stresses of a demanding research career, a difficult introduction to parenthood, and growing responsibilities have led him to enable over 8,000 researchers in Mexico to share their experience of mental health. Content warning: contains discussion of suicide Transcript: https://elifesciences.org/community-voices-episode-5 [https://elifesciences.org/community-voices-episode-4]

Voices 4: Daniela Saderi

During her PhD, Daniela Saderi noticed the systemic issues present in traditional scientific publishing. As an activist and champion of early-career researchers, these inspired Daniela to co-found PREreview [https://prereview.org/], which aims to transform peer review into a more constructive and equitable process. In this episode, Daniela discusses the importance of collaboration and community engagement in science, as well as her own journey through academia and time as a Mozilla Fellow. Full transcript: https://elifesciences.org/community/community-voices-episode-4 [https://elifesciences.org/community/community-voices-episode-4]

Voices 3: Mayank Chugh

As someone who has practised science in numerous countries, including his home in India, ECAG [https://elifesciences.org/community/early-career-advisory-group] member Mayank [https://www.mayankchugh.org/] appreciates the importance of mobility. He discusses citizenship as a privilege in academia, the value of community wherever you are, and the authenticity of embracing his scientific and creative self as one. Full transcript. [https://elifesciences.org/community/community-voices-episode-3]