Less is more: researcher survival guide in times of economic crisis
| 1 | Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology Dept.
Research and Innovation Centre,
Fondazione Edmund Mach
San Michele all'Adige, Trento |
| 2 | Dipartimento di Scienze chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, l.go S. Eufemia 19, 41121 Modena |
| 3 | Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin", Università "la Sapienza", viale dell'Università 32, 00185 Roma |
| 4 | Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 10, 20133 Milano |
| 5 | Unità di Analisi e Gestione delle Risorse Ambientali - Guido Tosi Research Group, Dipartimento di Scienze Teoriche e Applicate, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese |
| 6 | Laboratorio di Ecologia Applicata, Dipartimento di Agraria, Universita degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG, UK |
| 7 | Dipartimento di Scienze della Natura e del Territorio, Università degli Studi di Sassari, via Muroni 25, 07100 Sassari |
| 8 | CNR - Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, c/o Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin", Università "la Sapienza", viale dell'Università 32, 00185 Roma |
Publication date: 2013-02-13
Hystrix It. J. Mamm. 2012;23(2):1–7
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ABSTRACT
The global economic crisis leads to important changes in investment policies that hit scientific research too. Scientists are currently facing a period of limited availability of research funds. However, this period of shortage of economic resources may also represent an opportunity of re- newal for scientific research, since it may call for improved efficiency and effectiveness and lead to a critical re-evaluation of strategies and priorit- ies. In this opinion paper, we collated a scattered and non-exhaustive list of suggestions for mammal research during a period of limiting financial resources. Our main objective is to stimulate debate, and possibly provide some useful hints, especially to young mammalogists.
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