Together we stand

The bureaucratization of science

“…Similarly, Shibayama et al (2015) find significant variation in division of labor across life science research labs. One counter force limiting the division of labor is the training function that university research groups perform (for graduate students and post-docs), which may put limits on division of labor (Delamont and Atkinson, 2001;Hackett, 1990;Pavlidis et al, 2014). These findings and arguments suggest that division of labor is not a necessary condition of team research (and hence it is an open question as to what drives this variation in division of labor).…”

“…While this trend began decades ago (Price, 1963;Swatez, 1966), the sizes of contemporary research teams in many fields are beginning to approach that of medium-sized firms (Biagioli, 2003;Birnholtz, 2006;Milojević, 2014;Pavlidis et al, 2014;Salonius, 2008). Rather than a focus on an individual's lab bench, scientific work increasingly takes place in a setting that more closely resembles a small "factory" or "quasi-firm", run by a "small businessperson" lab director (Etzkowitz, 1983;Hackett, 1990;Latour and Woolgar, 1979;Shrum et al, 2007).…”

Yes, we need PhD immunologists!

“…pdf), and a recent panel discussion at The University of Michigan (http://www.michr.umich.edu/education/ teamscience/print). Some of the challenges that traditional academic cultures must surmount to benefit from team science are thoughtfully discussed in a recent commentary [9].…”

Connecting Past with Present: A Mixed-Methods Science Ethics Course and its Evaluation

“…Furthermore, due to interdependencies in a team science network, conflict of interest and the balancing of collaboration versus competition becomes a riddle, with consequences for the peer-review process. The analysis of all these team science issues informs a discussion about ethical norms of behavior to resolve them Pavlidis et al 2014).…”