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Survey of astronomers and geophysicists shines light on bleak systemic bullying
- mc32 5y agoThis seems to be a survey of astronomers/geophysicists working in the UK and not a global survey of astronomers and geophysicists, so we can't compare or even establish a baseline for the profession(s). It implies that the bullying comes from senior members/superiors, but doesn't give us a breakdown of who is bullying whom, using the same categories for the surveyed, so this is rather incomplete.
- Hokusai 5y ago> There shouldn't be anyone too senior for this to apply to them, you know. We need to hold each other to account when we're talking through these issues, and simply being incredibly senior, successful, bringing in prizes, money, etc. etc. shouldn't exempt you from scrutiny to behave decentlY. many of this people that 'bring prizes' are just very good at taking credit from others. Bullying is part of the strategy to avoid the people doing the real work getting the credit. Incompetent management that protect old colleges and the status quo weight down entire organizations in astronomy or anywhere else.