It’s undoubtedly the case more postdocs are reporting distress and poor mental health. It’s also true a lot of research in this area is very poor, with limited baseline data. It makes it very difficult to accurately provide appropriate support and interventions #AcademicTwitter
We need absolute clarity if we want to identify the needs of #PGRs and reduce any harms universities are causing or worsening. Ensuring nobody is left out or stigmatised. But so much of the current work in this field is patchy or poor. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #HigherEd
As I’ve said so many times I bore myself, we’re moving from #AcademicMentalHealth being an ignored area to suddenly it being a “hot topic” people view as being publishable on. And that is bringing opportunities and major threats. We don’t discuss this enough. #AcademicTwitter
Problems in academia aren’t exempt from ethics, safety, respect, dignity and rigour. Raising concerns about how #AcademicMentalHealth is defined, approached and studied isn’t saying this topic doesn’t matter, or people aren’t suffering. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #HigherEd
It scares me - and should scare you too - that some think poor studies, no ethics, plagiarism, misusing/ignoring evidence, or no confidentiality and respect are all okay because either someone ‘means well’, works/studies in academia, or has personal experience. #AcademicTwitter
Two decades ago the biggest obstruction I noted for addressing #AcademicMentalHealth was apathy and a resistance to changing toxic university practices. Those remain. But increasingly the barriers are poor research, competition, silo working, and not doing due diligence.
It’s extremely common for poor work to either over-emphasise or misdirect on core problems and solutions. Or for people to avoid any kind of basic research principles and protocols, as while they may study/work in a uni they don’t know how to operate in inclusive or ethical ways
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