[Coral-List] Parachute Science and how we work/engage

[Contessa Ricci]

Hello Dr. Perry - thank you for sharing this work. It is indeed
thought-provoking and a very digestible read.

I would like to know people's opinions on the role that funding agencies
could/should play. For example, I know NIH has implemented a requirement to
explain how sex differences will be taken into account for grant
applications in human research (because much of our understanding of human
health is based on white males). I wonder if something similar can be
required by the NSF for grants proposing international work - for example
also, how host-nations/universities/researchers/etc. will be involved in
the work and appropriately compensated...

Cheers,
Contessa Ricci

On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 10:13 AM Chris Perry via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> Apologies if I have missed postings/discussions on this topic but this
> recent paper on the impacts of, and actions to address, what has been
> called parachute science has just come to my attention.
>
> https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.029
>
> This short and thought-provoking piece in Current Biology should probably
> be read by everyone.
>
> There is a rapidly growing debate around this topic in the UK University
> sector (at least across my discipline) and we have had some quite
> challenging (and for me at times uncomfortable from a retrospective
> viewpoint) discussions around this topic.
>
> Anyway - it is worth a read and some thought.
>
> Chris
>
> *Professor Chris Perry*
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