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Grace Shephard

Grace Shephard is a Researcher at the Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, University of Oslo, and focuses on plate tectonics, mantle structure and dynamics, and Arctic.

How many transdisciplinary researchers does it take to find out how an ocean sinks?

How many transdisciplinary researchers does it take to find out how an ocean sinks?

There is no shortage of increasingly uphill challenges in the current research landscape, especially for Early Career researchers: discouragingly long-standing science questions; minimal freedom for developing methodologies; invariably ambivalent proposal reviews; an academic grading scheme based mainly on publication productivity and impact; and enforced competition for few permanent research pos ...[Read More]