In this blog post I argue that the culture of ‘publish or perish’, although not a problem in theory, is a problem in practice because of the unfairness of the peer review system. In my view, opening up this system would make it fairer for all researchers, but especially for PhD students.

Plan S is the ambitious plan to make all research funded by a group of national funding agencies publicly accessible from 2020 (now 2021) onward. Since its announcement, the plan’s contents and consequences have been widely debated. In this blog post you can read about my views on this controversial plan.

During my time at the Human Generosity Project at Arizona State University I studied human generosity both in the lab as well as in the stores, bars, and streets of Arizona. In this blog post you can read about my experiences with American generosity.