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Apotheosis (a riff on permanent positions in science)

March 17, 2024 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 4 Comments

It’s taken the private sector only six months to give me something that 20+ years in academia didn’t provide: a permanent position.

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Science: vocation to profession…to job?

February 12, 2023 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment
Image taken from Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman”.

Might abandoning the vocational aspect of academia in favour of a 9-to-5 commitment be better for all of us? And is it happening already?

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