How contemporary academic structures constrain scientific creativity and hold back early-career researchers.

Haubrock PJ, Kouba A, Soto I, Abreo NAS, Vilizzi L, Błońska D, Tarkan AS, De Santis V, Sousa R, Nogueira AB, Heeren S, Nogueira JG, Cano-Barbacil C, Cremella B, Strubbe D, Silva JPD, Poloni R, Deschepper P, Thoré ESJ, Misteli B, Sun J, Panisi M, Dudgeon D, Stamatiadou V, Galib SM, Maes C, Baso NC, Beukema W, Števove B, Záhorská E, Kurtul I, Kaur D, Huber AF, Halabowski D, de Assis Guilherme Padilha J, Balzani P, Kaya C, Bayçelebi E, Mugnai M, Ahmed DA, Saç G, Aksu S, Kaya BM, Ciftcioglu M, Jiang X, Rodríguez-Rey M, Martín-Forés I, Leles SG, Pârvulescu L, Pergl J, Rossetto F, Wei H, Kirichenko NI, Briski E, Gallitelli L, Britton JR, Everts T

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10.1038/s41562-026-02575-5
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2026 Sep 3
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41562-026-02575-5,
  title = {How contemporary academic structures constrain scientific creativity and hold back early-career researchers.},
  author = {Haubrock PJ and Kouba A and Soto I and Abreo NAS and Vilizzi L and Błońska D and Tarkan AS and De Santis V and Sousa R and Nogueira AB and Heeren S and Nogueira JG and Cano-Barbacil C and Cremella B and Strubbe D and Silva JPD and Poloni R and Deschepper P and Thoré ESJ and Misteli B and Sun J and Panisi M and Dudgeon D and Stamatiadou V and Galib SM and Maes C and Baso NC and Beukema W and Števove B and Záhorská E and Kurtul I and Kaur D and Huber AF and Halabowski D and de Assis Guilherme Padilha J and Balzani P and Kaya C and Bayçelebi E and Mugnai M and Ahmed DA and Saç G and Aksu S and Kaya BM and Ciftcioglu M and Jiang X and Rodríguez-Rey M and Martín-Forés I and Leles SG and Pârvulescu L and Pergl J and Rossetto F and Wei H and Kirichenko NI and Briski E and Gallitelli L and Britton JR and Everts T},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature human behaviour},
  doi = {10.1038/s41562-026-02575-5},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02575-5}
}

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PJ, H., A, K., I, S., NAS, A., L, V., D, B., AS, T., V, D. S., R, S., AB, N., S, H., JG, N., C, C., B, C., D, S., JPD, S., R, P., P, D., ESJ, T., B, M., J, S., M, P., D, D., V, S., SM, G., C, M., NC, B., W, B., B, Š., E, Z., I, K., D, K., AF, H., D, H., J, D. A. G. P., P, B., C, K., E, B., M, M., DA, A., G, S., S, A., BM, K., M, C., X, J., M, R., I, M., SG, L., L, P., J, P., F, R., H, W., NI, K., E, B., L, G., JR, B., & T, E. (2026). How contemporary academic structures constrain scientific creativity and hold back early-career researchers.. Nature human behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02575-5

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