Research culture: science from bench to society.

[en] Research is a long process in which the collaboration between stakeholders involved in academia, industry and governments is crucial. Ideally, these stakeholders should work together to better align the innovation process with the values, needs and expectations of the research community. Reflecting on how we perform research and how our discoveries can benefit society is therefore of the utmost importance. The complete system of shared values concerning the research process is embedded in the concept of research culture, which has been gaining more attention in recent years. With the hope of increasing awareness of research culture among established scientists and early-career professionals, in this manuscript we discuss what research culture is, what it consists of and how it can positively influence scientific developments.

Disciplines :

Hematology

Author, co-author :

Canti, Lorenzo ; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA

Chrzanowska, Anna ; Neuro-Electronic Research Flanders, VIB, 3001 Leuven, Belgium ; Biology Department, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium ; Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre, 3001 Leuven, Belgium

Doglio, M Giulia ; VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium ; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Martina, Lia ; VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium ; Department for Biomolecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Van Den Bossche, Tim ; VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium ; Department for Biomolecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Language :

English

Title :

Research culture: science from bench to society.

Publication date :

2021

Journal title :

Biology Open

eISSN :

2046-6390

Publisher :

Company of Biologists Ltd, England

Volume :

Pages :

bio058919

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Funding text :

We would like to acknowledge the support of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) [grants 11C5119N and 11C5121N to AC, 1S90918N to TVDB].

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