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A manifesto for failure: Depersonalising, collectivising and embracing failure in research funding

Holdsworth, Clare

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Abstract

The odds of failure are greater than those for success when applying for research funding. Yet academics are expected to be successful and win research funding to advance their own careers and the esteem of their institutions. This intensification of applications for research funding means that failure is a fact of life for researchers. In this intervention piece I examine how failure to secure research funding is entrenched in universities and suggest proposals to address this. The manifesto, which are my own views, argues that we need to depersonalise, collectivise and embrace failure.

Citation

Holdsworth, C. (2020). A manifesto for failure: Depersonalising, collectivising and embracing failure in research funding. Emotion, Space and Society, 37, 100744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2020.100744

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 12, 2020
Online Publication Date Oct 22, 2020
Publication Date 2020-11
Deposit Date May 31, 2023
Journal Emotion, Space and Society
Print ISSN 1755-4586
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 37
Pages 100744
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2020.100744
Keywords Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; Social Psychology
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