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The eLife community is working to help address some of the pressures on early-career scientists in a number of ways. Learn more about our work and advisory group, sign up for our monthly news, follow us on Twitter, and explore recent activities below.
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  1. eLife Latest: April 2024 update on our actions to promote equity, diversity and inclusion

    This seventh report highlights our recent activities and planned actions for the next six months

  2. eLife Latest: 2024 update on the diversity of our editorial community

    Our most detailed report on the diversity of eLife's editorial board showcases three years of progress, as well as areas for further improvement.

  3. Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Your tips, tools and resources

    A crowdsourced list of practical advice on how to navigate the research environment, from and for neurodivergent scientists.
  4. Cartoon figures of various people working in research as they sit or stand on a cartoon brains with items reflecting the diversity of activities in academia. Vicky Bowskill (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

    Being Neurodivergent in Academia

    Edited by Elsa Loissel et al.
    Neurodiversity in research, from the perspective of neurodivergent scientists.
  5. Line drawing of a human figure sitting on a stylised brain, in front of white sparks on a purple magenta background. Vicky Bowskill (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

    Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Autistic and abroad

    Andrew K Schulz
    An AuDHD researcher recounts the highs and lows of relocating to Germany for his postdoc.

  6. Early-Career Advisory Group: Saying goodbye to leaving members

    We hear from Andy, Carolina, and Florencia as they finish their four-year term of advising at eLife and pass on their experiences to early-career researchers who wish to get involved in building change.
  7. Line drawing of a human figure sitting on a stylised brain, in front of white sparks on a light blue background. Vicky Bowskill (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

    Being Neurodivergent in Academia: The meaning of a word

    Kirsty Lauder
    A fraught exchange on social media leads a PhD student to reconsider how she conducts research on neuroinclusivity while being neurodivergent herself.

  8. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Introducing the eLife Global South Committee for Open Science

    The newly-formed Global South Committee for Open Science will advise eLife on how best to promote equitable collaboration and inclusion.

  9. eLife Ambassadors Survey: Why do postdocs leave labs?

    Discussions throughout the eLife Ambassadors programme have led to this initiative to investigate the reasons behind the premature departure of postdocs from research groups and the consequential impact of this phenomenon amid the ongoing postdoc crisis.
  10. Line drawing of a human figure sitting on a stylised brain, in front of white sparks on a lilac background. Vicky Bowskill (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

    Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Outgrowing self-denial

    Jay K Goldberg
    After hitting rock bottom a few months into a prestigious fellowship, a postdoc recounts how they found their way to ADHD medication, therapy, and better mental health.
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Highlights

    1. Neuroscience
    Someone typing at a laptop wearing rings and a smart watch.

    An author from the first revised Reviewed Preprint shares her experience

  2. A hand gloved in teal holds a yellow spark on a pale green background

    A young group leader reflects on academic culture and working while going through cancer treatments

    Nicole Swann
  3. Hands of people with different skin colours making a circle

    eLife addresses “parachute science” to support meaningful collaborations