Improving research culture within your lab

The companion piece to our article on nurturing a positive research culture at the organisation level, our new article should hit closer to home for most researchers - how to nurture a positive research culture at your individual lab level!

Running a research team is not simply about producing important research findings. It is important for the team leader to also focus on creating an environment that is a positive experience for the team members and a place for them to build further careers from. Focus on the culture of the team feeds back into the quality of the research, aiding impactful, reproducible and ethical research. Part of building a positive research environment comes from your role as a leader, and interacting with you team with kindness and integrity. However you can aid this process by engineering the structure of your team and through thoughtful consideration of your language and actions. In this article we discuss several tactics to research team leadership that may help team leaders create a positive environment for their team members.

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