Science from the bottom up.
Sebastian Dohnány, Rony Hirschhorn, Ulysse Klatzmann, Karla Matić, Camilo M Signorelli, Hadrien Titeux, Hanna M. Tolle
Trends in Cognitive Sciences September 3, 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2026.08.001 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Community-level intervention Consciousness science Early-career researchers Interdisciplinary collaboration Metascience Research culture |
| Key points | Argues that the way a scientific community is organized shapes whether disagreement drives progress or isolation, and that empowering early-career researchers, as illustrated by a student-led consciousness science society, can turn fragmentation into collaboration. |
Abstract
How a scientific community is organized can affect whether disagreement drives progress or leads to isolation. Students and postdocs are uniquely placed to build communities that bridge theoretical and methodological divides. Drawing on a student-led society in consciousness science, we show how empowering early-career researchers can turn fragmentation into collaboration.
Citations in the library
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