{"id":3964,"date":"2022-08-08T11:57:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T11:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/dear-academia-its-time-to-think\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:03:32","slug":"dear-academia-its-time-to-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/dear-academia-its-time-to-think","title":{"rendered":"Dear academia, it\u2019s time to THINK!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><i>\u201cAcademic bullying is a serious concern. Students cannot complain because often their degree is at stake.\u201d <\/i>\u00a0\u2013 <b>Survey participant (PhD student), CACTUS Mental Health Survey<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><i>\u201cPunish supervisors who bully their staff rather than forcing the staff who are bullied to leave. Too many bullies are allowed to remain in academia and they ruin people\u2019s careers and lives.\u201d<\/i> \u2013 <b>Survey participant (Post-doctoral researcher), CACTUS Mental Health Survey<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">It is no secret that academia has a dark, expansive history of bullying. But two years ago, when we launched the <a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cactusglobal.com\/mental-health-survey\/\">CACTUS Mental Health Survey<\/a>, we were both alarmed and upset when bullying emerged as one of researchers\u2019 most prominent stress triggers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Our <span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"text-underline: none;\">survey on researcher mental health and wellbeing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> attracted over 13,000 respondents from around the world. One of the most alarming findings was that over one-third (37%) of respondents reported experiencing some form of bullying, harassment, or discrimination in their work environment. Close to 40% indicated that their organization did not have strict policies to prevent, detect, or take action against such hostile behaviors. The data clearly indicated that bullying was one of the major factors negatively affecting researcher mental health.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Pointing out the need to improve research culture, several respondents suggested promoting equality and preventing hostile behaviors like bullying in the workplace. Their detailed comments highlighted many issues in how incidents of academic bullying are perceived, discussed, and dealt with. Poor or no support for targets of bullying, being forced to remain silent for fear of jeopardizing one\u2019s career or future in the field, lack of safe reporting channels, and lack of consequences for bullies are just some of the problem areas described in survey respondents\u2019 comments.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Over the past few years, a growing body of evidence has suggested an alarming rate of bullying in academia and academic institutions. One in five graduate students who responded to <a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-019-03459-7\">Nature\u2019s 2019 global PhD survey<\/a> reported experiencing bullying, and 57% of these graduate students said they felt unable to discuss their situation without fearing personal repercussions. According to <a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-019-02052-2\">Max Planck Society\u2019s survey on bullying<\/a>, 10% of the respondents reported experiencing bullying in the preceding 12 months, and 17.5% reported experiencing it over a longer period of time. <a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/academic-bullying-too-often-ignored-here-are-some-targets-stories\">Many targets of bullying have come forward with disturbing personal accounts<\/a>, further highlighting the fact that academia <i>does <\/i>have a bullying problem.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">In order to address this issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/cactusglobal.com\/think-academia\/?utm_source=editageinsights&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=rvoice-insights-site-think-academia--row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cactus Communications launched THINK Academia<\/a> \u2013 a global initiative against bullying in academia. <b>THINK <\/b>is an acronym that stands for what we believe an ideal academia should be \u2013 <b>T<\/b>houghtful, <b>H<\/b>umane, <b>I<\/b>nclusive, <b>N<\/b>urturing, and <b>K<\/b>ind. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">The THINK Academia initiative envisions a global academic culture that is free from all forms of bullying. One of our main goals is to make people more aware of what bullying looks like in academia, the forms it could take, and that anyone could become a target of bullying. We\u2019re calling on individuals in academia to lead with kindness and empathy while interacting with colleagues and others in the workplace. We\u2019re calling academic institutions to build and maintain safe channels of communication and implement policies that prioritize <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">their people\u2019s safety, health, and wellbeing.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">THINK Academia is geared towards creating a better academia \u2013 one in which bullying is no longer a common occurrence, no longer a \u201crite of passage\u201d, and no longer ignored or disguised. It has been an urgent need for too long. We can no longer ignore the growing numbers, the terrifying experiences, or indeed, the talent we drive away from academia by ignoring the problem. We must act now. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Do you want to be a positive part of the change we need in academia? If your answer is yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/cactusglobal.com\/think-academia\/?utm_source=editageinsights&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=rvoice-insights-site-think-academia--row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign the THINK Academia Pledge<\/a> today and show the world your support for a better academia.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAcademic bullying is a serious concern. Students cannot complain because often their degree is at stake.\u201d \u00a0\u2013 Survey participant (PhD student), CACTUS Mental Health Survey \u201cPunish supervisors who bully their staff rather than forcing the staff who are bullied to leave. 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