S. Meirmans

How researchers experience the impact of consortia and ERC funding schemes on their science

The paper explores how researchers perceive the impact of consortia and ERC funding schemes on their science, finding that ERC grants align more with their preferred research practices.

How competition for funding impacts scientific practice

This study examines how competitive funding affects scientific practice, finding that it leads to short-sighted, fashionable, and overpromising research with unintended consequences.

Sex in the wild: how and why field-based studies contribute to solving the problem of sex

This paper reviews field-based studies on sex in natural populations, highlighting support for niche differentiation and gaps in understanding adaptive evolution and mutation accumulation.