Cédric Girard-Buttoz
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Cédric Girard-Buttoz
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Biologist, primate fan, sport addict, photographer, try to understand how animals process the world and communicate about it
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I think it's a great idea.
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Scotland seems pretty appropriate or?
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The relevant bit of grump from the quoted post (left). And age distribution of Max Planck directors (right)
The biggest problem is the leadership of the institutes, the directors, people like me. Most of us got appointed by being successful in a system that lacks the reforms that are needed. And the job encourages a kind of competitive narcissism that views complaints about the system as weakness. Why would you trust us to implement reform? The good news is that a lot of directors are going to retire in the next 10 years. More than 100 of them. If hiring is done right, a lot of change can be accomplished. But we’ll have to be less focused on hiring people based upon how many Nature papers they’ve published. Instead we’ll need to hear that they have a persuasive vision for how to improve the conduct of research in their field. No more Brotgelehrte with high h-indices, please. age/gender distribution of Max Planck directors. Left is men. Right is women. Vertical axis is age. Horizontal is count.
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Link to report: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM