Academia in the throes of faceless bureaucracy
Pansieri et al. argue that bureaucracy is suffocating research, as an ever increasing administrative burden consumes researchers’ time and diverts focus from discovery to compliance. They highlight ways in which red tape delays progress, wastes funding and drives researchers out of academia, and call for systemic change.
Authors
- Adriana Casallas‐Vanegas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4711-8148)
- Gloria Dalla Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8761-9337)
- Abdülkadir Tunç (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9747-5285)
- Serena Borrelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3186-1562)
- Andrew Lockhart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8082-846X)
- Sara Samadzadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3593-1852)
- Marco Pisa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9409-6864)
- René Carvajal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3583-8412)
- Sandy Figiel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3889-3468)
- Luis Alfonso Zarco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3051-3723)
- Edgar Carnero Contentti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7435-5726)
- Christos Bakirtzis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4737-3707)
- Lukas Haider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-1770)
- David A. Menassa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5984-8407)
- Vito A. G. Ricigliano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8860-3548)
- Enrique Gómez‐Figueroa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0206-322X)
- Sanja Gluščević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9230-9093)
- Emine Rabia Koç (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0264-7284)
- Jonathan Pansieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8918-9943)
- Edgar Patricio Correa‐Díaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6363-8886)
- Jonadab dos Santos Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4216-333X)
- Natalia Szejko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6160-9221)
- Vinícius Boldrini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3984-2689)
- Meral Seferoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3858-0306)
- Vitória Pimentel
- Nita Alpin
Institutions
- Sakarya University (TR)
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇ (TR)
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- Harvard University (US)
- Inserm (FR)
- Universidad de La Sabana (CO)
- Universidade Federal Fluminense (BR)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (CO)
- Medical University of Warsaw (PL)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Yale University (US)
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (EC)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Instituto do Cérebro (BR)
- Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Paris Saclay (FR)
- Slagelse Hospital (DK)
- Hospital Civil de Guadalajara (MX)
- Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari (ES)
- CEA Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS (BR)
- Hospital Alemán (AR)
- Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (BR)
- Institute of Neuroimmunology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK)
- Guided Therapeutics (United States) (US)
- S.B.Ü. Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- University College London (GB)
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- University of Montenegro (ME)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
- UCLouvain (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaf217
- Primary Topic
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00