https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzsr <p><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Zealand Science Review</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> provides a forum for the discussion of issues of relevance to science in Aotearoa New Zealand in the past, present and future. It is aimed at scientists, decision makers, and the interested public.</span></span></p> en-US https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzsr/announcement/view/22 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aotearoa New Zealand’s research system is undergoing a period of transformation. Restructuring across the research sector, budget cuts, changes to major funding schemes such as Marsden and Endeavour, and the merging of Crown Research Institutes into newly formed Public Research Organisations (PROs) are among the changes that are reshaping the environment in which research is carried out. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following special issues focusing on the crisis in our universities and the wider research system, </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Zealand Science Review</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> seeks contributions from Early Career Researchers (ECRs) who are navigating this period of uncertainty and transition. We aim to collect reflections grounded in personal experience and informed by broader observations to document this moment and its implications for the future of research in Aotearoa. Innovative solutions to the systemic challenges we face are particularly welcome.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We invite short pieces (400-800 words) that explore, for example:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How institutional restructuring and funding shifts appear to be shaping your research and career plans relative to historic precedent or what drew you to research</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Changes in collaboration, research direction, or access to mentoring and support</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experiences specific to Māori, Pacific, and other underrepresented researchers</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What is being lost—and what might be emerging—in this moment of transition</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Your hopes, concerns, and visions for a more inclusive and sustainable research system</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We define ECRs broadly and include anyone in the first ten years of their research journey based in universities, PROs, wānanga, the public or private sectors, or working in independent or community-based research.</span></p> <p><strong>Please note:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We recognise that candid commentary may involve professional risk. While all submitting authors must identify themselves during the submission process, requests for anonymous publication will be respected.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2025</strong></span></p> <p><strong>To contribute or to ask questions about relevance, article length, or other details, please email: editor@scientists.org.nz. </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">All submissions will be reviewed and edited by a member of the editorial board and will not undergo the standard peer review process.</span></p> New Zealand Science Review 2025-07-31