Trying to incentivise researchers to be productive by paying them more at first glance seems likely to exacerbate the publish-or-perish mentality and the production of lots of mediocre research in an attempt to appear productive, no? And if you’re not trying to incentivise them, what are you paying them more for? I assume you’re not operating on some concept of “merit”.
I’m inclined to agree with ChristianKI’s impression that it would be more conducive to science to give people the security to think in quiet by guaranteeing them a basic livelihood.
Well, tenure is something that guarantees a livelihood to some allegedly existing academics over 45 years of age… Everybody else has to live on temporary positions.
Trying to incentivise researchers to be productive by paying them more at first glance seems likely to exacerbate the publish-or-perish mentality and the production of lots of mediocre research in an attempt to appear productive, no? And if you’re not trying to incentivise them, what are you paying them more for? I assume you’re not operating on some concept of “merit”.
I’m inclined to agree with ChristianKI’s impression that it would be more conducive to science to give people the security to think in quiet by guaranteeing them a basic livelihood.
Isn’t that precisely what tenure is?
Well, tenure is something that guarantees a livelihood to some allegedly existing academics over 45 years of age… Everybody else has to live on temporary positions.