{"title":"Radical reform is needed to combat power abuses in academia","authors":"Zacharias Roupas","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02127-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Although measures that have previously been suggested — such as the more intense and efficient monitoring of abuse, with the parallel application of more and stricter penalties<sup>3</sup> — are necessary, they are not sufficient.</p><p>Modern universities evolved from monastic schools<sup>4,5</sup>, and the academic hierarchy originates in religious hierarchy. The elementary cell of this structure is the master–disciple relationship<sup>4</sup>. Such structures I argue are not only obsolete, but also implicitly psychologically abusive.</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":21.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature Human Behaviour","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02127-3","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Although measures that have previously been suggested — such as the more intense and efficient monitoring of abuse, with the parallel application of more and stricter penalties3 — are necessary, they are not sufficient.
Modern universities evolved from monastic schools4,5, and the academic hierarchy originates in religious hierarchy. The elementary cell of this structure is the master–disciple relationship4. Such structures I argue are not only obsolete, but also implicitly psychologically abusive.
期刊介绍:
Nature Human Behaviour is a journal that focuses on publishing research of outstanding significance into any aspect of human behavior.The research can cover various areas such as psychological, biological, and social bases of human behavior.It also includes the study of origins, development, and disorders related to human behavior.The primary aim of the journal is to increase the visibility of research in the field and enhance its societal reach and impact.