Academic air travel has a limited influence on professional success

2019/04/12 by Seth Wynes, Simon D. Donner, Steuart Tannason +1 · 1 voice · 14 citations
Environmental Science · Social Sciences · #Climate Change Communication and Perception #Conferences and Exhibitions Management #Environmental Education and Sustainability

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.109

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Discussions

• Completely agree this is a really important topic - researchers at UBC found that academics' increased international travel (carbon emissions) had no relationship with metrics of academic productivity [bsky, 4 points, 0 comments]