To combat inappropriate behaviour at academic institutions, much more needs to be done in the way of prevention. The current approach focuses mainly on handling complaints, but social safety at universities and research institutes can only really be improved by making workplace behaviour a systematic subject of discussion.
That calls for a different culture, anchored in a new way of providing leadership. At the request of the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (the “Academy”) has published Social Safety in Dutch Academia: From Paper to Practice, a guide with recommendations and tips for preventing or tackling inappropriate behaviour at an early stage. Its purpose is to initiate a process for increasing social safety in Dutch academia.
Source: knaw.nl
