Jonatan Nästesjö: What does luck really mean in academia?

By Caroline Cabot - Published 8 October 2024

[Translate to English:] Porträttmontage av Jonatan Nästesjö och turkort i kortspel

[Translate to English:] När allt känns som ett lotteri, då kan vi lika gärna hjälpa varandra. Så sa en postdoktor som Jonatan Nästesjö intervjuade. Foto: Unsplash

Researchers’ talk about luck contradicts the view that success is purely a result of achievement. Jonatan Nästesjö writes about the role that luck plays in academia.

Read the full column in the magazine Curie.

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