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A Ponzi scheme is a form of fraud that lures investors and pays profits to earlier investors with funds from more recent investors. Not to be mistaken with a pyramid scheme, a ponzi scheme is an investor trap that continually generates victims within the system, similar to the increasing number of PhD students entering the workforce with very few jobs available to them.
A poverty trap and a rigidity trap are typical maladaptive departures from an adaptive cycle in a system. “If an adaptive cycle collapses because the potential and diversity have been eradicated due to misuse or an external force, an impoverished state can result, with low connectedness, low potential, and low resilience, thus creating a poverty trap.”Reference:Holling, C. S. Understanding the Complexity of Economic, Ecological, and Social Systems. Ecosystems, 2001, 4, 390–405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-001-0101-5.
Precarious employment describes continuous short term contracts that may or may not lead to permanent employment. Precarious employment is rife within academia in New Zealand, and the research community in general. Those most affected by this are often Early Career Researchers (ECRs).References:Simpson, A.; Jolliffe Simpson, A. D.; Soar, M.; Oldfield, L.; Roy, R. P.; Salter, L. A. Elephant In The Room: Precarious Work In New Zealand Universities; report; The University of Auckland, 2022. https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.19243626.v2.Research precariat - OECD https://www.oecd.org/sti/science-technology-innovation-outlook/research-precariat/ (accessed 2022 -03 -17).
Term used to describe a “research group leader”. A PI will refer to an active researcher with potential funding available for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers.
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Shorthand for a system where those with resources accumulate success because they were well resourced, and not due to the merit of their proposals. Also known as the ‘Matthew Effect’. Work to date suggests this applies to the NZ research system.
A poverty trap and a rigidity trap are typical maladaptive departures from an adaptive cycle in a system. “A system with high potential, connectedness, and resilience is represented by the rigidity trap. It is suggestive of the maladaptive conditions present in hierocracies, such as large bureaucracies.”Reference:Holling, C. S. Understanding the Complexity of Economic, Ecological, and Social Systems. Ecosystems, 2001, 4, 390–405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-001-0101-5.
This acronym is "research, science, and innovation". It is a term the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment uses in their writings and other communication. It is commonly used in many posts on this site to refer to the whole of the research system.
