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Diversity and inclusion

Diversity and inclusion

A stance against forced retirement

18 Mar 2020
Taken from the March 2020 issue of Physics World.

Paul Ewart says it is unfair to force active physicists to retire to “free up” positions for younger scientists or to improve diversity – when there is little evidence that it does so

Group of older adults meeting
Stepping aside: some universities claim that imposing retirement can help create vacancies that improves gender diversity as well as opportunities for younger academics. (Courtesy: iStock/BakiBG)
Making reasonable estimates is a core skill for a scientist. When I interviewed candidates to study

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Paul Ewart is a physicist at the University of Oxford, UK, e-mail paul.ewart@physics.ox.ac.uk
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