Supervisor: Luke Feast <>
Announced end of poll: 17 August 2018
Actual time poll closed:
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Actual votes cast: 66
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Poll description

Rank order–from most to least important–what you consider to be the issues confronting the PHD-Design list currently?

Result

1. Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture  (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices)
2. Lack of tolerance for a wide range of views in mailing list discussions  loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 30–28
3. Continued dominance of the ‘scientific’ worldview in mailing list discussions  loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 41–15, loses to Lack of tolerance for a wide range of views in mailing list discussions by 42–17
4. Harmful effects of careless reasoning on the quality of mailing list discussions  loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 36–27, loses to Continued dominance of the ‘scientific’ worldview in mailing list discussions by 32–30
5. Insufficient discussion of supervision of PhD candidates and examination of theses.  loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 38–22, loses to Harmful effects of careless reasoning on the quality of mailing list discussions by 33–27
6. Insufficient attention to moral and political issues in mailing list discussions  loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 41–15, loses to Insufficient discussion of supervision of PhD candidates and examination of theses. by 34–26
7. Lack of discussion of practical issues of PhD candidature and examination  loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 41–18, loses to Insufficient discussion of supervision of PhD candidates and examination of theses. by 27–26
8. Lack of information on post-doctoral fellowships and academic job opportunities  loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 42–19, loses to Lack of discussion of practical issues of PhD candidature and examination by 29–23
9. Capture of the PHD-Design mailing list by interest groups with political rather than scientific goals  loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 40–18, loses to Lack of information on post-doctoral fellowships and academic job opportunities by 29–23
10. Excessive discussion of issues of sexism and argumentation style in PHD-Design list culture  loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 41–17, loses to Capture of the PHD-Design mailing list by interest groups with political rather than scientific goals by 30–18
11. Excessive emphasis on issues of diversity in mailing list discussions  loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 46–10, loses to Excessive discussion of issues of sexism and argumentation style in PHD-Design list culture by 28–14
12. Excessive posting of conference calls, jobs advertisements and self-promotion.  loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 46–9, loses to Excessive emphasis on issues of diversity in mailing list discussions by 25–16

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Result details

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1. Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture   -30 41 36 38 41 41 42 40 41 46 46
2. Lack of tolerance for a wide range of views in mailing list discussions   28 -42 43 44 50 44 46 49 50 50 54
3. Continued dominance of the ‘scientific’ worldview in mailing list discussions   15 17 -32 33 35 38 37 37 39 42 44
4. Harmful effects of careless reasoning on the quality of mailing list discussions   27 20 30 -33 31 33 36 42 44 47 48
5. Insufficient discussion of supervision of PhD candidates and examination of theses.   22 16 28 27 -34 27 35 36 38 45 49
6. Insufficient attention to moral and political issues in mailing list discussions   15 10 18 25 26 -29 34 35 34 39 42
7. Lack of discussion of practical issues of PhD candidature and examination   18 15 22 24 26 29 -29 30 35 37 44
8. Lack of information on post-doctoral fellowships and academic job opportunities   19 16 24 22 21 25 23 -29 31 37 39
9. Capture of the PHD-Design mailing list by interest groups with political rather than scientific goals   18 11 22 17 22 21 26 23 -30 36 37
10. Excessive discussion of issues of sexism and argumentation style in PHD-Design list culture   17 8 17 11 19 19 20 23 18 -28 33
11. Excessive emphasis on issues of diversity in mailing list discussions   10 8 11 4 10 13 13 11 11 14 -25
12. Excessive posting of conference calls, jobs advertisements and self-promotion.   9 5 7 7 8 6 8 10 10 11 16 -

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