Community-building for normalizing Open Science/Open Research practices (Part 1)

Featuring:

–Marcus Munafò, Professor of Biological Psychology and MRC Investigator, University of Bristol; Chair of UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) Steering Group

…in conversation with Dan Morgan, discussing examples and insights from community-building initiatives intended to educate and normalize better open research practices, and the importance of peer-to-peer education and communication.

REFERENCES / LINKS

UK Reproducibility Network https://www.ukrn.org/

John P. A. Ioannidis: Why Most Published Research Findings Are False, PLOS Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124

New network launched to enhance the rigour and reliability of UK scientific research https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/september/reproducibility-network-.html

UKRN local network leads https://www.ukrn.org/local-network-leads/
UKRN institutional leads & formal members https://www.ukrn.org/institutional-leads/

UK Research and Innovation: Research Integrity https://www.ukri.org/our-work/supporting-healthy-research-and-innovation-culture/research-integrity/

Decline effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_effect

Charles Babbage: Reflections on the decline of science in England, and on some of its causes https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1216/1216-h/1216-h.htm

Fiona Fidler in “This Time Could Be Different”, The Black Goat podcast https://www.theblackgoatpodcast.com/posts/this-time-could-be-different-with-fiona-fidler/

UK R&D People & Culture strategy https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-and-development-rd-people-and-culture-strategy

Stevan Harnad: Free at Last: The Future of Peer-Reviewed Journals http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december99/12harnad.html

UKRN International Networks https://www.ukrn.org/international-networks/

Major funding boost for UK’s open research agenda http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2021/september/open-research-funding.html