mastodon 4.7.2Director, @RoRInstitute. Professor of research policy at UCL STEaPP. Transdisciplinary metascience for the win.
The call for proposals for Metascience 2025 is open! We’re after ideas for sessions, talks, posters & online symposia. Deadline 7 February https://metascience.info/call-for-proposals/
And if you haven’t already, save the date! 30 June to 2 July #Metascience25
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The Research on Research Institute is hiring! Four roles available in our core team @RoRInstitute@indieweb.social, based at UCL.
We’re seeking an Operations Manager; a Research Fellow in Metascience; a Communications & Impact Manager; and an Administrator. More here: https://researchonresearch.org/rori-is-hiring-join-our-core-team-based-at-ucl/
The first of the RoRI-hosted virtual symposia for #Metascience2023 is now underway—on Replication in the Humanities. Join us for one of the other sessions coming up on 28 April & 2/3/4 May: https://metascience.info/virtual-symposia/
Is the rankings tail wagging the strategy dog? New piece for Campus Morning Mail by @cameronneylon@scholar.social & me on the uncertain prospects for responsible research assessment in Australia https://campusmorningmail.com.au/news/rankings-tail-wags-the-strategy-dog/
As the UK’s new Department of Science, Innovation & Technology goes meta, here’s me in Wonkhe on why we should seize this metascientific moment to make research work better & smarter https://wonkhe.com/blogs/the-government-discovers-metascience/
Plans for REF 2028 should de debated, not throttled. New OA piece by @StephenCurry@mstdn.social Lizzie Gadd & me on debates now hotting up over the place of research culture in assessment https://www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/political-science-blog/2023/10/Plans-for-REF-2028-should-be-debated--not-throttled.html
‘A huge relief’: more researcher reactions to the imminent UK-EU deal on Horizon Europe https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/06/scientists-react-to-news-of-uk-rejoining-horizon?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Horizon deal awaits Sunak’s signature: BBC’s Pallab Ghosh has the latest, with reactions from CaSE, Krebs, Nurse & me
Can AI predict research impacts? Should deep content models replace citations as a basis for science policy and funding?
Join us this Thurs 15 June for an online RoRI seminar with @ucl’s Amy Nelson & Parashkev Nachev: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/can-ai-predict-research-impacts-tickets-645968117027?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Invert the order! Government's role in shaping a science superpower
Join us on 18 May to hear James Phillips, former Number 10 S&T adviser, reflect on the power & limits of policy for science. First of a new @RoRInstitute seminar series.
“If there is a China strategy, nobody knows what it is.” Hannah Devlin on the record 1104 Chinese researchers & students barred from the UK in 2022 (up from 128 in 2020) https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/15/1100-scientists-and-students-barred-from-uk-amid-china-crackdown
