Everything Hertz
178 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsMethodology, scientific life, and bad language. Co-hosted by Dr. Dan Quintana (University of Oslo) and Dr. James Heathers (Cipher Skin)
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178: Alerting researchers about retractions
February 29, 2024 20:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBDan and James discuss the Retractobot service, which emails authors about papers they've cited that have been retracted. What should authors do if they discover a paper they've cited has been retracted after they published their paper? Other things they chat about A listener question about including examiner's comments in thesis The different types of retractions and thier impact Why aren't versioning systems more common in scientific publishing? Other links Everything Hertz on social media -...
177: Plagiarism
January 31, 2024 19:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBWe discuss two recent plagiarism cases, one you've probably heard about and another that you probably haven't heard about if you're outside Norway. We also chat about the parallels between plagiarism and sports doping—would people reconsider academic dishonesty if they were reminded that future technology may catch them out? Here are some of the takeaways from the episode (generated with the help of AI): Plagiarism cases can range from minor academic practice issues to more serious instances ...
176: Tracking academic workloads
December 29, 2023 19:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBWe chat about a paper on the invisible workload of open science and why academics are so bad at tracking their workloads. This episode was originally recorded in May 2023 in a hotel room just before our live recording of Episode 169, which is why we refer to the paper as a 'new' paper near the start of the episode. Links * The paper (https://journal.trialanderror.org/pub/the-invisible-workload/release/1) on the invisible workload of open research * Our live and in-person episode (https://ever...
175: Defending against the scientific dark arts
December 07, 2023 13:00 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBWe chat about a recent blogpost from Dorothy Bishop, in which she proposes a Master course that will provide training in fraud detection—what should such a course specifically teach and where would these people work to apply their training? We also discuss whether open science is a cult that has trouble seeing outward. Links * The blog post (https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2023/11/defence-against-dark-arts-proposal-for.html) on the Master in dark arts defence from Dorothy Bishop * The blog post...
174: Smug missionaries with test tubes
November 01, 2023 20:15 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBJames proposes proposes a new type of consortium paper that could provide collaborative opportunities for researchers from countries that are underrepresented in published research papers. We also talk about computational reproducibility and paper publication bonuses. Links The paper from Steve Lindsay on computational reproducbility: A Plea to Psychology Professional Societies that Publish Journals: Assess Computational Reproducibility (https://doi.org/10.15626/MP.2023.4020) Other links Ev...
173: How do science journalists evaluate psychology papers?
October 01, 2023 06:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBDan and James discuss a recent paper that investigated how science journalists evaluate psychology papers. To answer this question, the researchers presented science journalists with fictitious psychology studies and manipulated sample size, sample representativeness, p-values, and institutional prestige Links * The paper (https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231183912) on how science journalists evaluate psychology papers * The preprint paper (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.19.55...
172: In defence of the discussion section
August 31, 2023 19:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBDan and James discuss a recent proposal to do away with discussion sections and suggest other stuff they'd like to get rid of from academic publishing. Links * The paper (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04267-3) on the proposed elimiation of the discussion section * The paper (https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245920970949) on machine readable hypothesis tests * Our episodes (https://everythinghertz.com/guests/daniel-lakens) with Daniel Lakens * Our episode (https://everythinghertz.com/78) with ...
171: The easiest person to fool is yourself (with Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris)
July 20, 2023 17:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBWe chat with Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris about the science of cons and how we can we can avoid being taken in. We also cover the fate of the gorilla suit from the 'invisible gorilla' study, why scientists are especially prone to being fooled, plus more! Buy Daniel and Christopher's new book, Nobody's fool, from your favourite bookseller here (https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/daniel-simons/nobodys-fool/9781541602236/). Other links Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twi...
170: Holy sheet
June 23, 2023 13:45 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBWe discuss evidence of data tampering in a series of experiments investigating dishonesty revealed via excel spreadsheet metadata and how traditional peer review is not suited for the detection of data tampering. Links Data colada post 1 (https://datacolada.org/109) The conceptual replication attempt (https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/7/2/28) in Guatemalan taxpayers The paper (https://rdcu.be/dfdS8) on using caution when applying behavioural science to policy Data colada post 2 (https://dataco...
169: Using big data to understand behavior (Live episode with Sandra Matz)
May 31, 2023 08:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBIn our first ever live and in-person episode, we chat with Sandra Matz about the opportunities and challenges for using big data to understand human behavior Links Everybody lies book (https://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Lies-Internet-About-Really/dp/0062390856), by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz A paper (https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-015-0630-z) on "Born open" data Other links Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/dsquintana) - James on twitte...
168: Meta-meta-science
April 27, 2023 06:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBDan and James discuss a new paper that reviews potential issues in metascience practices. They also talk about their upcoming live show in May in Frankfurt. Links Our upcoming show on May 8th, which will be a part of the at the 4th symposium on big data and research syntheses in psychology symposium (https://conference-service.com/ressyn-bigdata-2023/xpage.html?xpage=243&lang=en) to be held in Frankfurt, Germany The paper (https://journal.trialanderror.org/pub/questionable-metascience-practic...
167: Diluted effect sizes
March 16, 2023 07:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBDan and James chat about a new study that uses homeopathy studies to evaluate bias in biomedical research, a new-ish type of authorship fraud, and the potential for Chat GPT peer-review. Links The Chat GPT paper library tweet (https://twitter.com/michelnivard/status/1625786225725526016?s=20) The Homeopathy paper (https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(23)00010-0/fulltext) The David Grimes paper (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-7166.2012.01162.x) British dental journal paper on fraud (http...
166: Is science becoming less disruptive over time?
January 25, 2023 08:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBDan and James discuss a recent paper that claims that science is becoming less disruptive over time and the suggested causes for this decline. Links * Our prior episode (https://everythinghertz.com/165), which discussed PhD defences * The paper (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05543-x) on disruption in science * The news piece (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04577-5) on the paper Other links Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/dsqu...
165: Self-promotion
December 30, 2022 08:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBDan and James chat about self-promotion in academia, how they both wish they had doctoral defences (these aren't a thing in Australia), and replacing error bars with the letter "t". Links and stuff * The now retracted paper (https://www.hindawi.com/journals/amse/2022/3802603/) with the error bars as "t"s * A direct link (https://www.hindawi.com/journals/amse/2022/3802603/fig9/) to the figure * The blog post on self-promotion, titled "The End of Decency: When Self-Promotion Goes Too Far" htt...
164: The great migration
November 28, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBJames and Dan discuss the recent migration of scientists from Twitter to Mastodon and the pros and cons of sharing the prior submission history of manuscripts The Mastodon thread (https://mas.to/@SteinbockGroup/109385540133459884) discussion the submission history policy in American Chemical Society Journals The "Weekend at Bernies" film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend_at_Bernie%27s) Our new Mastodon account: @[email protected] (https://mas.to/@hertzpodcast) James' leaf blower man ...
163: eLife's new peer review model
November 07, 2022 07:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBDan and James discuss eLife's new peer review model, in which they no longer make accept/reject decisions at the end of the peer-review process. Instead, papers invited for peer review will receive an assessment from eLife and the peer reviews will be shared on eLife's website. It's up to author if they would like revise their manuscript or publish their paper as the version of record. eLife's announment (https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/54d63486/elife-s-new-model-changing-the-way-you-...
162: Status bias in peer review
October 17, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBWe chat about a recent preprint describing an experiment on the role of author status in peer-review, dodgy conference proceedings journals, and authorships for sale. Links * James' blogpost (https://jamesheathers.medium.com/publication-laundering-95c4888afd21) on conference proceedings journals * The preprint/working paper (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4190976) on status bias Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/dsquintana) - Jam...
161: The memo (with Brian Nosek)
September 12, 2022 06:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBDan and James are joined by Brian Nosek (Co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Open Science) to discuss the recent White House Office of Science Technology & Policy memo ensuring free, immediate, and equitable access to federally funded research. They also cover the implications of this memo for scientific publishing, as well as the mechanics of culture change in science. Open Science Framework hits half a million users (https://www.cos.io/blog/celebrating-a-global-open-science-...
160: Whistleblowing
August 31, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBDan and James share ten rules for whistleblowing academic misconduct. The Safe Faculty Project (https://www.safefacultyproject.org/) website SLAPP statues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategiclawsuitagainstpublicparticipation Other links Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/dsquintana) - James on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/jamesheathers) - Everything Hertz on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast) - Everything Hertz on Facebook (https:/...
159: Peer review isn't working (with Saloni Dattani)
August 15, 2022 08:15 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBDan and James are joined by Saloni Dattani for a chat about the history of peer review, a reimagination of what peer review could look like, what happens when you actually pay peer reviewers, peer reviewer specialisation, post publication peer review, annual paper limits for authors, automation in peer review, and Big Cheese. Links * Works in Progress magazine (https://www.worksinprogress.co/) * One of the many news stories (https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/08/04/this-cheese-could-be-the-...
158: Word limits
August 01, 2022 06:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBBy popular demand, Dan and James chat about journal word and page limits.They also the debate around a recent meta-analysis on nudge interventions. Links * The PNAS nudge meta-analysis (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107346118) * The response letter (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2200300119) * The paper (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-022-04453-z) on adjectives and adverbs in life sciences Other links Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/...
157: Limitations
July 11, 2022 17:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBDan and James discuss a new preprint that examined the types of limitations authors discuss in their published articles and whether these limitation types has changed over the past decade, especially in light of methodological reform efforts. Links * The Genetic Lottery (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691190808/the-genetic-lottery)by Kathryn Paige Harden * The limitations preprint (https://psyarxiv.com/n4eq7/) by Beth Clarke and collegues * Simine Vazire’s episode (https:/...
156: Looking for seeders
June 21, 2022 21:30 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBDan and James discuss a recent paper that concluded (again) that most researchers aren't compliant with their published data sharing statement and whether torrents (remember them?) are a viable alternative for sharing large datasets. Links * The data request paper (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S089543562200141X) * The paper (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/psyp.13688) Dan and James co-authored led by Julian Koenig * Our episode (https://everythinghert...
155: Don't you know who I am?
May 30, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBWe chat about appeals to authority when responding to scientific critique, university ranking systems, Goodhart’s law (and its origin), and private institutional review boards. Links * The history (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law) of Goodhart's law * The original (https://rdcu.be/cOraY) psychadelics paper in Nature Medicine * The critique (https://psyarxiv.com/a25wb/) * The response (https://psyarxiv.com/pdbf5/) to the critique Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter...
154: When the evidence is constructed around the narrative
May 09, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBWe chat about the Theranos story and the parallels with academic research, as well as Twitter's new owner and whether academics will actually leave the platform Links * Mastodon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(band)) (the band) * Elon Musk’s Onion article (https://www.theonion.com/please-like-me-1848674003) * The Dropout podcast (https://abcaudio.com/podcasts/the-dropout/) * The Juicero (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juicero) * Bad Blood: The Final Chapter (https://podcasts.apple.c...
153: Shame shame shame
April 18, 2022 07:45 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBWe discuss a journal's new "wall of shame" page, which details unethical behaviours in an effort to discourage future misconduct. We also cover scientific ideas that won't die (but one idea that HAS died), and ECNP's "negative data" prize The audio quality of this recording isn't up to our usual standards as we were both travelling and without our normal recording gear. We'll be back with our normal gear next episode! Links * James’ letter to the editor/obituary (https://physoc.onlinelibrary....
152: Sorry Not Sorry
April 04, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBJames and Dan chat about apologies vs. non-apologies, how to decide when to call it quits on a paper, and governments vetoing research proposals recommended by their own funding agencies Links for stuff we mention * The tweet (https://twitter.com/seis_matters/status/1504456677176840195?s=20&t=26p1PhsNiUOaCVyAToadpg) from Chris Jackson that started it all * Chris Jackson's Hertz episode on the cumulative advantage of academic capital (https://everythinghertz.com/111) * The Science Diagrams th...
151: The dirty dozen
March 21, 2022 07:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBDan and James discuss a new preprint that details twelve p-hacking strategies and simulates their impact on false-positive rates. They also discuss the Great Resignation in academia and the academic job market. Links * The twitter discussion (https://twitter.com/EikoFried/status/1504374568357617666?s=20&t=u5-8GBwxmEyxOUGbHjt9cw) on Associate editor pay kicked off by Eiko Fried * The p-hacking paper (https://psyarxiv.com/xy2dk/) from Angelika Stefan and Felix Schönbrodt * The sample size prepr...
150: Why can't you do nothing?
February 28, 2022 07:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBWe discuss the latest paper to seriously use the Kardashian index, which is the discrepancy between a scientist's publication record and social media following, and a listener question on whether original authors should get the last word when a comment on an article is submitted Links * The paper (https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/2/e052891) on citation impact and social media visibility of Great Barrington and John Snow signatories for COVID-19 strategy * The Rapid Responses (https://bmjop...
149: Medical misinformation (with Rohin Francis)
February 14, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBDan and James chat with cardiologist Rohin Francis about medical misinformation and how he uses YouTube for science communication via his 'Medlife Crisis' channel. Links to stuff that was mentioned: Rohin's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgRBRE1DUP2w7HTH9j_L4OQ) Rohin on Twitter (https://mobile.twitter.com/medcrisis) Can you be so fit that you die video (https://youtu.be/hT8GZlBBv5k)? Why does getting in the water want to make you pee video (https://youtu.be/A-1hPjGvf3U) Wh...
148: Academic reference letters
January 31, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBDan and James chat about why academic reference letters are terrible, a recent position statement on preprints, and whether the "great resignation" is also happening in academia. Links to stuff that was mentioned: The tweet (https://twitter.com/eblissmoreau/status/1481784305911169027?s=20) from Dr. Eliza Bliss-Moreau on acedemic reference letter The tweet (https://twitter.com/giladfeldman/status/1483973974032007169?s=20&t=xVaPpN8q1v_bHNTvn-xrdQ) from Gilad Feldman about the 100 references he'...
147: The $7000 golden ticket
January 17, 2022 07:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBWe discuss the $7000 'accelerated publication' option for some Taylor & Francis journals that promises 3-5 week publication and a novel type of research fellowship. Details (https://taylorandfrancis.com/partnership/commercial/accelerated-publication/) for the accelerated publication The New Science 2022 Summer Fellowship (https://newscience.org/summer-fellowship/) We have new merch (https://everything-hertz-podcast.creator-spring.com/listing/metal-7594)! Use the discount code 'METAL' to get 2...
146: Skills pay bills
December 27, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBWe answer a series of questions from a listener on whether to start a PhD, what to ask potential supervisors, the financial perils of being a PhD student, the future of higher education, the importance of skills, what keeps us going, and more. Here are the specific questions that we answered in this episode (the background to these questions is shared in the episode): Would you have any advice on how I can even decide whether to commence a PhD? Are there any questions in particular that yo...
145: Our boat is sinking slightly slower
December 13, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBWe discuss the results from the cancer biology reproducibility project, the inevitable comparisons with reproducibility in psychology, and authorship expectations for posting public datasets. Links * The paper (https://elifesciences.org/articles/71601) investigating the replicability of preclinical cancer biology * The paper (https://academic.oup.com/ej/article-abstract/131/635/1250/5824166) on the impact of alphabetical order on career outcomes in economics (whose authorship order are dete...
144: The role of luck in academia
November 15, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBIf your child asked you whether they should pursue a career in academia, what would you say? We discuss this question plus three more quick-fire topics: the death of expertise, memorable presentations, and including internships in more graduate programs Links * Get a 30% discount on a Scite subscription for a year, just use the coupon code EVERYTHINGHERTZ via this link (https://scite.ai/?via=everythinghertz) * The “Remind me of this later” twitter bot (https://twitter.com/remindme_ofthis) * ...
143: A little less conversation, a little more action
November 01, 2021 07:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBDan and James discuss the differences between 'talk' and 'action' in scientific reform and why reforms are taking such a long time to be realised. They also chat about whether messy (but correct) code is worse than no code at all, and revisit the grad student who never said "no" (https://web.archive.org/web/20170312041524/http:/www.brianwansink.com/phd-advice/the-grad-student-who-never-said-no). Other links * Get a 30% discount on a Scite subscription for a year, just use the coupon code EVER...
142: Red flags in academia [Live episode]
October 18, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBIn this live episode, Dan and James discuss red flags in academia, in terms of research fields, papers, and individuals. Thanks to everyone that participated in this live event! Links to stuff that was mentioned Get a 30% discount on a Scite subscription for a year, just use the coupon code EVERYTHINGHERTZ via this link (https://scite.ai/?via=everythinghertz) The p-hacker app (https://shinyapps.org/apps/p-hacker/) Burro racing on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_burro_racing) Eve...
141: Why we should diversify study samples (with Sakshi Ghai)
October 04, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBWe chat with Sakshi Ghai (University of Cambridge) about why we should diversify sample diversity and retire the Western, educated, rich, industrialized and democratic (WEIRD) dichotomy in the behavioral sciences Links to stuff we discuss: Sakshi's piece (https://rdcu.be/cyKEQ) in Nature Human Behavior Many Labs 2 paper (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2515245918810225) The ‘helicopter' research piece (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01795-1) Joseph Heinrich’s rece...
140: You can’t buy cat biscuits with ‘thank you’ emails
September 20, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBJames proposes that peer review reports should be published as their own citable objects, provided that the manuscript author thinks that the peer review report is of sufficient quality and the peer reviewers agree Other links and things we discuss * An update on James’ start up job * The American service industry * Dan’s first outing since the pandemic started * The villlage of Hell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Norway), in Norway * The villiage of Fucking (https://en.wikipedia.org/w...
139: Open science from a funder's perspective (with Ashley Farley)
September 06, 2021 06:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBWe chat with Ashley Farley about her background as an academic librarian, the underrecognised importance of copyright in academic publishing, and her work as a Program Officer at the Gates Foundation An academic librarian’s perpsective on the importance of open reseasch The importance of copyright in research and what it means signing over your copyright The PDF crisis! What does a program officer at a grant funding organsiation do? Why should funding organisations care about open science? ...
138: Preprints in the time of coronavirus (with Michele Avissar-Whiting)
August 16, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBWe chat with Michele Avissar-Whiting about her role as the Editor-in-chief of the Research Square preprint platform and how she weighs up the benefits and costs of potentially problematic preprints during a pandemic. Notes, links, and stuff we cover: * The Journal Ghoul (https://twitter.com/jamesheathers/status/1425421173366693891?s=20) reference in the intro * Michele’s role as a the editor for a preprint server * How Research Square (https://researchsquare.com) works * Weighing up the urgen...
137: Ten rules for improving academic work-life balance
August 02, 2021 06:00 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBDan and James share their thoughts on a recent paper (https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009124) that proposes ten rules for improving academic work-life balance for early career researchers and the figure from this paper that became a meme. Here are the rules: Long hours do not equal productive hours Examine your options for flexible work practices Set boundaries to establish your workplace and time Commit to strategies that increase your efficiency and p...
136: Who peer-reviews the peer-reviewed journals?
July 19, 2021 06:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBWe discuss Journal Reviewer (journalreviewer.org), which is a website that provides a forum for researchers to share and rate their experiences with journal's peer review processes. We also cover how some journals negotiate the way in which their impact factors are calculated. Links The reference (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whittington) to James' mention of Dick Whittington James’ RIOT science talk (https://youtu.be/t733sc9xhtw) Nichola's Raihani's tweet (https://twitter.com/nich...
135: A loss of confidence
July 05, 2021 06:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBDan Quintana and James Heathers chat about well-known psychology studies that we've now lost confidence in due to replication failures and the role of auxiliary assumptions in hypothesis-driven research. Other links The reversals in psychology website (https://www.gleech.org/psych) Anne Scheel and team's paper (https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1745691620966795) on whether you’re ready to test hypotheses Homer Simpson burning bridges meme (https://youtu.be/PnnXc3T_pK8) The paper (https://doi.org/...
134: Paywalled questionnaires
June 21, 2021 06:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBWe discuss a recent retraction triggered by the authors not paying a copyright fee to use a questionnaire (that also happened to be critical of the original questionnaire). Links for stuff that we mention: The paper (https://molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13229-021-00427-9) that was retracted for not getting the correct licence for a questionnaire The retraction notice (https://molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13229-021-00446-6) for this paper The Sp...
133: Manuscript submission fees
June 07, 2021 06:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBSome journals use nominal manuscript submission fees to discourage frivolous submissions. However, it has been suggested that increasing submission fees could reduce article processing charges. Dan and James discuss this proposal, along with the recently released code of conduct for scientific integrity from the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences. James’ Atlantic piece (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/06/microchipped-vaccines-15-minute-investigation/619081/?utm_source=t...
132: Post-pandemic academia
May 17, 2021 06:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBDan and James discuss how academia should operate in a post-pandemic world. What pandemic practices should we keep and what should we abandon? Links and details: Quiz: Norwegian metal band or Norwegian town? Things are slowly getting back to normal in some (but not alI) countries. So what academic practices and routines should we keep from the pandemic and what should we kiss goodbye? Would it be possible to be physically located at your local university but to be employed/educated at anothe...
131: Long live the overhead projector!
May 03, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBDan and James answer listener audio questions on indirect costs for research grants, the mind/body problem, and why many academics aren't trained to teach. They also profess their love for the overhead projector Some more details: * Should we require universities to justify overhead costs, like heating and electricity? * Overheads can inflate the costs of grants, some grants provide an additional percentage for overheads but others don’t allow this, which can eat into grants * Get to know the...
130: Normalizing retractions (with Dorothy Bishop)
April 19, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBDan and James chat with Dorothy Bishop (University of Oxford) about the importance of normalizing the retraction of scientific papers, publication ethics, and whether paper mills (companies that make fake papers at scale) are an issue in the psychological sciences Here are some links and stuff we covered: Dorothy's thoughts on how the adoption of open science practices has been progressing since we last had her on the show in June 2018 The European Research Council's new open access journal, ...
129: Transparency audits
April 05, 2021 05:45 - 56 minutes - 39 MBDan and James discuss the recently proposed "transparency audit", why it received so much blowback, and the characteristics of successful reform schemes The specifics... The computational research integrity conference (https://cri-conf.org/) The transparancy leaderboard (https://etiennelebel.com/cs/t-leaderboard/t-leaderboard.html) proposed by Curate Science (https://curatescience.org/app/home) Our episode with Chris Jackson (https://everythinghertz.com/111), that James mentioned What about a...