RIOT Science Club

Making my science better (or, simply; more open) by Dr Sjoerd Bruijn
2022-03-31 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | MS Teams
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About the speaker
To learn more about Dr Bruijn, visit his profile here.
About the talk
What does it mean in practice to make your research open, transparent, and reproducible? Dr Sjoerd Bruijn will explore this by discussing his personal journey into open science. In this talk, he will take us along his quest on how to make his science better, showing the (for him) easy parts, but also discussing his problems.
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Data visualisation: Tips to improve interpretability and accessibility by Dr Tracey Weissgerber
2022-03-21 12:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Zoom, United Kingdom
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About the speaker
Tracey Weissgerber is a meta-researcher at the BIH QUEST Center for Responsible Research (Berlin Institute of Health at Charité). Her research focuses on improving data visualization, statistical reporting, open methods, and other factors that affect transparency and reproducibility. Her teams’ work on bar graphs of continuous data has led to policy changes in many journals that encourage authors to replace bar graphs with more informative graphics. Dr Weissgerber’s team also designs automated screening tools to help authors to improve their papers.
About the talk
The talk will cover:

Strategies for designing figures that resonate with a broad audience
Techniques for creating clear and informative image-based figures (photos, microscopy, electron microscopy, etc.)
Tools and techniques for creating colorblind accessible figures

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An ECR reflections on programmatic research by Dr Thuy-vy Nguyen
2022-03-17 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | MS Teams
About the speaker
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About the talk
In this talk, Dr Thuy-vy Nguyen will discuss what defines a research program and draw from past examples to identify different approaches to build a research programme that contribute to knowledge and theory building.

Interpreting mediation thoughtfully by Dr Felix Thommes
2022-03-08 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Zoom, United Kingdom
About the speaker
Dr Felix Thoemmes is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, where he teaches and researches statistical methods for social scientists. Before he came to Cornell, he was a Professor at the University of Tuebingen, Germany, in the Center for Educational Science and Psychology, and an Assistant Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University. You can find out more about Dr Thoemmes on his website and Twitter page.
About the talk

Mediation analysis is commonly employed as means to uncover mechanisms. However, the causal assumptions of this analysis are often not spelled out. The speaker will present some common problems with mediation analysis, and how a formal derivation of causal quantities can improve the use of mediation analysis.

Data sharing in developmental science: Challenges and how to overcome them by Dr Sara Hart
2022-03-08 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Oslo) | Zoom, United Kingdom
About the speaker
Dr Sara A. Hart is the W. Russell and Eugenia Morcom Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of the Florida Center for Reading Research, at the Florida State University. Her work integrates theories and methods from developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, education, and behavioural genetics. Broadly, her research focuses on understanding how and why people differ in their cognitive development, particularly focused on reading and math development. Outside of her main research content focus, she currently has an NIH grant to build a data repository, LDbase, to support the data storage and data access needs of scientists working in the fields of developmental science and education. Beyond her research, she is passionate about training, dissemination of research, and advocating for women and other historically excluded individuals in science.
About the talk
In this talk, Dr Sara Hart will talk about her experiences in creating a data repository and otherwise supporting open science, as well as working with her research community to understand hesitations around data sharing and support those towards open data goals.

Open science and the decolonization of knowledge: A conversation on participatory research by Prof Budd Hall
2022-03-04 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | MS Teams
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About the speaker
Prof Budd Hall has been associated with the development of the theory and practice of participatory research since the early 1970s when he was working in Tanzania. Based at the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria in Canada, he shares the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education with Dr Rajesh Tandon, Founder President of PRIA (Participatory Research in Asia), New Delhi, India.
About the talk
This talk will focus on the development of participatory research, principles of knowledge democracy, and the recently ratified UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.
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A new way of publishing: Registered Reports 2.0 by Dr Charlotte Pennington
2022-02-15 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Oslo) | Zoom, United Kingdom
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About the speaker
Dr Charlotte Pennington is a Lecturer in Psychology at Aston University, with research interests in addictive behaviour and social cognition. She is Aston’s Local Network Lead of the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) and serves on the Editorial Boards of Addiction Research & Theory and Peer Community In Registered Reports.
About the talk
Growing concerns of replicability and reproducibility have ushered in fast-paced changes to scientific reform under the umbrella term of ‘open science’. We now understand that such concerns stem from academic incentives that reward novel surprising results and quantity over quality which fuel a range of questionable research practices. Study preregistration and Registered Reports (RRs) represent two open science initiatives that aim to improve research quality and rigour, and emerging empirical research demonstrates their effectiveness. However, neither are perfect. This talk will outline study preregistration and the standard Registered Report model before introducing a new form of Registered Reports that reshape academic publishing – Peer Community In Registered Reports (PCI RR). PCI RR is a community-driven initiative that reviews and recommends RRs across the full spectrum of STEM, medicine, social sciences, and humanities. Upon receiving In Principle Acceptance (IPA) of a Stage 1 manuscript, authors are then free to choose from a range of ‘PCI friendly journals’ who agree to publish the Stage 2 manuscript without the need for additional peer review. PCI RRs, therefore, represent an exciting new way of publishing that puts the authors back in control.
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The best theory is a flawed one by Dr Ian Hussey
2022-02-14 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | MS Teams
About the speaker
Ian’s research interests centre on behaviours that have traditionally been difficult to understand, measure, predict and influence, including implicit bias and suicidal behaviour. He is interested in function of behavior and the context it occurs in context (Behaviorism), measurement validity, statistical modelling (often Bayesian), and all things R/tidyverse. He is a strong proponent of Open Science practices, and won a 2019 commendation from the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS). Find out more about Ian via his website.
About the talk
Ian discusses the ensuing theory crisis in social science research, which takes the form of theories that are so elastic they’re unfalsifiable and – what’s worse – it is the interests of researchers to keep their theories going, ushering in yet more grant more and preserving their independent research brand. He draws particularly upon examples from his research in implicit bias.

What I've learned from talking about reproducibility for 13 years by Neuroskeptic
2022-02-10 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | MS Teams
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Visit @Neuro_Skeptic.
About the talk
Neuroskeptic will discuss the historical context of the reproducibility crises, drawing on his personal experience in blogging about limitations in neuroscience over the course of 13-years. Neuroskeptic also discusses what he sees as the next crises on the horizon, with a live Q&A to finish.

Version control for academics with GitHub by Dr Samuel Forbes
2022-02-01 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Zoom, United Kingdom
About the speaker
Dr Samuel Forbes is an Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology at Durham University (@samhforbes). Outside of his research, Dr Forbes is an experienced GitHub user and maintains several R packages, which can be seen on his own GitHub page.
About the talk
Version control can be an important skill for both ensuring files are backed up adequately, and for maintaining good organisation of analysis scripts and documents. I will give a basic introduction to how GitHub might be used by academics both at an individual and at a team level.

Five things about open science that every researcher should know by Dr Dan Quintana
2022-01-21 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Oslo) | Zoom, United Kingdom
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About the talk
In this talk, Daniel Quintana will share five things about open science that every researcher should know, including how open science practices can benefit both your career and scientific discovery. Daniel will also provide some practical tips on getting started with open science practices.
About the speaker
Daniel Quintana is a Senior Researcher in Psychoneuroendocrinology at the University of Oslo. His research investigates how hormones influence our thoughts and behaviours, the neurobiology of autism spectrum disorders, and research methodology. Along with his research, Dan is also a science communicator, using various social media platforms and podcasts to share scientific research and discuss the scientific research process.
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How to become a pseudoscientist by Prof Edzard Ernst
2021-12-09 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Zoom, United Kingdom
About the speaker
Professor Edzard Ernst is Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter, where he established the world’s first Chair in complementary medicine in 1993. He has previously been Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) at Hannover Medical School (Germany ) and Head of the PMR Department at the University of Vienna (Austria). He is an extremely prolific author, with over 1000 publications in scientific journals, over 50 books in press (most notably, Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial with Simon Singh), and numerous collaborations as a columnist. He founded and has been Editor-in-Chief for Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies and Perfusion, and served as EIC for the European Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Ernst is the recipient of 17 scientific awards and 2 Visiting Professorships. He served on the Medicines Commision of the British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. His last 25 years of career have been focused on the critical scrutiny of alternative medicine in both academic and outreach settings. He currently lives between Cambridge (UK) and Brittany (France).
About the talk
Times are hard, not least for scientists! It seems therefore wise to consider alternative career paths. Why not become a pseudoscientist? Even though there is plenty of competition, pseudoscientists can lead a fulfilled and happy life – and the income will exceed that of a scientist manyfold.
So-called alternative medicine (SCAM) has long attracted an unusually high percentage of pseudoscientists. Having observed many of them for almost 30 years, I feel I am in a good position to reveal some of the tricks and strategies that helped them succeed. I have thus condensed them into my nine lessons for beginners:

Invent a bizarre theory
Abuse the tools of science to confirm your theory
Avoid facts and use fallacies instead
Make as many bogus claims as you can get away with
Perfect your cherry-picking skills
Claim that you have found a panacea
Charge exorbitant fees
Be economical with the truth
When found out, go on the attack

I am confident that my nine lessons will lead anyone who follows them rigorously to a successful career in pseudoscience. Good luck!

Good riddance: Academic publishers are abandoning publishing by Prof Björn Brembs
2021-12-08 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | MS Teams
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Registration: Shortcomings, deviations, solutions by Dr Robert Thibault
2021-11-23 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | MS Teams
About the speaker
Dr Thibault studies how to increase the reliability and efficiency of scientific research. He is also interested in promoting evidence-based decision making and encouraging the public uptake of science. He completed a PhD in cognitive neuroscience at McGill University in 2019. His doctoral work focused on brain imaging, including neurofeedback, placebos, and suggestion. His book Casting Light on The Dark Side of Brain Imaging, co-edited with Dr Amir Raz, is available here. Dr Thibault also works as a consultant on topics related to neurofeedback and experimental design. In his spare time, he enjoys rock climbing and other outdoor activities.
About the talk
In this talk, Dr Thibault will go through his recent work investigating the shortcomings to study/clinical trial registration and will touch on proposed solutions. One highlight of the talk will be his recent scoping review of discrepancy reviews – i.e., studies that have assessed undisclosed discrepancies between the registered protocol and the final publication. We will also learn about proposals for experimental design assistant tools, and releasing data conditional on the registration of an analysis plan based on blinded data.

Moving towards a more cumulative science in developmental psychology by Dr Michael C. Frank
2021-11-18 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Zoom, United Kingdom
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About the speaker
Michael C. Frank is David and Lucile Packard Professor of Human Biology at Stanford University and Director of the Symbolic Systems Program. He received his PhD from MIT in Brain and Cognitive Sciences in 2010. He studies language use and language learning, focusing especially on early word learning. He is the founder of the ManyBabies Consortium, a collaborative replication network for infancy research, and has led open-data projects including Wordbank and MetaLab. He was a Jacobs Foundation Fellow and has received the Troland Award from the National Academy of Sciences, the FABBS Early Career Impact Award, and the Marr Prize and Glushko Dissertation Prize from the Cognitive Science Society. He served as Chair of the Governing Board of the Cognitive Science Society and has edited for journals including Cognition and Child Development. You can find Michael on Twitter, his website, and his blog.
About the talk
In recent years, many psychologists have become increasingly concerned about issues of reproducibility and replicability. From small sample sizes to post-hoc analytic flexibility (“p-hacking”), many factors conspire to decrease the robustness and trustworthiness of results in published research. These problems are important in developmental psychology as well, though the scope of the problem is unknown. The speaker will present some scientific and meta-scientific work he has done on these issues (including progress on the ManyBabies project, a large collaborative replication project in the infancy field) and describe some practical steps to take for increasing the robustness of your own work.
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Communicating on the efficacy of facemasks: What went wrong by Tori Egherman
2021-11-18 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | MS Teams
About the speaker
Tori Egherman is a writer, editor and researcher in communication and storytelling. She helps organizations and individuals with their communication so that they can be more effective and engaging. She is experienced in science communication, grant writing, developing communication strategies, designing presentations, building strong communication teams and other communication-related activities.
About the talk
Sometimes you’re answering the wrong question. This was the case when it came to the efficacy of facemasks in controlling the spread of COVID-19. This talk demonstrates how the research that existed concerning facemasks answered the wrong question.

How do we apply open science practices to neurodevelopmental research? by Dr Hannah Hobson
2021-11-11 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Zoom, United Kingdom
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About the speaker
Dr Hannah Hobson is a Lecturer in Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of York. She completed her DPhil at Oxford University in 2016, examining imitation abilities in children with autism or Developmental Language Disorder, and measures of brain systems argued to support imitation. She went on to complete a post-doc with Geoff Bird at Kings College London, before taking her first lectureship at Greenwich University in 2017. She moved to York in 2019. More details about her research can be found on her faculty page or lab website. In addition to her research activities, Dr Hobson also helps direct the Development, Disorders and Clinical Practice MSc at York’s Psychology Department and has an active interest in reproducibility in psychology and the biomedical and social sciences. More details about her involvement with open science can be found on the Open Autism Research site.
About the talk
How do we apply open science practices to neurodevelopmental research? In this talk, Dr Hobson will discuss her experiences conducting a registered report and asking autism journals to offer this format. She will also summarise investigations into the typical statistical power of a study into developmental disorders.
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Adversarial collaboration: (Open) Science at its best by Dr Tim Rakow
2021-11-04 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | MS Teams
About the speaker
Dr Tim Rakow is a Reader in Psychology at King’s College London. He has over 20 years experience of supervising research and teaching research methods to psychology students. Tim uses a range of research strategies to examine human judgment and decision making. He has published over 50 research articles in more than 25 different academic journals, spanning the disciplines of psychology, health, medicine, decision science and behavioural economics. He is an Associate Editor for the journal Thinking & Reasoning and co-author of the 1st EMEA Edition of the Cengage textbook Research Methods for the Behavioural Sciences.
About the talk
Adversarial collaboration is an approach to resolving scientific disputes, wherein researchers who have different positions on the issue at hand collaborate with the aim of making progress on their disputed research question. Adversarial collaboration sits squarely within the open science framework because it puts a premium on transparency in hypothesis specification, study design, data analysis, study interpretation and reporting – and supplies a framework that can encourage rigour in these components of the research process. This talk will use examples of published adversarial collaborations to give an overview of the approach, outlining some of its key features, and identifying potential benefits of the approach.

Errors in articles of erroneous articles by Prof Lex Burdorf
2021-10-28 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | MS Teams
About the talk
There is an intense debate about quality of research, whereby some claim that most research findings are false, and others point towards the relatively high retraction rate of wrong articles by top journals. Is retraction a sign of poor science? How do we deal with scientific mistakes? Is the current scientific system, where you can publish anything you want, contributing to better science?

Reimagining sample diversity in behavioural science by Sakshi Ghai
2021-10-28 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Zoom, United Kingdom
About the speaker
Sakshi Ghai is a PhD student in Psychology at the University of Cambridge and her research focuses on the psychology of technology in the context of the Global South. Sakshi is passionate about diversifying behavioural science.
About the talk
In this talk, I will reflect on the perils and opportunities of diversity classifications and discuss why the time has come to rethink the study of diverse populations in behavioural science.

Measuring ideology: Current practices, consequences, and recommendations by Dr Flávio Azevedo
2021-10-25 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Oslo) | Zoom, United Kingdom
About the speaker
Flávio is a Fulbright Fellow and research associate at Friedrich Schiller University, Germany. His research in Political Psychology focuses on ideology, its measurement & theory, as well as on the psychological roots of ideological endorsement. Flavio is the principal investigator of the PBBS, a series of studies informing psychological explanations of political attitudes, values, voting, and participation. Flavio co-founded and directs FORRT, an award-winning grassroots interdisciplinary international organization aiming to integrate open and reproducible research training into higher education.
About the talk
Political ideologies are foundational to a broad range of social science fields, and when applied to research, scholars have used diverse and wide-ranging approaches to its measurement. We sought to investigate standard practices by conducting an exhaustive literature review of >400 scientific articles, spanning from the 1930s to 2020s. We identified a high proportion of unique, non-validated, on-the-fly measures with little to no content overlap suggesting scholars may not be justified in generalizing findings across studies. We test this empirically by applying different ideological instruments to established & replicated theories to show empirically that results indeed can change as a function of the measure. We then discuss its consequences and recommendations.

Claims and evidence by Prof Mark Sabbagh
2021-10-15 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Zoom, United Kingdom
About the speaker
Mark Sabbagh is a professor of psychology at Queen’s University (Canada), specializing in developmental psychology. His research examines the social, cognitive, and neurobiological bases of preschoolers’ theory of mind development, and how theory of mind skills contribute to healthy social relationships throughout the lifespan. His work has been supported by SSHRC, CIHR, and NSERC.
About the talk
The evidence that we gain in a research study rarely provides a strong basis for making broad, generic generalized claims regarding what we have “discovered.” We shouldn’t be surprised, harshly judgmental, or even especially gloomy when weak empirical findings don’t “replicate.” I suggest we move to a slightly different way of thinking about all this.

Towards a better understanding and communication of uncertainty in empirical research by Dr Lonni Besançon
2021-10-07 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | MS Teams
About the speaker
Lonni Besançon is a postdoctoral fellow at Monash University, Australia. He received his PhD in computer science at University Paris Saclay, France. His thesis “An interaction continuum for 3D dataset visualization” received the second price of the prix de these GDR-IGRV. He is particularly interested in interactive visualization techniques for 3D spatial data relying on new input paradigms and his recent work focuses on the visualization and understanding of uncertainty in empirical results in computer science.
About the talk
Statistical analysis is at the heart of empirical research work. Yet current reporting styles and guidelines on interpretations have been found to be prone to dichotomous thinking and eventually lead to issues such as the file-drawer effect or even the replication crisis. In my work, I have first explored my research field to find evidence of dichotomous reporting. Based on the threats of a replication crisis I have observed in empirical computer science, I have explored alternative visual presentations of statistical results that could help to avoid binary interpretations of results.

Tomfuckery, A Redux: Academic distortions beyond regular bad science by Dr James Heathers
2021-07-06 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | MS Teams

Negotiating for open publishing: Freeing journal articles from paywalls by Chris Banks
2021-06-30 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | MS Teams
About the speaker
Chris Banks (FRSA) has worked in libraries since 1985, including spending over 20 years at the British Library. Since 2013 she has served as Director of Library Services at Imperial College London. She is a member of the UUK/Jisc Content Negotiations Strategy Group, Chair of its Content Expert Group, and a member of the team currently negotiating for a new UK agreement with the publishing giant Elsevier. In non-pandemic times she sings with the London Philharmonic Choir.
About the talk
COVID-19 has thrown a spotlight on the need for open rapid reproducible sharing of scientific knowledge and yet this open means of dissemination is still not the norm and instead, the outputs of publicly funded research are too often found behind costly paywalls, accessible only via the libraries of the wealthier institutions. Chris will describe the transition that is underway which will enable more publicly-funded research to be freely and globally accessible at a fair price that recognises the value that can be added by publishers.

False dichotomy: Predatory journals and inclusivity and scholarly publishing by Dr Larissa Shamseer
2021-06-22 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Zoom, United Kingdom
About the speaker
Dr Larissa Shamseer (MSc, PhD) is a CIHR postdoctoral fellow with the Knowledge Translation Program of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute in Toronto. Her research to date has focused on optimizing research transparency to reduce research waste. She is currently researching equity in academic publishing and reward. Dr Shamseer completed her PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Ottawa in 2021, where she led early work characterizing predatory publishing. She has over 70 publications across these areas, including several first-author publications in high-impact journals (e.g. Nature, BMJ). Dr Shamseer also led the development of the widely-used Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P 2015) guideline (cited over 9000 times, Scopus), and was on the steering committee updating the PRISMA 2020 Statement. You can find Dr Shamseer on Twitter @LarissaShamseer and learn more about her work on ORCID.
About the talk
So-called “predatory” journals are pervasive in scholarly publishing and their ever-increasing presence is alarming to the science and publishing communities. Predatory journals and their content are considered untrustworthy due to their failure (and sometimes false claims) to peer review or carry out standard journal practices. Some journals once-labelled as “predatory” may not intentionally carry out nefarious or deceptive operations. Further, potentially useful research may be contained in predatory journals. This talk considers the origins and definitions of the term “predatory” journal, why researchers publish in them, their impact on research integrity, and advancing equity and transparency in scholarly publishing.

Transparency in qualitative research and using Dedoose for coding by Dr Crystal Steltenpohl
2021-06-18 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Zoom, United Kingdom
About the speaker
Dr Crystal Steltenpohl is a community psychologist, whose research focuses on a wide range of topics related to community well-being, such as perceptions and interactions between individuals and community-based interventions. She has conducted research and evaluations using qualitative and quantitative methodology and data and designed and conducted trainings for effective collaboration and communication within organizations. She is also an active advocate of the open science movement, particularly passionate about driving initiatives focused on inclusion, diversity, equity, and access. She is actively involved with the Centre for Open Science and the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science.
About the talk
This seminar will discuss transparency in qualitative research and demonstrate practical steps to use Dedoose as tool for coding.

The producibility crisis in Philippine psychology: A reproducibility crisis in the making? by James Montilla Doble
2021-06-17 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | MS Teams
About the speaker
Mx James Montilla Doble (he/they) is a lecturer and PhD student in social psychology at the University of the Philippines Diliman Department of Psychology. His research interests include metapsychology as well as issues related to research ethics. They are affiliated with the following organizations: Center for Open Science, South East Asian Network for Open Science (SEANOS), and Philippine Researchers for Open Science (PROScience). He is also currently one of the graduate student representatives of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) Executive Committee and a member of the Steering Committee of the upcoming Advancing Science in South East Asia (ASISEA) conference in Q4 2021. You can find James here: website and @lysanderjames.
About the talk
To establish the current state of psychological research in the Philippines, respondents who have completed or are completing graduate studies in psychology were asked what, in their opinion, are the most pressing issues in conducting psychological research in the country. Thematic analysis of responses shows that in contrast with the replication crisis gripping the field in other countries, an enduring “producibility crisis” continues to dominate Philippine psychology twenty years after Bernardo (1997) observed the lack of research culture among Filipino psychologists, which he attributed to lack of resources and negative attitudes towards research. Other than these threats to research production, there is a clear overlap between the problems encountered and mentioned by this study’s respondents and those already identified by metapsychologists from outside of the Philippines, such as poor research competence and efficacy, unethical research conduct, and misaligned incentive structures, e.g., publication bias and the “publish or perish” culture in academia. Implications of the connection between the producibility and replication crises are discussed, as well as solutions to both crises to improve overall producibility and stimulate the growth of Philippine psychology.

Coherence or correspondence? What truths are we seeking in reproducibility? by Prof Stephen Senn
2021-06-07 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | MS Teams

Bayesian statistics without tears by Prof Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
2021-06-03 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | MS Teams
About the speaker
Dr Wagenmakers is a professor at the psychological methods group in the department of psychology, University of Amsterdam. He is also the founder of JASP, an open-source statistics program. His research interests include Bayesian inference, models of decision making, and philosophy of science. As a noted expert in Bayesian statistics, Professor Wagenmakers has been actively promoting open research and addressing the reproducibility crisis.
About the talk
In this presentation, Professor Wagenmakers will outline the pragmatic advantages of a Bayesian approach to data analysis. Concrete demonstrations with the JASP program (jasp-stats.org) will showcase the ease with which researchers may draw conclusions from data that can supplement or supplant the conclusions afforded by a traditional analysis.
