https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRrdlqIBKjA 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 ViennaContinue reading "How to become a pseudoscientist by Prof Edzard Ernst"

To join the event, follow this link. 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. AboutContinue reading "Five things about open science that every researcher should know by Dr Dan Quintana"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxRSpfmX2h0 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 bothContinue reading "Version control for academics with GitHub by Dr Samuel Forbes"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1iQrsW904k About the speaker 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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvZO_Xy5SdM 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 aContinue reading "The best theory is a flawed one by Dr Ian Hussey"

To join the event, follow this link. 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 PeerContinue reading "A new way of publishing: Registered Reports 2.0 by Dr Charlotte Pennington"

To join the event, follow this link. 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 UNESCOContinue reading "Open science and the decolonization of knowledge: A conversation on participatory research by Prof Budd Hall"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzIPspZ5SpI 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 howContinue reading "Data sharing in developmental science: Challenges and how to overcome them by Dr Sara Hart"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSYrbg52-Uw 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 ofContinue reading "Interpreting mediation thoughtfully by Dr Felix Thommes"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZzAwbqust8 About the speaker To learn more about Dr Nguyen, click here. 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.

To register, follow this link. 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 dataContinue reading "Data visualisation: Tips to improve interpretability and accessibility by Dr Tracey Weissgerber"

To join the event, follow this link. 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, heContinue reading "Making my science better (or, simply; more open) by Dr Sjoerd Bruijn"