https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HC7y3vi95s About the speaker Prof Chris Jackson is Chair in Sustainable Geoscience, at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Manchester. About the talk We assess research outputs and thus researchers by a range of metrics, often during job appointments and promotions. What tools do we use and are they fair?Continue reading "Research and researcher assessment; how do we do it, are we doing it right, and what is the role of preprints? by Prof Chris Jackson"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2nQd1lMIWg About the speaker Dr Charles Driver is a researcher at the Center for Lifespan Psychology at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin. He focuses on improving methods for mapping theories of change to data and applying these to different problems across the broad domain of human development. One of his projects included writing theContinue reading "Dynamic systems modelling and simulation – assisted thought experiments by Dr Charles Driver"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpLksFiyqn0 About the speaker Rhodri Leng is a quantitative sociologist of science. His research concerns developing understanding of how the structure of citation networks affects the spread of information across the scientific literature, how the spread of information affects the development of scientific opinion, and involves integrating this understanding into theories of scientific development. AnContinue reading "The matter of facts: Citation bias and distortion by Dr Rhodri I. Leng"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLowg32mdfE About the speaker Sagar Jilka is the co-ordinator for the patient and carer involvement and engagement theme within the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre. He has previous experience of research and applied science in academia and industry and facilitates service user-led projects. About the talk I will familiarise participants with the background, methods andContinue reading "Service user involvement in mental health research by Dr Sagar Jilka"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EPV0FjcVWc About the speaker Dr Jacobson is a social psychologist who has taught statistics and research methods at the undergraduate and graduate level for the last 20 years. Her primary research is on the social-cognitive and social-behavioral consequences of various self-constructs such as depression, causal uncertainty, and self-esteem importance. More recently, she has begun examiningContinue reading "Interpreting replications by Dr Jill Jacobson"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5XjwMcBv9Y About the speaker Stephen Curry is a Professor of Structural Biology at Imperial College London where he also serves as the Assistant Provost for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. For many years he hasContinue reading "DORA: Re-thinking and re-engineering what we value in research by Prof Stephen Curry"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCxXkMFhu5o 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, anContinue reading "Bayesian statistics without tears by Prof Eric-Jan Wagenmakers"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsFIYN0BfKI 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 researchContinue reading "The producibility crisis in Philippine psychology: A reproducibility crisis in the making? by James Montilla Doble"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCyiVvppzYs 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 andContinue reading "Transparency in qualitative research and using Dedoose for coding by Dr Crystal Steltenpohl"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_atgFvg-eGA 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 completedContinue reading "False dichotomy: Predatory journals and inclusivity and scholarly publishing by Dr Larissa Shamseer"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mu8XGCEbp0 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 theContinue reading "Negotiating for open publishing: Freeing journal articles from paywalls by Chris Banks"