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SUMMARY:Research Ecosystems\, Cognitive Bias and Incentives  - Prof. Marcu
 s Munafò\; MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit\, School of Psychological Sc
 ience\, University of Bristol 
DTSTART:20210630T140000Z
DTEND:20210630T150000Z
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CONTACT:Bobbie Claxton
DESCRIPTION:There has been growing interest in the question of research qu
 ality in recent years\, a situation amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. An
  important question is the extent to which research culture\, and current 
 incentives\, shape the behaviour of scientists in ways that may not be opt
 imal. I argue that one benefit of adopting open research practices is that
  these act as an implicit quality control measure\, which may serve to imp
 rove the quality of scientific outputs\, and in turn the efficiency of the
  scientific process.\n\nMarcus Munafò is Professor of Biological Psycholo
 gy at the University of Bristol\, and Programme Lead within the MRC Integr
 ative Epidemiology Unit. Together with Angela Attwood and Olivia Maynard\,
  he leads the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group (www.bristol.ac.uk/psycho
 logy/research/brain/targ/). His research interests focus on causal influen
 ces on and consequences of health behaviours\, using approaches that inclu
 de epidemiology\, human laboratory studies\, and field trials. He is also 
 interested in how current incentive structures within science shape the be
 haviour of scientists\, and have an impact on the quality of published wor
 k. He recently\, together with colleagues from Cardiff\, Oxford\, Imperial
  College and Edinburgh\, established the UK Reproducibility Network (www.u
 krn.org).\n\n\nJoin the webinar live using this link: https://zoom.us/j/94
 112642104?pwd=ZmNnZFJYYWZ6SzE5V0xzRHVKMjJKdz09
LOCATION:Online via zoom
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