62: Adopting open science practices (with Dorothy Bishop)
Episode description
Dan and James chat about the adoption of open science practices with Dorothy Bishop, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology at the University of Oxford.
Here are some highlights from the show:
- Why Dorothy starting adopting open science practices
- Forking paths of analysis
- Dorothy’s experience with her first registered report
- Issues around data deposition
- When someone finds an error in your data
- What happens when a senior researcher is using questionable research practices?
- What to do when you’re caught doing something wrong
- Detecting errors in other papers
- The potential for open data to be weaponised
- How error detection is interpersonally difficult
- Carving out time for non-work pursuits
- The benefits of writing fiction when you're a scientist
- Using video for science communication
- James Heathers: Cat dealer
- Promoting your research vs. promoting yourself
- Dorothy’s book recommendation
Links
Dan Gilbert’s paper: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6277/1037.2
Merchants of doubt [book]: https://www.amazon.com/Merchants-Doubt-Handful-Scientists-Obscured/dp/1608193942
Dorothy's blog: deevybee.blogspot.com
Dorothy's crime novels: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=Deevy+Bishop&search-alias=digital-text&text=Deevy+Bishop&sort=relevancerank
Dorothy on Twitter: twitter.com/deevybee
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Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/
Special Guest: Dorothy Bishop.