57: Radical Transparency (with Rebecca Willén)

Episode 57 · March 15th, 2018 · 49 mins 15 secs

About this Episode

Dan and James are joined by Rebecca Willén (Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education) to discuss transparency in scientific research and how she started her own independent research institute in Bali.

Here's what they cover:

  • Rebecca explains the story behind her practice of sharing disclosure statements for her published work
  • Many people are changing their research practices for the better for current research - but what about their past research?
  • The 21 word solution
  • Using disclosure statements in your pHD
  • The state of research openness in forensic psychology
  • The flexibility in determining a primary outcome
  • How and why Rebecca founded the IGDORE research institute
  • The drawbacks to starting your own research institute
  • Rebecca’s recommendation for getting started with open science
  • The story behind the RONIN institute

Links -
IGDORE https://igdore.org
Rebecca’s website https://rmwillen.info
21 word solution https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2160588
PNAS article questioning whether there’s a reporducability crisis http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/03/08/1708272114
IGDORE Open Science meetup https://igdore.org/open-science-meetup-bali-2018/
IGDORE affiliation https://igdore.org/affiliation/
RONIN institute http://ronininstitute.org
XKCD theme for R http://xkcd.r-forge.r-project.org
GNU manifesto https://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html
Twitter: @hertzpodcast, @dsquintana, @jamesheathers, and @rmwillen

Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Support Everything Hertz

Episode Comments