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SUMMARY:Invert the order! Government's role in shaping a science superpower
DESCRIPTION:What is required for the UK to stay at the cutting edge of science and technology and make harnessing its benefits our national purpose? And what role does the government have in that? \n\n\n\nFormer special adviser on Science & Technology to the UK Prime Minister\, James Phillips\, reflects on his experiences at the nerve centre of UK research and innovation policy.  \n\n\n\nJames argues that there are opportunities and pitfalls that arise from government bureaucracies taking greater interest in S&T. He outlines priorities for a reform agenda over the next decade\, drawing upon his experiences in Number Ten\, as a research scientist\, and as a co-author of the recent Tony Blair-William Hague report ‘A New National Purpose’.  \n\n\n\nJames also outlines a provocative recent paper he co-authored with Paul Nightingale\, which argues that the UK is falling behind the cutting edge in some crucial areas of science. Finally\, he explores how the metascience community could support and advance a new national purpose in science and technology.  \n\n\n\nRead James Phillips’ article which accompanies this talk on Substack here. \n\n\n\nThe Speaker\n\n\n\nJames Phillips is a former special adviser on science and technology to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson; one of the ‘weirdos and misfits’ hired to work in Number Ten. He worked on setting up ARIA\, which he had called for with others in a 2018 Telegraph op-ed. He also helped to drive rapid lateral flow testing in government\, including being part of the team that published the first modelling of rapid testing in April 2020. Prior to government\, he worked at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus and did a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge\, where he was awarded the British Neuroscience Association’s graduate thesis of the year award. He is currently an honorary senior research fellow at UCL’s Department of Science\, Technology\, Engineering and Public Policy (UCL-STEaPP). He blogs at jameswphillips.substack.com.
URL:https://researchonresearch.org/event/invert-the-order-governments-role-in-shaping-a-science-superpower-2/
CATEGORIES:Online,UCL,Science
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SUMMARY:Machine learning\, metrics & merit: the future of research assessment
DESCRIPTION:The use of quantitative indicators and metrics in research assessment continues to generate a mix of enthusiasm\, hostility and critique. To these possibilities\, we can add growing interest in uses of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to automate assessment processes\, and reduce the cost and bureaucracy of conventional methods of peer and panel-based review. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovel methods also bring potential pitfalls\, uncertainties and dilemmas\, and may operate in some tension with moves towards responsible research assessment\, as reflected in the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and the new Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA). \n\n\n\nAs the UK again reviews its approach to research assessment and the design of the Research Excellence Framework (REF)\, these and other issues are up for discussion through the Future Research Assessment Programme (FRAP)\, initiated by the four UK higher education funding bodies. \n\n\n\nThis workshop launches two new studies that should make significant contributions to the FRAP process. \n\n\n\nThe first\, led by Professor Mike Thelwall\, is a ground-breaking analysis of whether one could run a REF exercise using AI. The second is an updated review of the role of metrics in the UK research assessment system\, which builds on the 2015 review\,The Metric Tide\, which called for responsible approaches to the use of metrics\, and cautioned against purely metric-based approaches to assessment. For more on these studies\, see recent articles in Nature\, Research Professional and Times Higher Education. \n\n\n\nWe were joined by Professor Dame Jessica Corner\, new Executive Chair of Research England who offered opening keynote remarks\, and by two panels of UK and international experts.
URL:https://researchonresearch.org/event/machine-learning-metrics-merit-the-future-of-research-assessment/
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Research Evaluation
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SUMMARY:When priorities don't align with needs: the case of mental health research
DESCRIPTION:Mental ill-health and well-being are increasingly recognised as being intimately linked to a wide range of environmental and social factors. As such\, the ways in which researchers approach\, understand\, and engage with mental health must be broad\, ranging from the biophysiological mechanisms underpinning brain function\, to the societal determinants which alter it. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe significance of this connection has been illustrated by the effects of COVID lockdowns on mental health in which: fear\, sudden changes in daily habits\, family roles\, domestic violence\, work burnout\, etc. have all palpably impinged on mental well-being. \n\n\n\nIn this seminar\, Ismael Rafols\, senior researcher at the Centre for Science and Technology studies (CWTS\, Leiden University) and associate faculty at SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit) at the University of Sussex\, presents a recent study\, based on a collaboration between Vinnova and CWTS. \n\n\n\nThis contrasts current research priorities with societal demands through the analysis of publication specialisation of countries\, funders and organisations\, shown in open interactive visualisations. The results suggest a need to diversify mental health research towards more socially engaged approaches. \n\n\n\nSara Nässtrom of Vinnova\, the Swedish Innovation Agency\, who represents Vinnova in Sweden’s National Strategy for Mental Health\, offers her response. \n\n\n\nThis event was part of  RoRI ‘s seminar series on the theme of Culture Shift\, where we aim to spotlight some of the most exciting thinkers\, practitioners and research system entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of analysing\, pioneering and propelling culture shifts across science and research.
URL:https://researchonresearch.org/event/when-priorities-dont-align-with-needs-the-case-of-mental-health-research/
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SUMMARY:The Quantified Scholar
DESCRIPTION:Around the world\, the good\, the bad and the ugly in research cultures are the focus of unprecedented scrutiny and debate. Imperatives of equality\, diversity\, inclusion\, impact\, integrity and sustainability are forcing overdue change to institutions\, policies and practices. But there is still a long way to go. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuan Pablo Pardo-Guerra\, associate professor of sociology at the University of California\, San Diego and author of the book The Quantified Scholar\, explores how processes of research evaluation themselves shape disciplines\, promote conformity and limit diversity. \n\n\n\nProf. Sarah de Rijcke\, Co-Chair of RoRI and Scientific Director at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS)\, Leiden University and Dr Molly Morgan Jones\, Director of Policy at The British Academy\, offer their responses. \n\n\n\nThis seminar was organised by RoRI and Sheffield Metascience Network (MetaNet) at the University of Sheffield.
URL:https://researchonresearch.org/event/the-quantified-scholar/
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