Replication in Social & Behavioural Sciences
FORRT with Flavio Azevedo, Helena Hartmann, and Bethan Iley, October 25, 2023
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Replication in Social & Behavioural Sciences: The Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT) with Flavio Azevedo (University of Cambridge, Cambridge), Helena Hartmann (University Hospital Essen) & Bethan Iley (Queenâs University Belfast), October 25, 2023, 17:00 CEST.
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Abstract
Despite considerable progress towards adopting open scholarship practices in research, developing pedagogy to train students in open and reproducible scholarship has received far less attention (Azevedo et al., 2022). The Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT, https://forrt.org/) addresses the underappreciated pedagogical aspect of open and reproducible science and its associated challenges, including a need for curricular reform, an account of epistemological pluralism, the development of new methods of education, and questions around how open science practices relate to social justice and a principled academic education (Azevedo et al., 2021). In this presentation, we first provide reflections on the importance of embedding open scholarship practices into higher education and the benefits that it can bring to students and diverse academic stakeholders. We then introduce FORRT and briefly showcase the educational resources developed by FORRT, which contain ready-to-use pedagogical materials for incorporating open practices into teaching and mentoring, for example the Replications & Reversals project. We will outline resources that (i) provide educators with a comprehensive but straightforward framework of open scholarship; (ii) facilitate the integration of open scholarship in teaching and mentoring without burdening educators; (iii) help modify the academic incentive structure about teaching and mentoring through recognition and commendations of excellent teaching and mentoring and (iv) that contribute to foster social justice and principles of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility in academia. Towards the end, we also provide reflections on lessons learned in the past years as a non-profit pedagogical community. Attendees are encouraged to actively reflect on how these freely accessible resources developed by FORRT could be directly incorporated into their own teaching/mentoring. We welcome discussions on how these resources could be further improved and insights about what other open educational resources could further help educators wishing to integrate open scholarship practices into their work.
Biographies
FORRTâthe Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (forrt.org)âis an interdisciplinary and international community of 500+ early career scholars aiming to integrate Open Scholarship principles into higher education and advance research transparency, reproducibility, rigor, and ethics through pedagogical reform. FORRT offers in its e-learning platform several educational resources (e.g., Pownall et al., 2021; Parsons et al., 2022), using diverse strategies to mitigate time constraints for scholars implementing open and principled education in their workflow as well as advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and social justice in Open Scholarship.
Flavio is a political psychologist working as a senior researcher at Cambridge Universityâs Social Decision-Making Lab, where he focuses on uncovering the ideological basis of anti-scientific attitudes and conspiratorial thinking. Flavio did his Ph.D. in Political Science at the Graduate School of Cologne University, a German Excellence Center, where he became a Fulbright fellow to study political ideologies, their role in justifying social and economic injustices, and the psychology underlying why people endorse them. Flavio co-founded and directs FORRTâthe Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (http://forrt.org/)âan interdisciplinary community of 500+ early career scholars aiming to integrate open science principles into higher education as well as to advance research transparency, reproducibility, rigor, and ethics through pedagogical reform. Flavio is also the principal investigator of The Psychology of Political Behavior Studies (PPBS), a series of studies informing psychological explanations of political attitudes, values, voting, and participation. Flavio won several international awards for his work on political psychology and FORRT. He was named one of the 100 most influential early-career Portuguese through the World Economic Forumâs âGlobal Shapersâ initiative, and NASA interviewed him about Open Science practices and equitable science for all. Visit his personal webpage at flavioazevedo.com or follow him on Twitter at @Flavio_Azevedo_.
Helena is a Postdoc at the Bingellab (Clinical Neurosciences) at the University Hospital Essen. She did her PhD at the Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit at the University of Vienna. During this time, she was also a visiting researcher in the Social Brain Lab at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in Amsterdam. She is interested in factors that influence how we perceive pain in ourselves and in other people. Her approach to science strongly aligns with open scholarship principles, and she enthusiastically engages in and teaches science communication. She is leading the FORRT Replications & Reversals project. Find more information on her website.
Bethan is a PhD Student within the School of Psychology at Queenâs University Belfast, and a Community Development Coordinator at FORRT. Her PhD investigates the link between conspiracy theory beliefs and resistance to social change. Her aim as Community Development Manager is to find additional funding opportunities and develop FORRTâs organisational structure so that FORRT community members can be paid for their valuable time and expertise.
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