Recent News about Metascience
A few quick updates
Several items in the news worth noting.
Dorothy Bishop at Oxford (and a friend of the Good Science Project) is hosting a conference from April 7 to 9, on research fraud: “Fostering Accountability for the Integrity of Research Studies.” Speakers include John Carlisle, Nick Brown, Elisabeth Bik, Uri Simonsohn, Ivan Oransky, and many more. Register here (an online option is available).
Caleb Watney of the Institute for Progress (another friend of the Good Science Project) published an opinion piece in the New York Times, “American Science Should Take a Lot More Risks.” Favorite quote:
Read the whole thing!
The journal eLife asked me to write a short piece on science and efficiency. It was published here, as part of a broader collection of articles here.
For better or worse, the Good Science Project has been contacted by journalists way more often than usual. In the past several weeks, I’ve been quoted in the following stories:
Washington Post, “Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking science.”
Vox, “Animal rights advocates are ready for Trump’s war on science.”
Chronicle of Higher Education, “Here’s How Science Funding Could Change Under Trump.”
The Guardian, “Trump halts medical research funding in apparent violation of judge’s order.”
NBC News, “Science under siege: Trump cuts threaten to undermine decades of research.”
The Atlantic, “A New Kind of Crisis for American Universities.”
STAT News, “Why NIH pays universities far more for indirect costs than private foundations.”
TRT Global, “Cuts in US research funding could cede scientific lead to China, say scientists.”
The College Fix, “Scholars debate pros, cons of Trump order capping health research funding’s indirect costs.”