Dr. Ian Hussey will be conducting a lecture on open research and reproducibility across disciplines. Dr. Hussey is a Senior Lecturer in Digitalisation from the University of Bern, and is a leading expert in the field of meta-science and research methods within science itself.

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See below for the abstract to the talk:

“For an enterprise tasked with discovering truth, science has a startling lack of quality assurance. In general, there are stronger safeguards to ensure that food is safe to eat than to ensure that scientific articles contain truths rather than falsehoods. While reforms in the last decade such as data sharing, preregistration, and replication have improved transparency, they still rely on traditional quality assurance mechanisms and on the assumption of researcher diligence and good faith. Other industries do not merely trust but verify. This talk argues that preserving the integrity and credibility of the scientific record requires abandoning the assumption that intentional fraud is very rare and, more importantly, confronting the threats posed by honest error, negligence, and recklessness. Suggestions for innovative, parallel systems of verification are presented, and their requirements and feasibility are discussed.”