'Just One Thing' Research Tournament
Staff from across the Institute of Population Health and colleagues from universities in the North West attended the 'Just One Thing' Research Tournament on Friday 27 October.
This half day event was hosted by the ReproducibiliTEA group. Speakers presented convincing cases for what they think is the most important thing that needs changing in order to fix research. Described as "remarkable" by organiser and Psychology lecturer Dr Alexis Makin, the event featured contributions from PhD students and Professors on a wide range of topics.
Talks included:
'We need better harmony between confirmatory and exploratory research' - Reshanne Reeder
'We should increase transparency in observational studies' - Richard Jackson
'We should gamify experiments, so participants feel less bored' - Cesare Parise
'The lack of female participants undermines generalisability' - Jasmine Warren
'Climate activism can teach us about reproducibility activism' - Rebecca Lawson
'We should collect larger samples and publish fewer papers' - Alexis Makin
'Working from home is undermining academic culture' - Mark Randle
'Ethics committees inhibit risky but valuable research' - Ned Buckley
The audience voted on the most persuasive pitches. Congratulations to Rebecca Lawson and Mark Randle, who were declared joint winners of the tournament.
Thank you to everyone who attended and made this such a successful and engaging event.