Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 18:00, Staff Lounge
Reproducibility and scientific integrity: much ado about nothing?
In this discussion meeting, Bernd Pulverer, Head of Scientific Publications at EMBO asks: What does reproducibility actually mean and can we measure it? How important is it and how can we encourage it? Data integrity & plagiarism: where does the buck stop? Correcting the literature: who decides - how to decide? What is driving the problem? And what are the solutions?
Suggested reading
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/05/how-a-grad-student-uncovered-a-huge-fraud.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/science/retractions-coming-out-from-under-science-rug.html
http://aeon.co/magazine/philosophy/are-retraction-wars-a-sign-that-science-is-broken/
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/22/9009927/lacour-gay-homophobia-study