Rebuilding Trust in Science: What Can Researchers Do?
The aim for this symposium is to start a conversation among faculty and other senior-level researchers about what can be done to increase confidence in the scientific enterprise, both within society at large, but also — and especially — among the scientists themselves. The symposium will feature short talks addressing this aim from multiple perspectives, ranging from psychological and social factors to regulations and public initiatives. This is followed by discussions in break-out groups and over lunch. Hopefully the symposium will help identify and motivate a community of researchers who want to help promote open and rigorous research. A secondary aim is to produce a public document that summarizes the experiences, concerns, and ambitions voiced by the symposium’s participants.
Program
8:00 a.m. — Refreshments (Fruit and Pastries)
8:45 a.m. — Georg Striedter (Research Integrity Officer; Professor of Neurobiology & Behavior, UC Irvine): Opening Remarks: Context and Aims
9:00 a.m. — Cailin O’Connor & James Weatherall (Chancellor’s Professors in Logic and Philosophy of Science, UC Irvine): The Spread of Scientific Misinformation
9:30 a.m. — Peter Ditto (Professor of Psychological Science, UC Irvine): The Scientist-as-Person Metaphor
10:00 a.m. — Dena Plemmons (Director, Research Ethics and Education Program, UC Riverside): Mentoring within the Research Group Setting
10:30 a.m. — Coffee Break (20 min)
10:50 a.m. — Oswald Steward (Distinguished Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology; Director of the Reeve-Irvine Research Center, UC Irvine): Working with Journals and Scholarly Societies to Boost Rigor and Transparency
11:20 a.m. — Ruben Aslan (Researcher, University of Leipzig, Germany): Open Science and Other Initiatives to Strengthen Science
11:50 a.m. — Pramod Khargonekar (Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Irvine): Closing Remarks: Where do we go from here?
12:00 p.m. — Breakout Groups
12:30 p.m. — Hot Lunch
Sponsored by the UC Irvine Office of Research
