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Campus by Times Higher EducationCampus podcast: How to achieve research excellence – and protect itThe delivery of quality research is central to the mission of most universities. But there is more to research excellence than headline-grabbing “ground-breaking” discoveries.
This podcast episode explores what good research looks like, how it can be supported at an institutional level, and what feeds into a healthy research ecosystem that enables robust studies of all types, at all stages to be carried out and knowledge advanced.
We also delve into research security to find out how such scholarly work can be protected from misuse or being weaponised amid ever-changing geopolitical power struggles.
You...2025-04-0358 min
The Storyology PodcastEpisode 1: What Happens When Science Meets Story?In this first episode, materials scientist and storyteller Dr Anna Ploszajski speaks to two experts who have spent their illustrious careers at the intersection of science and storytelling.
- Baroness Alex Freeman made documentaries mostly for the BBC, and then went to Cambridge where she studied evidence communication, where she got interested in the downsides of using storytelling in science
- Professor Marcus Munafò is a university Professor in Psychology in health behaviours, and Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research Culture at the University of Bristol.
This podcast is made in partnership with the UK...2024-11-0144 min
Research TalkNavigating academia: Conversations with an early career researcher and career researcherIn this episode of Research Talk, Emily Wild is joined by Dr. Amelia Morris and Professor Marcus Munafo to discuss the hurdles and opportunities in sharing research openly at different stages of an academic career. Amelia Morris reflects on the barriers facing early career researchers, such as the high costs of academic publishing and job insecurity, while Marcus shares how open research practices are reshaping academia and supporting emerging scholars. In this thought-provoking episode of Research Talk, the guests also discuss the systemic issues facing academia, such as marketisation and the pressures of a publish-or-perish...2024-09-3046 min
Research Culture Uncovered(S8E7) Improving Research Quality with the UK Reproducibility Network: A Conversation with Marcus MunafòIn this week's episode of Research Culture Uncovered, Nick Sheppard speaks with Marcus Munafò, Professor of Biological Psychology at the University of Bristol and co-founder of the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN).Formally launched in 2019, Marcus discusses how UKRN evolved over several years from discussions with colleagues including Lara Fortunato, Chris Chambers, Dorothy Bishop, and Malcolm Macleod. In this episode we talk about:The challenge of research reproducibility including publication bias and questionable research practices, and Marcus's own experiences during his PhD.Giving evidence to the House of Commons Science, Innovation, and Technology Committee, where h...2024-07-2437 min
Future of Science by DeSci Foundation#6 Marcus Munafo: Accelerating grass-roots movements to advance open researchIn this conversation with Marcus Munafo, we covered how Marcus and others built the UK Reproducibility Network and are driving the adoption of open research practices. We debated whether issues in science are mostly due to well-intentioned behavior by humanly-flawed individuals in a suboptimal environment or whether it’s more selfish individuals practicing outright fraud. Spoiler: We’re not so sure. We also discussed whether change in science needs top-down policies or whether these can even harm the cause.
This podcast is a follow-up conversation to Marcus' Future of Science Seminar. You can watch all episodes of the...2023-02-1247 min
The Oxford CommentWhat is the impact of opening research? - Episode 66 - The Oxford CommentOpen research means faster, more equitable access to cutting edge findings, driving disciplines forward, and introducing transparency into the research process. As the world’s largest university press publisher of open access content, Oxford University Press believes a more open world should work for everyone.
Over the past few years, the movement has grown to encompass other aspects of the research journey, from data sets to peer review, and open research has grown up as an umbrella term of experimentation with opening up in all of these areas. So what is the impact of opening research?
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The Person First PodcastThe Person First with Dr Suzi GageSuzanne H. Gage is a British psychologist and epidemiologist who is interested in the nature of associations between lifestyle behaviours and mental health. She is a lecturer at the University of Liverpool and has a popular science podcast, "Say Why to Drugs", which explores substance use.
Suzi Gage is from Missenden, Buckinghamshire, where she completed A-Levels in Maths, Biology, Music and English at Dr Challonders High School. She received her Bachelors degree in Psychology in 2004 and Masters degree in cognitive neuropsychology from University College London in 2005. Prior to her Ph.D., Gage concentrated on language, specifically the...2019-10-171h 01
LSE PodcastsReplication Crisis? [Audio]Speaker(s): Professor Alexander Bird, Dr Laura Fortunato, Professor Marcus Munafò | The hallmark of good science is often supposed to be experiments that produce the same results when repeated. But over the last number of years, scientists have replicated a number of established, high-profile experiments and produced different results. Does it point to serious flaws and biases in the sciences? Or is it evidence of the power of science to self-correct? And what can be done to make science more replicable? We explore whether the replication crisis undermines our trust in science. Alexander Bird is Peter Sowerby Professor of Philosophy a...2019-05-281h 28
The Oxford Reproducibility SchoolAn agenda for reproducible scienceMarcus Munafo (University of Bristol) gives a talk for the Oxford Reproducibility School.2017-12-0832 min
Start the WeekNature or Nurture?On Start the Week Mary-Ann Sieghart asks why some people succeed while others fail. She talks to the journalist Helen Pearson about the Life Project, a study of the health, wellbeing and life chances of thousands of British children, started in 1946. The television producer Joseph Bullman also charts a series of families back to the Victorian times to look at social mobility through the generations. The psychologist Oliver James wades into the nature/ nurture debate by arguing that we are the result of our environment and upbringing, but the scientist Marcus Munafò says there is increasing evidence of genetic l...2016-02-2941 min