Empowering Early Career Researchers to Improve Science

Kent, Brianne A.; Holman, Cheryl; Amoako, Emmanuella; Antonietti, Alberto; Azam, James; Ballhausen, Hanne; Bediako, Yaw; Belasen, Anat M.; Carneiro, Clarissa França Dias; Chen, Yen‐Chung; Compeer, Ewoud B.; Connor, Chelsea; Crüwell, Sophia; Debat, Humberto Julio; Dorris, Emma R.; Ebrahimi, Hedyeh; Erlich, Jeffrey C; Chiappe, Florencia Fernández; Fischer, Felix; Gazda, Małgorzata Anna; Glatz, Toivo; Grabitz, Peter; Heise, Verena; Kent, David G.; Lo, Hung-Yi; McDowell, Gary S.; Mehta, Devang; Neumann, Wolf‐Julian; Neves, Kleber; Patterson, Mark; Penfold, Naomi; Piper, Sophie K.; Puebla, Iratxe; Quashie, Peter K.; Quezada, Carolina P.; Riley, Julia Lindsay; Rohmann, Jessica L.; Saladi, Shyam; Schwessinger, Benjamin; Siegerink, Bob; Stehlik, Paulina; Tzilivaki, Alexandra; Umbers, Kate D. L.; Varma, Aalok; Walavalkar, Kaivalya; Winde, Charlotte M. de; Zaza, Cecilia; Weissgerber, Tracey L.

doi:10.31219/osf.io/p5evw

“…After the event concluded, participants were also involved in preparing a manuscript summarizing the major themes discussed during the event 10 . The five themes discussed during the conference corresponded to planned sections of the manuscript.…”

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“…We were pleased with the organization of the event, and thoroughly enjoyed reading posts and sharing ideas and experiences with participants. The results of our discussions are collaboratively summarized in a paper entitled Empowering Early Career Researchers to Improve Science 10 . In the anonymous post event survey, almost all participants reported positive experiences.…”

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How to connect academics around the globe by organizing an asynchronous virtual unconference

Holman

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Kent

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Weissgerber

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2021

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Many conferences and in-person meetings have transitioned to virtual platforms in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we share strategies and lessons learned from organizing an international virtual unconventional conference, or ‘unconference’. The event focused on how early career researchers can advocate for systemic improvements in scientific publishing and research culture. The virtual unconference had three main components: (1) a virtual networking event, (2) asynchronous virtual brainstorming, and (3) a virtual open space, where participants could join or lead in-depth discussions. The unconference format was participant-driven and encouraged dialogue and collaboration between 54 attendees from 20 countries on six continents. Virtual brainstorming allowed participants to contribute to discussions at times that were convenient for them. Activity was consistently high throughout the 48 hours of virtual brainstorming and continued into the next day. The results of these discussions are collaboratively summarized in a paper entitled Empowering Early Career Researchers to Improve Science, co-authored by the unconference participants. We hope that this method report will help others to organize asynchronous virtual unconferences, while also providing new strategies for participant-driven activities that could be integrated into conventional virtual conferences.

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“…Early career researchers have been the main drivers of the open science movement in other fields even though they are often in vulnerable positions due to short contracts and hierarchical and strongly networked research environments. Supporting these early career researchers in adopting open science tools could significantly advance this change in research culture [117]. However, early career researchers can already benefit by publishing registered reports or preprints that can provide a publication much faster than conventional journal publications.…”

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A guide to open science practices for animal research

Diederich

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Schmitt

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Schwedhelm

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Translational biomedical research relies on animal experiments and provides the underlying proof of practice for clinical trials, which places an increased duty of care on translational researchers to derive the maximum possible output from every experiment performed. The implementation of open science practices has the potential to initiate a change in research culture that could improve the transparency and quality of translational research in general, as well as increasing the audience and scientific reach of published research. However, open science has become a buzzword in the scientific community that can often miss mark when it comes to practical implementation. In this Essay, we provide a guide to open science practices that can be applied throughout the research process, from study design, through data collection and analysis, to publication and dissemination, to help scientists improve the transparency and quality of their work. As open science practices continue to evolve, we also provide an online toolbox of resources that we will update continually.

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How to connect academics around the globe by organizing an asynchronous virtual unconference

Holman

¹

,

Kent

²

,

Weissgerber

³

2021

Self Cite

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Many conferences and in-person meetings have transitioned to virtual platforms in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we share strategies and lessons learned from organizing an international virtual unconventional conference, or ‘unconference’. The event focused on how early career researchers can advocate for systemic improvements in scientific publishing and research culture. The virtual unconference had three main components: (1) a virtual networking event, (2) asynchronous virtual brainstorming, and (3) a virtual open space, where participants could join or lead in-depth discussions. The unconference format was participant-driven and encouraged dialogue and collaboration between 54 attendees from 20 countries on six continents. Virtual brainstorming allowed participants to contribute to discussions at times that were convenient for them. Activity was consistently high throughout the 48 hours of virtual brainstorming and continued into the next day. The results of these discussions are collaboratively summarized in a paper entitled Empowering Early Career Researchers to Improve Science, co-authored by the unconference participants. We hope that this method report will help others to organize asynchronous virtual unconferences, while also providing new strategies for participant-driven activities that could be integrated into conventional virtual conferences.

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Empowering Early Career Researchers to Improve Science

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How to connect academics around the globe by organizing an asynchronous virtual unconference

How to connect academics around the globe by organizing an asynchronous virtual unconference

A guide to open science practices for animal research

How to connect academics around the globe by organizing an asynchronous virtual unconference

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