Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
About the speaker:
Elisabet is a PhD Student working within the Generation R Study group at Erasmus Medical Centre. She received a BSc in Medicine at Erasmus Medical Centre in 2017. Her research focuses on the brain development of children with combined symptoms of depression, anxiety, aggression, and attention problems known as emotion dysregulation. She co-organise the Rotterdam RIOT Science Club meetings at Erasmus Medical Centre.
Note: this talk was very collaborative. For a full list of speakers, please see our conference booklet: docs.google.com/document/d/1B19ubXlS6DUgg8dJ49lG97u9I8e2U5eM9PqS98D7X8s/edit?usp=sharing
About the talk:
Increasingly, policies are being introduced to reward and recognise open research practices, while the adoption of such practices into research routines is being facilitated by many grassroots initiatives. However, despite this widespread endorsement and support, open research is yet to be widely adopted, with early career researchers being the notable exception. For open research to become the norm, initiatives should engage academics from all career stages, particularly senior academics (namely senior lecturers, readers, professors) given their routine involvement in determining the quality of research. Senior academics, however, face unique challenges in implementing policy change and supporting grassroots initiatives. Given that - like all researchers - senior academics are in part motivated by self-interest, this paper lays out three feasible steps that senior academics can take to improve the quality and productivity of their research, that also serve to engender open research. These steps include a) change hiring criteria, b) change how scholarly outputs are credited, and c) change to funding and publishing with open research. The guidance we provide is accompanied by live, crowd-sourced material for further reading.
Resources and suggestions for further reading:
Kowalczyk, O., Lautarescu, A., Blok, E., Dall'Aglio, L., & Westwood, S. (2020). What senior academics can do to support reproducible and open research: a short, three-step guide.
psyarxiv.com/jyfr7
About Open Research: A vision for the future:
Recent years have seen greater adoption of practices aiming to improve the reproducibility and transparency of research. These practices, however, are still not universally endorsed. Moreover, issues surrounding the research culture, its openness and diversity, persist. This free half-day conference intends to highlight the importance of open research in improving the academic ecosystem. We will hear from a diverse set of speakers, ranging from early career researchers to senior academics, from around the world discussing the future of open research practices. This event is interdisciplinary and open to all.
About RIOT Science Club:
The RIOT Science Club gives talks/workshops on Reproducible, Interpretable, Open & Transparent Science. This talk was hosted by RIOT Science Club Durham @Durham_Riots
Slides and/or recordings of all past and future RIOTS Clubs are stored on our Open Science Framework Page: https://osf.io/5629t/?view_only=d23ff.... You can also subscribe to our mailing list, to receive regular information on upcoming talks and workshops, any local events and vacancies for positions in open and reproducible research.
You can also find us on Twitter @Durham_Riots.
If you would like to give a talk or workshop for The RIOTS Club, please email riotscienceclub@kcl.ac.uk.
About the speaker:
Elisabet is a PhD Student working within the Generation R Study group at Erasmus Medical Centre. She received a BSc in Medicine at Erasmus Medical Centre in 2017. Her research focuses on the brain development of children with combined symptoms of depression, anxiety, aggression, and attention problems known as emotion dysregulation. She co-organise the Rotterdam RIOT Science Club meetings at Erasmus Medical Centre.
Note: this talk was very collaborative. For a full list of speakers, please see our conference booklet: docs.google.com/document/d/1B19ubXlS6DUgg8dJ49lG97u9I8e2U5eM9PqS98D7X8s/edit?usp=sharing
About the talk:
Increasingly, policies are being introduced to reward and recognise open research practices, while the adoption of such practices into research routines is being facilitated by many grassroots initiatives. However, despite this widespread endorsement and support, open research is yet to be widely adopted, with early career researchers being the notable exception. For open research to become the norm, initiatives should engage academics from all career stages, particularly senior academics (namely senior lecturers, readers, professors) given their routine involvement in determining the quality of research. Senior academics, however, face unique challenges in implementing policy change and supporting grassroots initiatives. Given that - like all researchers - senior academics are in part motivated by self-interest, this paper lays out three feasible steps that senior academics can take to improve the quality and productivity of their research, that also serve to engender open research. These steps include a) change hiring criteria, b) change how scholarly outputs are credited, and c) change to funding and publishing with open research. The guidance we provide is accompanied by live, crowd-sourced material for further reading.
Resources and suggestions for further reading:
Kowalczyk, O., Lautarescu, A., Blok, E., Dall'Aglio, L., & Westwood, S. (2020). What senior academics can do to support reproducible and open research: a short, three-step guide.
psyarxiv.com/jyfr7
About Open Research: A vision for the future:
Recent years have seen greater adoption of practices aiming to improve the reproducibility and transparency of research. These practices, however, are still not universally endorsed. Moreover, issues surrounding the research culture, its openness and diversity, persist. This free half-day conference intends to highlight the importance of open research in improving the academic ecosystem. We will hear from a diverse set of speakers, ranging from early career researchers to senior academics, from around the world discussing the future of open research practices. This event is interdisciplinary and open to all.
About RIOT Science Club:
The RIOT Science Club gives talks/workshops on Reproducible, Interpretable, Open & Transparent Science. This talk was hosted by RIOT Science Club Durham @Durham_Riots
Slides and/or recordings of all past and future RIOTS Clubs are stored on our Open Science Framework Page: https://osf.io/5629t/?view_only=d23ff.... You can also subscribe to our mailing list, to receive regular information on upcoming talks and workshops, any local events and vacancies for positions in open and reproducible research.
You can also find us on Twitter @Durham_Riots.
If you would like to give a talk or workshop for The RIOTS Club, please email riotscienceclub@kcl.ac.uk.
