Coordinating culture change across the research landscape

"Who is responsible for upholding #ResearchIntegrity, mitigating misinformation, and increasing trust in science beyond individual researchers?"

Leslie McIntosh
and Cynthia Vitale

#ResearchCulture

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frma.2023.1134082/full

"In a pathological culture, crucial information about potentially damning errors or hazards is hoarded by those in power and often used as a weapon to silence critics.

In a bureaucratic culture, emphasis is on policies, rules, and compliance where similar information is either unwelcome or ignored.

And a generative culture is one oriented on performance, where potentially damaging information is welcomed and distributed to the right people to act on."

https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adk1852

#ResearchCulture

New infographic: Responsibilities of a Postgraduate Research Student in Improving Research Culture
https://ukrio.org/wp-content/uploads/Infographic_ImprovingResearchCulture_Responsibilities-of-a-PGR-student.pdf

#PhDlife #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchCulture #Infographic #PhDchat #PostgraduateResearch

We've [finally] launched Horizons Institute on Mastodon!
So if you're interested in #Interdisciplinary #Research, #ResearchImpact, #ResearchCulture change, and #GlobalCollaboration, please connect with us here: https://mastodon.social/@HorizonsLeeds

#UniversityOfLeeds #Leeds

We're at the University of Hertfordshire today giving talks and workshops. James Parry starts with a background on good research practice and research culture.
#ResearchCulture #UniversityofHertfordshire

New blog post from me, on the Times Higher Education website – ‘A bridge between academics and communications staff’

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/bridge-between-academics-and-communications-staff

#research #researchmanagement #REF #researchculture #researchintegrity #university #advocacy #impact

"The risk of pitting us all against each other in some unholy research culture competition is that hyper-competition was always at the heart of so many of our unhelpful research cultures." - @lizziegadd in #WonkHE, on the increased weight given to #ResearchCulture in the UK's #REF28.

https://wonkhe.com/blogs/my-research-culture-is-better-than-yours/

#ReformingRA #ResearchAssessment #REF2028 #HigherEd #HigherEducation #UKuniversities

Off to an exciting meeting to talk about #ResearchCulture in Scotland and what we do already and how we can collaborate more. Trialling my Loop Engage earplugs to see if it helps with focus and minimises fatigue by reducing overall noise but allowing me to hear people

To catch up on the Universities UK Research Culture and Practice Forum this week, see the hashtag #RCPF and these threads from @StephZihms and @Retropz:

https://sotl.social/@StephZihms/110535953316481022

https://mastodon.social/@Retropz/110541714791802814

https://mastodon.social/@Retropz/110541846463578037

#ResearchCulture #UniversitiesUK #AcademicMastodon #HigherEducation

In Scotland we are also looking at some more collaborative ways for #ResearchCulture work given we don't have the specific Research Culture funding - hopefully be able to share more about that soon

All sessions from the 2023 #ResearchCulture and Practice Forum will be uploaded to the UUK YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClxpXOrOFhK1DRuTssBzXbQ

Final session for today:

What does the future look like for #ResearchCulture concordats and initiatives?

A great way to close 1st day - a shame can't join all the sessions tomorrow but will try to pop in and out

A lot of great work at Liverpool but I also need to reiterate that there is a lot of extra #ResearchCulture money available in England and that often links to roles and great initiatives...

Welcome and opening: Interesting to hear from Scottish and Welsh perspectives - yet those nations did not receive any ring fenced #ResearchCulture money compared to England. Given it's about equality of opportunity and creating a diverse ecosystem, this seems very counter productive

Looking forward to attending the #ResearchCulture and Practice forum - I will try and add to this thread as things happen https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/latest/events/free-event-research-culture-and-practice

Take-home messages from Karen Stroobants. #UKRIOevents #ResearchCulture #ResearchAssessment #ReformingRA

Competency-based assessment is underused in academia, notes Karen Stroobants. #UKRIOevents #ReformingRA #ResearchAssessment #ResearchCulture

Research assessment is key to #ResearchCulture, argues Karen Stroobants. A move from narrow definitions, metrics, and 'excellence' to qualitative assessment and a focus on 'how' vs 'what', is needed. #UKRIOevents #ReformingRA

Here's what 'fierce conversations' at Naomi Irvine's PDA aim for.
#ResearchCulture #UKRIOevents

Naomi Irvine asks:

"If there were no fear of repercussion and you were guaranteed an honest response, what question would you ask?"

"Which problem, when solved, would give you the greatest return for your time, energy and effort?"

The conference chat erupts!

#UKRIOevents #ResearchCulture