73. Tom Hostler: Open science, workload, and academic capitalism

Jun 23, 2023

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Tom Hostler is a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. In this conversation, we focus on his recent article on the increased workload caused by open science.

BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith.

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Timestamps
0:00:00: Start discussing Tom's paper 'The Invisible Workload of Open Research'
0:29:22: Does open science actually increase workload?
0:44:26: How open science changes the research process
0:54:02: Are open science requirements especially time consuming for labs without lots of funding?
1:01:44: What are the most effective open science practices?
1:06:31: Book or paper Tom thinks more people should read
1:09:39: Something Tom wishes he'd learnt sooner
1:13:32: Tom's advice for PhD students and postdocs

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References
Aczel, Szaszi, Sarafoglou et al. A consensus-based transparency checklist. Nat Hum Behav 4, 4–6 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0772-6
Bozeman, Youtie & Jung (2021). Death by a thousand 10-minute tasks: Workarounds and noncompliance in university research administration. Administration & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399720947994
Costantini, Cordero, Campbell, … Pearson, R. M. (2021). Mental Health Intergenerational Transmission (MHINT) Process Manual. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/s6n4h
Dienes (2008). Understanding psychology as a science: An introduction to scientific and statistical inference. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Forscher, Wagenmakers, Coles, Silan, Dutra, Basnight-Brown & IJzerman (2023). The benefits, barriers, and risks of big-team science. Perspectives on Psychological Science.
Hostler (2023). The Invisible Workload of Open Research. Journal of Trial & Error. https://doi.org/10.36850/mr5
Nickerson (2000). Null hypothesis significance testing: a review of an old and continuing controversy. Psychological methods.
Schneider (2015). The censor's hand: The misregulation of human-subject research. MIT Press.

Links
UK REF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Excellence_Framework
Mark Rubin's Critical Metascience Blog: https://markrubin.substack.com/
Reporting checklist: https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/