Kanjun Qiu and Michael Nielsen | Improving the Social Processes of Science
“How does the culture of science change and improve? Many people have identified shortcomings in core social processes of science, such as peer review, how grants are awarded, how people are selected to become scientists, and so on. Yet despite often compelling criticisms, strong barriers inhibit widespread change in such social processes. The result is near stasis, and apathy about the prospects for improvement.”
Join us for an open discussion with Kanjun and Michael, where we will:
-Discuss their new essay on how the social processes of science can be improved, including topics like the development of metascience entrepreneurship and the role of for-profits in science. We'll have some time for Q&A's at the end of the chat!
-Break into a groups for an ideathon based on questions and topics of interest