Science in Society
Science in Societyfor?
Science in Societywith
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...so do great things right?
But what are the risks...?
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If a million postdocs repeat a few million experiments…
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And 25% of those don’t work…
…how much taxpayer’s money is that?
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more science funding...?
...or another hospital?
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UK scientists spend £12B of the taxpayer’s money
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...and government expects a return on that investment...
.....personal risks
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...failure
...stress
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Everyone wants the same thing.
Maximum impact...
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...for minimum effort
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How do you maximise efficiency in generating
impact for your research?
What is...
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Too much to read...
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...making the right connections
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In the last five years...?
...in the past 24 hours?
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Open record...
http://tinyurl.com/ons-challenge-spreadsheet
...free services...anyone can participate....
http://oru.edu/cccda/sl/descriptorspace/ds.php
...and people do, bringing new skills and ideas
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The Polymath Project
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Pay it forward...
...build your network
What about the public?
“...I worked at a 300-person nonprofit research institute with a small library. So there I was—a scientist and a taxpayer—desperate to read the results of work that I helped pay for...And yet either I could not get the papers or I had to pay to read them without knowing if they would be helpful...”
Eisen JA (2008) PLoS Biology 2.0. PLoS Biol 6(2): e48
Public engagement...?
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What if she wasn’t just looking?
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Not just papers, but ideas, web pages, data, materials, software
And if the cited objects are not open and available?
Research impact =
Google PageRank
High PageRank =
Wired into the network
=
Available
You can follow...
...or lead
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Enormous challenges...
Problems...
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...opportunities
Make your work available
Let others build...
...to increase your impact
Be clear..and in context
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Build your network...
...its your most valuable asset
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