OPENSci ' 25
Open Science Webinars | A Knowledge to Impact Series
How Transparency and Reproducibility Improve Research Quality and Integrity
Thursday, March 13, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (MT)
Zoom Webinar | Free Registration
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Explore how access, replicability, and transparency enhance research quality and trust in the academic community and beyond.
Open science is quickly gaining momentum as a model for improving the quality, trust, and rigor of processes that build a foundation for research excellence.
Issues including difficulty in replicating study results, lack of transparency, and even fraud have raised concerns within the academic community.
In this webinar, our speakers will discuss how the "Reproducibility Crisis," is more of a widespread issue than the term "crisis" suggests and in response, we'll explore how to make open science work for researchers resulting in better and more meaningful impact for everyone.
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Program*
Introduction and Welcome
with Stephanie Warner, Manager, Knowledge to Impact
Presentation: How Open Science Leads to Integrity and Trust
with David Moher
Presentation: Is the Reproducibility Crisis Actually a "Crisis"?
with Matthew Makel
Presentation: Open Science and Library Supports
with Heather Ganshorn
Open Discussion: Q&A
with all presenters
* subject to change
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Biographies
David Moher
Director, Centre for Journalology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Dr. David Moher is a senior scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Over the last 10 years of David Moher’s career his research has focused on the principles and practices of open science including data sharing and reproducibility. Professor Moher was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Matthew Makel
Professor and Research Chair, Werklund School of Education, UCalgary
Dr. Matthew C. Makel is Professor and Research Chair in High Abilities Studies in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. His research focuses on academic talent development and open science research methods. He’s shared datasets publicly, regularly pre-registers his work and co-founded a community-based education preprint service EdArXiv with the Center for Open Science.
Heather Ganshorn
Librarian, Science and Health Sciences, UCalgary
Heather Ganshorn is a science and health sciences librarian at the University of Calgary. Her main research interests include open research practices and knowledge synthesis methodologies.