nesta - science in society
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The slides for a talk given to the NESTA Crucible Workshop on 28 June 2009. The talk aims to focus on the justifications for funding science and explore how to use web based technologies to improve the efficiency of research.TRANSCRIPT
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…
http://flickr.com/photos/cliche/120070310/
And 25% of those don’t work…
…how much taxpayer’s money is that?
http://flickr.com/photos/luismimunoznajar/2093185804/
more science funding...?
...or another hospital?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27337026@N03/3088172200 CC-BY
UK scientists spend £12B of the taxpayer’s money
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/2143212474 CC-BY
...and government expects a return on that investment...
.....personal risks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharif/2435403527/ CC-BY
...failure
...stress
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartpilbrow/3345896050 CC-BY-SA
Everyone wants the same thing.
Maximum impact...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amardilo/3231427553 CC-BY
...for minimum effort
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cane_rosso/2166990212 CC-BY
How do you maximise efficiency in generating
impact for your research?
What is...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schnurrbart/43568532/ CC-BY-SA ...?
Too much to read...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orinrobertjohn/2188277801 CC-BY
...making the right connections
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mararie/3313582639/ CC-BY-SA
http://flickr.com/photos/stewart/461099066/ CC-BY
In the last five years...?
...in the past 24 hours?
http://twitter.com/lostmoya/statuses/2314980897
http://onschallenge.wikispaces.com/Exp026
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
http://oru.edu/cccda/sl/descriptorspace/ds.php
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Drexel/165/178/24
The Polymath Project
27 January 2009
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27 January 2009
February 1 2009
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27 January 2009
February 1 2009
March 10 2009
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http://twitter.com/EvoMRI/statuses/2316110674
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...?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielmorris/271592974/ CC-BY-SA
What if she wasn’t just looking?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbowen/2261256961/
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
http://twitter.com/kjhaxton/statuses/2315252690
Enormous challenges...
Problems...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wili/1999071010 CC-BY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveleden/3172237692 CC-BY
...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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