I’m delighted to kick off this Digital Event called Research in Time of Crisis.
This event is the brainchild of Stephan Lewandowsky, the previous Psychonomic Society Digital Content Editor, who approached me with the idea of focusing our Society’s online discussion on research in the time of crisis.
Behavioral scientists have a large role to play in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and we responded in droves. Current modes of conducting and disseminating research don’t appear to be up to the task, especially when time is of the essence. This Digital Event is a platform for innovative ideas about how to do high-quality research quickly, evaluate it quickly, assemble and manage the body of knowledge efficiently that is continually evaluated by a growing community, and disseminate the findings to decision-makers and the public quickly.
Starting today and at least for the next nine days, there will be a different contribution from a voice or voices within our field on what Lewandowsky and colleagues refer to as “science without the drag”.
The contributors are:
- Farid Anvari | University of Southern Denmark
- Jonathon Crystal | Indiana University
- Simon Dennis | University of Melbourne
- Patrick Forscher | Université Grenoble Alpes
- Ulrike Hahn | Birbeck, University of London
- Stefan Herzog | Max Planck Institute for Human Development
- Alex Holcombe | The University of Sydney
- Stephan Lewandowsky | University of Bristol
- Yasmina Okan | Leeds University
- Simine Vazire | University of Melbourne
- Muhsin Yesilada | University of Bristol
The schedule is (date/title or brief description/author(s)):
Monday, May 18th: Mobilizing behavioral scientists to respond to COVID-19 (Crystal)
Tuesday, May 19th: To create social good, psychology needs credible evidence (Forscher, Vazire, & Anvari)
Wednesday, May 20th: Bringing together behavioural scientists for crisis knowledge management (Hahn)
Thursday, May 21st: Boosting COVID–19 related behavioral science by feeding and consulting an eclectic knowledge base (Herzog)
Friday, May 22nd: From a tweet to Reddit and beyond: The road to a global behavioral science SWAT team (Okan; contributions from Lewandowsky & Dennis)
Monday, May 25th: As new venues for peer review flower, will journals catch up? (Holcombe)
Tuesday, May 26th: A brief analysis of the 200+ preprints published on COVID-19 (Yesilada)
Wednesday, May 27th-???: Commentaries (???) or wrap-up (Lewandowsky)
- following us on Twitter (@Psychonomic_Soc) and comment using the #scienceINcrisis, and/or
- writing a post commenting on one or more of the ideas proposed – whether you agree, disagree, or are already doing what is being discussed. Get in touch with me by emailing a draft (at most 1800 words) as soon as you can and before the end of Tuesday, May 26th. If accepted, the authors will have a chance to reply.
