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Australian scientists are no more honest or dishonest than those in other countries that have national bodies to investigate research fraud. We have a sport integrity watchdog but not one for research.
The government has breached the public’s trust and its own privacy policy by using Medicare data about Australians’ prescribing habits to recruit participants for a study.
The interests of pharmaceutical companies and public health are not the same. Industry dollars can distort research agendas, while framing health challenges and solutions in ways that benefit corporations.
Science isn’t cold, hard facts uncovered by emotionless robots. Acknowledging how and where values play a role promotes a more realistic view and can advance science’s reputation for reliability.
Partly in response to the so-called ‘reproducibility crisis’ in science, researchers are embracing a set of practices that aim to make the whole endeavor more transparent, more reliable – and better.
Scientists need funding to do their work. But a new study finds turning to industry partners taints perceptions of university research, and including other kinds of partners doesn’t really help.
We asked three experts for their takes.
There are major systemic problems associated with peer review that are negatively affecting scientific credibility.
For researchers, social media is a veritable goldmine of opportunity. Every day, reams and reams of naturally occurring data are produced by users of Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. At any given moment…
Heavy drinkers are mixing alcohol with energy drinks to enable them to drink longer and get more drunk. While the trend is concerning many public health researchers – because the risks remain unknown – others…
Clinical trials of an experimental cancer drug being undertaken by the University of New South Wales were suspended this week, after questions about the accuracy of some preliminary results were made public…
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Law, Bond University
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Professor in Lyman Briggs College, Fisheries & Wildlife, and Philosophy, Michigan State University
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Professor of Violence Prevention and Addiction Studies, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer law, ethics and sociology, Charles Sturt University
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Visiting Fellow, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor, The National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland
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Medical Researcher, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Researcher, children and young people, National Centre for Social Research
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Director of the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
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Ellis N. Brandt Professor of Public Relations, Michigan State University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
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Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
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Co-Director: Centre for Competition Law and Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer in psychology, Keele University
