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...

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...free services...anyone can participate....

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...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

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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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