Researching science from within.

Scientific systems, researcher behaviour, and the institutional conditions under which knowledge is produced.

science /ˈsʌɪəns/ noun

  1. A collective attempt to produce reliable knowledge.

  2. A human institution shaped by incentives, hierarchies, norms, and error.

  3. See also: integrity, misconduct, silence.

Research Atlas

01. questionable research practice determinants

Examining how individual, social, and systemic factors shape questionable and responsible research behaviour [unresolved].

02. academic freedom & constraints on knowledge

Investigating how self-censorship and constraints on inquiry limit the development of knowledge [unresolved].

03. scientific misconduct, careers and institutional responses

Studying those found to have engaged in misconduct and how institutions detect, sanction, and manage it [unresolved].

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04. a criminology of science

Applying criminological theory to explain misconduct, questionable practices, and the systems that enable or constrain them [unresolved].

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