About
Blogger, freelance-writer, meta-scientist and amateur documentarian based in the United Kingdom, writing primarily on social, religious and cultural issues, cognitive and social psychology, normative social influence, research practice (e.g. QRPs), metascience and freedom of speech.
Straight-talking, left-leaning, progressive, [somewhat] libertarian, secular humanist. Graduate of BA (Hons) Sociology from the University of Essex and MSc Social Cognition from University College London. PhD candidate in the field of metascience, researching normative social influence in academia and questionable research practices. Sometimes radical, often argumentative, always reasoned. For everything else, there’s my blog, email or twitter.
Blog
Regularly updated page discussing the prevailing social, cultural, religious and political issues and affairs concerning the UK and the rest of the world. Reasoned, considered, critical and non-reactionary. Sometimes funny.
Research
Currently researching in the emerging field of metascience - an area of research focused on the process of research itself -, my current project investigates the factors that cause and prevent engagement in ‘questionable research practices’. My project asks how research norms, integral, yet understudied components of the system of science, influence research integrity. Simply, the question is: to what extent are QRPs legitimated by the norms and expectations of research communities? The project seeks to examine the normative framework of appropriate research practice, primarily in the social sciences, and asks how research norms influence attitudes and behaviours. My PhD project, in addressing these questions, draws on date from focus groups, a large-n survey of European researchers and a series of experiments. In addition to this, I am generally interested in the areas of social influence, contagion and moral psychology.
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Currently attending the #NSRI2020 @NRIN_Integrity, albeit virtually (my first symosium as a Phd candidate!). Absolu… https://t.co/3fW215JV2j