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Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · 24d

Also the winner of our ECR award - excellent book Sonia!

ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · 24d

With increasing globalisation and convergence in securities markets, regulatory cooperation is increasingly relevant.

This book proposes a deeper, strategic collaboration between India and Australia in regard to the securities sector.

Get your copy today doi.org/10.22459/DSC...

ANU Press New Release. Cover image of Deeper, Strategic Collaboration in the Securities Sector: India and Australia

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · 24d

With increasing globalisation and convergence in securities markets, regulatory cooperation is increasingly relevant.

This book proposes a deeper, strategic collaboration between India and Australia in regard to the securities sector.

Get your copy today doi.org/10.22459/DSC...

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Simon Gandevia @simongandevia.bsky.social · 28d

International Research Integrity Conference researchintegrityconf.com has been moved to University of Sydney (Refectory and Cullen rooms) Nov 16-18th 2025. Registrations filling fast

International Research Integrity Conference | 16-18 November 2025, Sydney, Australia

researchintegrityconf.com

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Sep 3

AIMOS is pleased to make the following submission regarding the Australian Research Council's consultation draft for its new research evaluation framework: osf.io/mpvbc

OSF

osf.io

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · Aug 22

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

PPPL 2026 Editorial Board
Deadline: October 1, 2025

Find editorial board position descriptions, required qualifications, & how to apply here: osf.io/fcmvj

We're also seeking 2 early career editorial fellows, find more info here: osf.io/9ebrm

#psychlaw #lawpsych

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · Aug 20

Does the Considering Offender Probability in Statements (COPS) Scale allow law enforcement to distinguish between guilty and innocent people placing 911 homicide calls?

Research from the FBI BAU and Villanova University suggests it does not.

Read a summary from the authors: bit.ly/3DgM3dL

Picture of a hand holding a phone and dialing 911. Below, text reads "Studies from the FBI and Villanova University find that the Considering Offender Probability Statements (COPS) Scale fails to reliably discriminate between guilty and innocent 911 callers".

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Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · Aug 18

This recent article in the official journal of the Aus. Academy of Forensic Sciences includes hallucinated references. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10...., for example:

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Aug 8

🔒Our latest study regards "the effect of APC waivers on the participation of Ukrainian researchers in fully Gold OA journals".

The reviewers call it "well-developed", "timely" & "important" while questioning the focus on only 5 publishers.

👇Read the assessment, reviews & author response on MetaROR

The effect of APC discounts on Ukraine's participation in gold open access journals

metaror.org

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Aug 1

The call for proposals is now up for our long awaited #AIMOS2025 conference in Sydney this November:
aimos-inc.github.io/aimos.confer...

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Research on Research Institute (RoRI) @rorinstitute.bsky.social · Dec 12

Call for Proposals: Metascience 2025

Be part of the biggest Metascience meeting yet! We're inviting proposals for:
✅ Virtual symposia
✅ In-person panels
✅ Talks & posters

⏰ Submit by 7 Feb 2025
🔗 Full details: metascience.info/call-for-pro...

Call for Proposals - Metascience

The call for proposals for Metascience 2025 is open with a deadline of 7 February 2025.

metascience.info

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Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · Mar 17

Psychological insights for judging expertise and implications for adversarial legal contexts

Review by Kristy A. Martire, Tess M. S. Neal, Fernand Gobet, Jason M. Chin, Jonathan F. Berengut & Gary Edmond

Web: go.nature.com/4ig3zhE
PDF: rdcu.be/edUS3

#psychology #psychscisky

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Mar 25

Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It’s not always good for science theconversation.com/academic-pub...

Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It’s not always good for science

Some academic publishers have been accused by scientists of being “too greedy” and prioritising profit over research integrity.

theconversation.com

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Jennifer Byrne @jabyrnesci.bsky.social · May 15

International #ResearchIntegrity conference taking place in beautiful Sydney Australia on 16-18 November 2025 🐨 🌏
Great speakers including @elisabethbik.bsky.social @jdwilko.bsky.social @jasonchin.bsky.social
For more info contact
@simongandevia.bsky.social 🧪

Simon Gandevia @simongandevia.bsky.social · May 14

International Research Integrity Conference. I am arranging this in Sydney in November 16-18th 2025. researchintegrityconf.com Note the excellent speaker list. Contact me!

International Research Integrity Conference | 17-18 November 2025, Sydney, Australia

researchintegrityconf.com

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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Mar 12

We're happy to announce MetaROR has joined Bluesky!

We're a community-owned platform for open peer review in metaresearch. Using the innovative Publish-Review-Curate model, we're transforming how metaresearch is published & reviewed, making the process faster and more open.

Find us on metaror.org

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DORA @dorassessment.bsky.social · Jul 8

Innovations in #ScholarlyCommunication and #ResponsibleResearchAssessment need to go hand in hand. New guest post by @jasonchin.bsky.social, @ludowaltman.bsky.social, and Kathryn Zeiler, editors at @metaror.bsky.social, share insights on these connections. Read more👇
sfdora.org/2025/07/08/m...

Judging research on its own merits: How MetaROR supports better research assessment | DORA

MetaResearch Open Review (MetaROR), and other publish-review-curate platforms (e.g., Copernicus, eLife, F1000, Open Research Europe, Peer Community In) challenge the current state of scholarly publish...

sfdora.org

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Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · Jun 25

RFK relies on conflicts of interest to discredit research finding vaccines are safe. I guess the decades of metascience and watchdog work on conflicts of interest are to blame for his weaponisation of this concept?
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Democrats challenged RFK Jr. on vaccines. Fireworks ensued.

The health secretary resurfaced anti-vaccine claims at a House hearing, alleging collusion by pharma companies, public health experts and politicians to mask the truth.

www.politico.com

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Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · Jun 14

journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/st... (source)

Unsticking Litigation Science | Science and Technology Law Review

journals.library.columbia.edu

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Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · Jun 14

Happy to have a chat with you over email or Zoom, but I don't think you're correct here (I study Daubert and other reliability standards). Generally, I think you are mixing up admissibility and proof. And you might be surprised that courts haven't been very interested in the 'crisis' narrative:

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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · Jun 11

AIMOS stands against the recent U.S. Executive Order, 'Restoring Gold Standard Science'. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · May 29

Complementing other communications about the "Restoring Gold Standard Science" Executive Order, here is a statement from COS. Also, see the links to stories from previous attempts to co-opt open science for policies that undermine science and evidence-based policymaking.

www.cos.io/about/news/c...

COS Statement on “Restoring Gold Standard Science” Executive Order

The Executive Order issued on May 23, 2025, Restoring Gold Standard Science, references several open science practices championed by COS and the open science and metascience communities more generally...

www.cos.io

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Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · May 28

I guess because he doesn't know. I don't know either, but my prior is that they are mostly very solid.

Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · May 27

Why do you have to assume the worst of people you disagree with? I'm biased as well, but unless I'm completely disengaged from reality, there seems to be a very plausible interpretation of his statement in which he's just trying to be epistemically modest about what he knows about those fields.

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Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · May 27

Yes! I wrote about this here. rdo-olr.org/improving-ex...

Improving Expert Evidence: The Role of Open Science and Transparency - Ottawa Law Review

Volume 50, Issue 2 https://rdo-olr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/OLR-50-2-05-Chin-Final.pdf “]

rdo-olr.org

Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · May 27

Signed!

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 26

🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨

Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham.
It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda.

We’ve launched an open letter.

SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...

Sign The Open Letter to Stand Up For Science Now!

Science is under siege. Trump’s latest Executive Order calls for politically appointed science commissars to evaluate research. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escala...

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Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · May 27

there were not many, but there were some others, as well as random calls from charities. I can't remember the names, but could look it up. One operated out of George Mason Uni.

Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · May 27

Again, on my read, I've had exactly the same experience at multiple private funders.

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Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · May 27

Yes, I've had the same thing happen to me. Sometimes no response, sometimes an e-mail as you describe, sometimes something very hopeful asking for more information and then no response when I send it. The public funders are at least more accountable, but still lots of wasted time. Agreed - it's bad.

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Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · May 27

I hope readers of Science will find the open peer review on MetaROR!

Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · May 27

You might note here that this was subjected to transparent peer review, with an assessment that was quite critical: metaror.org/kotahi/artic...

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Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · May 27

I'm sorry this happened to you, but I don't know if it was personal. In my experience, this is just how funding works. I've probably been turned down over 50 times with various levels of dismissiveness and wasting-of-my-timingness.

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