Conference Presentations & Lectures

Applying organized skepticism to preprints

27 November 2019 – Howard Browman presented a talk at the Munin Conference on Sholarly Publishing entitled, “Applying organized skepticism to preprints“. Read the abstract of the talk HERE and watch a video of the talk HERE.

Preprints: beneficial or harmful for research integrity and publication ethics

2-6 June 2019 – Howard Browman participated in the World Conference on Research Integrity held at the University of Hong Kong. Among other things, he participated in the debate session, organized by COPE, “Preprints: beneficial or harmful for research integrity and publication ethics” where he took the side against the widespread use of preprints, particularly in fields that support public policy or human health. His powerpoint presentation can be viewed HERE. A video of the debate can be viewed HERE (Howard’s talk begins at the 35 minute, 40 second point).

Webinar on aquatic animal welfare

19 October 2018 – Howard Browman participated in a webinar on aquatic animal welfare organized by the U.S. Aquaculture Society and the U.S. National Aquaculture Association. Other talks were given by Craig Watson, Director, University of Florida, Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, Ben Diggles, Director, DigsFish Services Pty and Randy MacMillan, Vice-President for Research, Technical Services and Quality Assurance, Clear Springs Foods. The webinar was recorded and can be viewed HERE (Howard’s talk begins after 21 minutes).

Information day on ocean acidification at the Norwegian Environment Agency

14 September 2017 – Howard Browman participated in an information day on ocean acidification at the Norwegian Environment Agency where he presented a talk – intended to motivate discussion – entitled, “How applying organized skepticism to ocean acidification research can inform us about what we must/must not do next”. You can watch the lecture HERE.

Howard Browman – Fake News – the real-life dangers of over-interpreting your results in an alternative facts world, 22 March 2017, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
David Fields talks about the importance of copepods in the oceans, April 2016

There are 100 trillion, billion copepods in the global ocean. Dr. David Fields of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences presents on how copepods affect and are affected by everything in the ocean — ocean acidification to plastics are impacting this important ocean food source. You can watch the lecture HERE

Howard Browman – Where has all the recruitment research gone?, 17 February 2016, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway

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Howard Browman – The use and misuse of bibliometric indices in evaluating scholarly performance, 10 November 2015, MUNIN conference on scholarly publishing, Tromsø, Norway
Howard Browman – Applying organized skepticism to ocean acidification research, 8 April 2015, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway

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Caroline Durif – The eel – a “lifetime” member on the red list?, 22 January 2014, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway

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