101: Punishing research misconduct - a podcast by Dan Quintana

Dan and James cover a new paper which discusses whether research misconduct should be criminalised. If so, where do we draw the line and who should investigate these cases?
Here's an episode overview and links to stuff we mentioned:We’re a pop science podcast, apparently
Elizabeth Bik’s wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Bik)Elizabeth’s Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik)
The original consortium letter (https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1508/coalitionletteropposinglowerembargoes-864869.pdf?54750)The apology letter (https://www.psychologicalscience.org/policy/to-aps-members-from-the-board-of-directors.html) from the APS
The “love of science (https://twitter.com/NobelPrize/status/1219530825320083456?s=20)” tweetHow James got into science
Tal’s “science is not a jobs program (https://twitter.com/talyarkoni/status/960296870080925696?s=20)” tweetThe 'Should research misconduct be criminalised? (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1747016119898400)' article
Professor charged with spending $96k in grant money in strip clubs (https://nypost.com/2020/01/15/ex-drexel-professor-arrested-for-spending-96k-in-grant-money-on-strip-clubs/)Professor with huge taxi bill (https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/21LV4B/topp-professor-tok-taxi-for-en-halv-mill-paa-det-offentliges-regning) (story is Norwegian, but Google translate does a decent job). The professor has agreed to pay back all trips between home and the office (about $11,000 USD
Data From A Top Geneticist’s Lab Was Flagged To A Major UK University. It Didn’t Launch A Formal Investigation Until A Decade Later. (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/a-uk-university-knew-of-problems-in-a-top-geneticists-lab)The inaugural “get in the sea” nomination goes to the Editorial office described in this tweet (https://twitter.com/lipangalala/status/1222194449134039040?s=20)
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Episode citation and permanent linkQuintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2020, February 3) "Punishing research misconduct", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/Q86AK, Retrieved from https://osf.io/q86ak/

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