Gemma Derrick: Grimpact - When Research Goes Very Bad

THE PUBLIC EXPERT PODCAST

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SHOW NOTES

• Gemma’s bio page.

• Her blogpost introducing grimpact in 2019.

• The study Gemma co-authored with Paul Benneworth et al. in 2018 introducing the concept of grimpact.

• The three examples Gemma examines in the study

  • Lancet article by former British physician Andrew Wakefield that found recipients of the MMR vaccine were at heightened risk of developing autism;

  • Cambridge Analytica scandal that influenced Brexit and the election of Trump;

  • Economic crisis of 2008 and the belief in prevailing economic theory.

• REF - system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education that’s tied to critical funding.

• My post on grimpact.

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