IN THIS EPISODE: Professor Heidi Williams, Professor Paul Niehaus, and Matt Clancy walk through academic, non-profit and private sector paths to research, the importance of your surroundings, and how you can find good use-inspired questions.

“Metascience 101” is a nine-episode set of interviews that doubles as a crash course in the debates, issues, and ideas driving the modern metascience movement. We investigate why building a genuine “science of science” matters, and how research in metascience is translating into real-world policy changes. 

Chapters

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:01:36) Public service in government

(00:09:23) Academia-adjacent jobs

(00:14:47) Time in the private sector

(00:17:23) Thinking about PhD route

(00:23:59) Guiding and advising students in academia

(00:25:36) What to do during your PhD

(00:28:50) Institutions, surroundings, and peers

(00:35:57) Finding use-based questions

(00:39:53) Sales pitch to do research

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