Peer review is broken, how do we fix it?

When:
April 2, 2014 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
2014-04-02T17:00:00+00:00
2014-04-02T20:00:00+00:00
Where:
City University London
Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB
UK
Cost:
Free

Peer review is broken, how do we fix it?Is peer-review broken? Should peer-review be double-blind? Is open peer-review the way forward? Join a panel of journal editors, journalists and academics for a lively debate about peer-review and its flaws.

Panelists:

Tom Reller – Vice President and Head of Global Relations at Elsevier

Richard Van Noorden – Senior Reporter at Nature

Tiago Villanueva – Editorial Registrar at the BMJ

Maria Kowalczuk – Deputy Biology Editor at BioMed Central

Peter Ayton – Associate Dean of Research at City University

Nikolaus Kriegeskorte – Principal Investigator at the Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.

Chair:

Connie St Louis – Director, City University Science Journalism MA and award winning journalist.

The event is FREE! But registration is essential.

All are welcome and if you can’t make it in person, please follow the liveblog on twitter using the #prwdebate hashtag.

Drinks and canapés will be served after the debate.

Any questions please contact Lindsay McKenzie: [email protected]

Hosted by Peer Review Watch (http://peerreviewwatch.wordpress.com/)