Moin Syed
Sessions
Questions abound about how to navigate academic psychology (e.g., publishing and reviewing, teaching and mentoring, securing a job). Although there are extensive resources available, they are not organized in a single, searchable location. The few collections that are available are books, which a) are solo-authored or are long chapters written by senior figures in the field, b) are written almost exclusively by authors from the U.S. writing about the U.S. context, and c) are not freely accessible. The purpose of this hackathon is to develop a new resource, The Open Academic: A Career Guide for Psychology, which will consist of numerous, brief entries on a large number of topics. The development of the guide has already begun, and all infrastructure will be in place prior to the conference. The hackathon session will be focused on adding and editing as much content for the Guide as possible.
Keynotes: Simine Vazire, Eiko Fried, Fiona Fidler, Moin Syed, and Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
Moderator: Balazs Aczel
This year, we are departing from tradition at SIPS. Rather than inviting individual keynote speakers to open and close the conference, we will host two open roundtable discussions.
The conference will begin with a discussion featuring Simine Vazire, Eiko Fried, Fiona Fidler, Moin Syed, and Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, reflecting on the past, present, and future of scientific reform. We are interested in hearing speakers' personal stories and perspectives. At some point, the conversation will be opened to all SIPSers present. We are confident that the audience will gain new ideas and inspiration from the discussion and carry these into the SIPS sessions.