Sempre Autumn Conference 2024: Student Study Day

Overview

The Sempre Autumn conference was an online student study day, held on Friday 8th November 2024, with a combination of student presentations, research speed dating, and a special session on open research featuring Professor Iain Brennan (University of Hull), Professor Tuomas Eerola (Durham University), and Professor Alexander Refsum Jensenius (University of Oslo). The event was open to doctoral students at any stage of their research and those thinking of applying for doctoral study. We invited proposals for short presentations (10 minutes + 5 for Q&A) from doctoral students, on any aspect of music psychology or music education.

Our guest speakers kindly recommended the following resources to help with Open Research Practices:

• Recommended book: Science Fictions
• Recommended book: The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology: A Manifesto for Reforming the Culture of Scientific Practice
• Definition of open science concepts
• Crowdsourced Replication database (3000+ studies and growing)
• https://reproducibilitea.org (localized journal clubs to discuss Open Science)
• How to start FAIR discussions in your lab (Data sharing)
• 10 simple rules for writing Registered Reports
• Repository of Reproducible Research
• Answers to 18 Questions About Open Science Practices
• Preregistration resources: https://www.cos.io/initiatives/prereg
• Recommended article: Best versus Good Enough Practices for Open Music Research