About

Aims and contents

The main objective of the Summer School is to offer to a well-motivated small group of young people (30 students) starting their scientific research journey an opportunity for high-level interdisciplinary training on the crucial issues on reliability of scientific findings and predictions. The idea of the course is based on the recent debate concerning the crisis of reproducibility and replicability in scientific research.
We will provide a broad and interdisciplinary view, as well as the tools that may enable individual participants to focus on specific aspects of replicability that are relevant to their own discipline of interest.
Activities will include both main lectures and lab sessions for Master and Ph.D. students coming from different countries.
During lectures, participants will be provided with a set of theoretical and applied tools to conduct and critically evaluate rigorous research. In workshop activities, they will have the opportunity to discuss the topics with both teachers and peers in order to overcome traditional boundaries between statistics and philosophy and other sciences as well as to stimulate innovative research hypotheses and international collaborations.

The Summer School has been organised together with the twin event of the Workshop on “Replicability crisis in science?” - Workshop - pdf file
Intended audience
Intended audience

Graduate and master students interested in philosophy of science and statistics

Intended audience
Requirements
Requirements

No previous knowledge is required, but some basic background in statistics will be assumed   Read more

Requirements
Venue
Venue

The Summer School will be held in Padova at the Library of the Department of Statistical Sciences   Read more

Venue
Registration
Registration

Applications are open until 30th May 2023 at the link. Acceptance will be notified by 30th June 2023

Registration

Important dates

Application deadline: 31 May 2023
Notification of Admission: 30 June 2023
Registration: 15 July 2023
Summer school: 18-22 September 2023

Program

The summer school will take place at the
Library of the Department of Statistical Science Bernardo M. Colombo
of the University of Padova, via Cesare Battisti, 241, Padova
Monday 18/9/2023:
Morning:
8:30 Registration
8:45 Opening and welcome speech
9:00 Branden Fitelson and Giovanni Parmigiani: Philosophical and statistical bases of replicability
13:00 Lunch break
 
Afternoon:
14:30 Laboratory session
16:15 Coffee break
16:45 Teamwork

Tuesday 19/9/2023:
Morning:
9:00 Branden Fitelson and Giovanni Parmigiani: Philosophical and statistical bases of replicability
13:00 Lunch break
 
Afternoon:
14:30 Laboratory session
16:15 Coffee break
16:45 Teamwork

Wednesday 20/9/2023:
Morning:
9:00 Graziano Martello "Replicability in biomedical research: limitations, risks and solutions"
9:55 Annibale Biggeri "Replicability issues in Epidemiologic Research"
10:50 Coffee break
11:10 Andrea Cignarella "Replicability issues in pharmacological and clinical research"
12:05 Davide Posillipo "Replicability challenges in applied data science: insights from the industry"
13:00 Lunch break
 
Afternoon:
14:30 Laboratory session
16:15 Coffee break
16:45 Teamwork

Thursday 21/9/2023:
Morning:
9:00 Giulia Calignano "Dealing with uncertainty in developmental psychology: the multiverse approach"
9:55 Tommaso Dorigo "From Science in Theory to Science in Practice: Particle Physics Challenges in Fulfilling Replicability Standards"
10:50 Coffee break
11:10 Federico Neresini "The disputable crisis of experiments replicability"
12:05 Michelangelo Vianello "Replicability in Psychological Science"
13:00 Lunch break
 
Afternoon:
14:30 Laboratory session
16:15 Coffee break
16:45 Teamwork

Friday 22/9/2023:
Morning:
9:00 Project presentations
13:00 Lunch break
 
Afternoon:
14:30 Project presentations
17:00 Conclusions

Speakers

Lecturers

Giovanni Parmigiani
Harvard University
USA

Branden Fitelson
Northeastern University
USA

Instructors

Gianmarco Altoè
Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation
University of Padua

Filippo Gambarota
Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation
University of Padua

 
Speakers

Annibale Biggeri
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health
University of Padua

Giulia Calignano
Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation
University of Padua

Andrea Cignarella
Department of Medicine
University of Padua

Tommaso Dorigo
INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Padova Division

Graziano Martello
Department of Biology
University of Padua

Davide Posillipo
Alkemy.com
Italy

Federico Neresini
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology
University of Padua

Michelangelo Vianello
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology
University of Padua

Sponsors

Participants

 

Amani Al Tawil

Davide Benussi

Giovanni Bocchi

Diego Bonato

Elena Bortolato

Claudia Collarin

Claudia Cozzolino

Filippo Da Re

Riccardo De Santis

Lorenzo Dell'Oro

Patric Dolmeta

Giovanni Duca

Tobia Fogarin

Claudia Franceschini

Matteo Gasparin

Anna Gerna

Daniele Girolimetto

Gabriele Loccioni

Roberto Macrì Demar

Andrea Moio

Andrea Panarotto

Sofia Pedrini

Giovanni Romanò

Giovanni Sanavio

Martina Scauda

Francesco Seganfreddo

Goar Shaboian

Daniele Tancini

Giovanni Toto

Thien Phuc Tran

Organization

Organizers

  Massimiliano Carrara
FISPPA - University of Padua
  Fabio Grigenti
FISPPA - University of Padua
  Alessandra Salvan
Department of Statistical Sciences - University of Padua
  Bruno Scarpa
Department of Statistical Sciences - University of Padua
Staff
Elena Guzzonato
  Mirko Moro
Contact us: replicability@stat.unipd.it

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