MERE 2020: Meta Research Conference

Abstract

This document collects a selection of papers written by master’s students in the context of the “Research Methods” course common to the Master’s Programmes in Sound and Music Computing, Intelligent and Interactive Systems, Computational Biomedical Engineering, of the Information and Communication Technology Department at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, during the 2020-2021 academic year. The papers were written as part of an integrative assignment entitled “Meta- Research”, where students were expected to do a small piece of research about a transversal research topic. Students worked in teams and selected a topic, among those suggested in Table 1. A refinement of the topic, the particular research questions to study and the methodology to apply were proposed by the students and discussed with the course educators in tutoring sessions. A total of 22 papers were written by the students and presented in the classroom. Assessment included peerreview by students through a conference management program. The papers were revised by the authors considering the peer-review feedback and presented in a simulated scientific conference. Papers tackle the following topics: ethical principles and values, research integrity, open science, writing and presenting research.