Matt Grainger

Rapid Ecology: Because Measuring Things Is Hard | Matthew Grainger When evidence synthesis is discussed, it’s often framed as administrative work. Something straightforward. Something that can be accelerated without consequence. We would never accept that logic in fi...

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Biased evidence isn’t an accident. It’s a feature of a broken system. | Matthew Grainger "It is time to recognise that evidence synthesis is its own scientific discipline. It requires expertise like other fields of science."

«It is time to recognise that evidence synthesis is its own scientific discipline. It requires expertise like other fields of science.» @sinisavilaakso.bsky.social, @nealhaddaway.bsky.social
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In ecology we would be happy with the 41! I think nearly all (except those from one journal which mandates it) meta-analyses in ecology lack any form of appraisal.

Sharing this opportunity with our #CEECommunity!

If you have expertise in #EvidenceSynthesis methods and/or R code development, this is a great opportunity to work with our friends at @eshackathon.bsky.social.

We had to stop skiing today to let this shrew cross the tracks.

My understanding of Mistle Thrush declines is that they are closely linked to arable landscapes - the species is now scarce in my old S Lincolnshire hants but remains widespread in the NW, even in C Manchester. Biocide impacts would be my first guess... see differences between Wales & Eng #UKBirding

Moose ate my homework

I can’t get my bike out of the shed until this young elk (moose/elg) moves… going to be late for work

Evidence Synthesis Hackathon kommer til Norge!

Vi gleder oss stort til å invitere forskere, praktikere, utviklere og alle som jobber med systematiske oversikter, evidenskartlegging, metaanalyse, metoder og beslutningsstøtte til ESH-Norge i Trondheim 2.–4. juni!

Join us in June for @eshackathon.bsky.social hosted by @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social. Apply now to help create tools that solve problems in evidence synthesis across disciplines

Damn @effinbirds.com

Want to know more about Scoping Reviews?

👉For information and step-by-step guidance, go to the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis at https://synthesismanual.jbi.global

#EvidenceSynthesis

Screenshot of Prism - I asked it to create a methods, participants, results, and discussion seconds. It did so within 54 seconds...

OpenAI just released Prism, a LaTeX editor with embedded ChatGPT for free.
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.

prism.openai.com

Two sleeping dogs on the sofa

Two sleeping dogs on the sofa

Flikk’s cousin came to stay over the weekend. They spent most of time like this.

It's true:

"In 1943, Norwegian author Knut Hamsun went to Nazi Germany and met with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. After returning to Norway, he sent his Nobel medal to Goebbels as a gesture of thanks for the meeting. Goebbels was honoured by the gift."

What an extarordinary precedent.

Deadline extended! 🎉
You now have until 31 Jan to submit a Thematic Session proposal for NSO-GfÖ 2026 (14–17 Sept, Odense).
Got an ecological topic you think deserves the spotlight? We want to hear it. 💡🌿
Guidelines: vist.ly/4nbus
Submit: vist.ly/4nbuv

❗️Our next workshop will be on Jan 22nd , 6 pm CET titled Practical Intro to multiple imputation of missing data with the R-package mice by
@thomvolker.bsky.social
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share!
#AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats

New guidelines for the use of #AI in evidence synthesis in the environmental fields

Bad argument incoming - If genai tools were as good as they say, they'd be easy to use & their uses obvious without training. But they're not and so instead they just constantly tell us to use these tools + downplay the cons. Spot the massive flaw?

Please repost this great #PhD and #postdoc opportunity in #ecology, #invasive spp. and #climate #warming

Still time to apply for one #modelling #postdoc and one #experimental #PhD position to study species #invasions in the context of climate #warming and #eutrophication together with @kratina.bsky.social, Arnaud Sentis and Otto Seppälä. See bit.ly/4pcWMIV for details.

Our «Hell» has also frozen over (although Hell in this case probably relates to a rock cave or overhang «hellir» in old Norse)

🚀 Ready to bring your R skills to life with interactive web apps?

Join our Introduction to R Shiny course (9–10 June online) with @drmattg.bsky.social and learn how to build powerful, dynamic apps straight from R—no web dev experience needed!

www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Ecological meta-analyses often inherit medical assumptions. High heterogeneity, small sample sizes, etc. break those assumptions.
In the first post of a new series, I show why a “significant pooled effect” can be statistically correct but practically unhelpful. drmattg.github.io/Uncertain_Ec...

Get in touch if you are planning to attend @nordicoikos.bsky.social and considering sharing your #forest #ecology work using #remotesensing. I'm working on a thematic session proposal.

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GitHub - lorenzoFabbri/orcidtr: R package to access ORCiD. R package to access ORCiD. Contribute to lorenzoFabbri/orcidtr development by creating an account on GitHub.

🚨 Since the rorcid R package from @ropensci.org has been archived and since my CV is rendered fetching info from ORCiD (cause I’m lazy), I wrote a new R package: 📦 github.com/lorenzoFabbr... #rstat

Happy New Year from all of us at CEE! 🎉 Wishing you all the best in 2026. We can't wait to continue our work together to support #EvidenceSynthesis for environmental policy and practice.
#HappyNewYear #CEECommunity

We are recruiting several PhD students. If you are interested in conservation conflicts, population ecology, quantitative ecology, or biodiversity, check these projects out (links in the thread, feel free to reach out):

Happy New Year! 🎆

As expected, sadly, the radars once again lit up with MILLIONS of birds fleeing from #fireworks.

GIF of the @knmi.nl Herwijnen radar

See other years: horizon.science.uva.nl/fireworks/

Thread and more science below 🧪🪶

What if a children’s book could cover big questions about food, nature and fairness?

The Salmon and the Tomato explores global food systems through story and illustration, opening big questions for young readers.

www.thesalmonandthetomato.org/books.html

#ChildrensBooks #FoodEducation #FoodJustice