Description
Multiple research fields from a range of disciplines contribute - each in their own ways - to the study of ecological systems and their internal and external interactions. Attempts at synthesizing the various contributions within and across fields into a coherent body of knowledge thus have to take into account the diversity of ways in which these fields perform, organize and share research. In this presentation, we will explore how openness and machine actionability can assist in the process. Specifically, we will consider four contexts in which openness and machine actionability can and do affect evidence synthesis in ecology: (i) the Diamond Open Access literature, (ii) nanopublications, (iii) research software, (iv) Wikimedia projects. Within each of these contexts, we will consider examples of ecological research questions and highlight challenges and opportunities that these contexts present in terms of evidence synthesis within and across fields.
| Topic | Topic 2: Possibilities for taking context into account in ecological synthesis |
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