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PAGES webinars

PAGES 9th webinar: "Ethics in publishing and combatting predatory practices in science"
07 September 2023

The 9th PAGES webinar on "Ethics in publishing and combatting predatory practices in science", with Dr. Ramón Feenstra (Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Spain) and Dr. Asfawossen Asrat Kassaye (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana) as speakers took place on 7 September 2023.

Ramón discussed the topic of ethics and open-access publishing, emphasizing the complexity of the subject and the importance of caution and rigor in the publishing process. He highlighted the characteristics of predatory journals and suggested using resources like predatory reports and 'think, check, submit' to verify the legitimacy of journals. Ramón also discussed the two different ways of moral reasoning for publishing and the importance of reputation and credibility in academic research. Asfawossen shared a study conducted by the inter academic partnership examining predatory practices in academic journals and conferences, highlighting the vulnerability of researchers in arts and humanities and the need for a spectrum approach to assess publication quality. He emphasized the importance of researchers being aware of predatory journals and conferences to safeguard their work and reputation.
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PAGES 8th webinar (in collaboration with IAI): "Networks on past global change research in Latin America and the Caribbean"
30 March 2023
In this webinar, the IAI - PAGES fellowship recipients share some of their experiences in the program and some of the lessons learned, accompanied by renowned scientists from South America and the Caribbean to discuss the challenges and opportunities of international collaboration. and interdisciplinary and ways to engage researchers from low- and middle-income countries in this network.
With the participation of:

- Marie-France Loutre, Executive Director of PAGES
- Marcella Ohira, IAI Deputy Executive Director and Director of Capacity  Development
 
IAI-PAGES Fellows:
- Matias Baranzelli, Argentina
- Monica Vicente, Bolivia

Researchers from South America and the Caribbean:
- Cristiano Mazur Chiessi, Brazil
- Francisco William da Cruz Junior, Brazil
- Catalina Gonzalez - Arango, Colombia
- Claudio Latorre, Chile

The English interpretation of this event served to facilitate communication and does not constitute an authentic or verbatim record of the proceedings. Simultaneous interpretation is an extemporaneous and intangible asset with meaning only at a particular time and in a specific context. Only the original speech is authentic and, therefore, the definitive version.
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PAGES 7th webinar: "Using simulation results from the Palaeoclimate Model Intercomparison Project"
8 December 2021
Many different modelling groups from around the world have performed past climate simulations for several time periods.
A substantial quantity of output from these simulations is freely available for download through the machinery of the Earth System Grid Federation. Small subsets of this data are available elsewhere, such as from the IPCC's Interactive Atlas.

This seminar aimed to help people find and use those data from the PMIP simulations that would be useful for their own research. It will introduce which climate models and periods have been used in PMIP, how to find out what data is available and where, how to download that data and its format, and then highlight some code and tools available to help process that data.
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PAGES 6th webinar: "PAGES-WCRP webinar - WCRP's new science directions"
2 December 2021
Over the past two years WCRP went through a fundamental reorganization of its science and the required organizational structure required to address future needs of climate research and to produce answers that society need to address climate change problems. The talk will introduce the new WCRP, its new science foci and its new elements and will highlight interfaces across which enhanced interactions and collaborations with PAGES can flourish in the future.
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PAGES 5th webinar: "Risk-KAN"
15 April 2021
PAGES' 5th webinar, with the Knowledge-Action Network on Extreme Events and Emergent Risks (Risk-KAN) was held on 15 April 2021. "Mutual interests, potential synergies, and an invitation to get involved"
The Risk-KAN, a joint initiative of the Future Earth, IRDR, WCRP and WWRP programs, provides an open platform for scientific communities from across science disciplines and engineering working on extreme events, disaster risk reduction and governance to exchange information, knowledge and data and engage in collaborative research activities.
Find out more: www.risk-kan.org.

This webinar was introduced by Daniele Colombaroli (PAGES DiverseK working group leader, Royal Holloway University of London, UK) and the speakers are Felix Riede (Risk-KAN past4future working group convener; Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies/Center for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World, Aarhus University, Denmark) and Phil Riris (Risk-KAN past4future working group convener; Institute for the Modelling of Socio-Environmental Transitions, Bournemouth University, UK).
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PAGES 4th webinar: "Hominin Dispersals Research Group (HDRG)"
8 February 2021
Ariane Burke from the PAGES-affiliated Hominin Dispersals Research Group (HDRG) presents "The impact of climate change on the structure of human populations during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Western Europe: implications for biological and cultural evolution." 
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PAGES 3rd webinar: "Neotoma Paleoecology Database"
15 October 2020
Presenter Jack Williams gives an overview of the Neotoma Paleoecology Database, its mission, key features of its data model, its software ecosystem, growth trends and other recent developments, research and educational partnerships, and data governance. The webinar is introduced by PAGES SSC Member Darrell Kaufman. After Jack's presentation, there is a Q&A session.
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PAGES 2nd webinar: "Promoting FAIR principles at NOAA’s WDS-Paleo"
27 May 2020
The primary mission of NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology (WDS-Paleo) is to ensure that global paleoclimatology proxy and derived reconstruction data are maintained in a permanent archive that is easily and openly accessible to the world science community and to other users. New initiatives of the WDS-Paleo, including bulk data download and the Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus of measured variables, help to make these data FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, re-usable). Join us for this briefing from Carrie Morrill to learn how to use these new capabilities, both to meet new WDS-Paleo data contribution requirements and to access data more efficiently and effectively.
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PAGES 1st webinar: "The Linked Paleo Data framework (LiPD) - introduction and open discussion"
17 October 2018
Data stewardship is an important topic. If you're curious about LiPD, what it is, and what it can do for you, join presenter Nick McKay (Northern Arizona University, USA) as he discusses the framework. Introduction by Darrell Kaufman (PAGES Scientific Steering Committee member and leader of PAGES Data Stewardship Integrative Activity).
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