José Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente | Roadmaps for Discovery
Bio: José Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente is an Emergent Ventures Fellow conducting independent research and writing at Nintil.com, focusing on a range of topics spanning meta-science, education research, or the life sciences. He has worked in the past in software engineering, data science, and machine learning. He holds a MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Cranfield University and a MSc in Industrial Engineering from Technical University of Madrid.
Summary: From the economic history of the USSR to the latest in longevity research, José Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente always brings rigor, depth, and a fresh perspective to the topics he covers. His ongoing series on science funding has provided compelling reasons to be critical of the current state of research spending as well as numerous good ideas for how to improve the situation. We talk about those ideas and go deep on his process for researching and writing.
Note: there are moments of freezing video due to a bad connection on my end (mostly in the beginning, then it gets better). That’s my fault. I’m sorry to you and to José. -David
Notes from the discussion:
Fund People, Not Projects Series
Donald Braben and Venture Research (Scientific Freedom)
Adam Marblestone - Focused Research Organizations
Science of Science Communication
Science is Getting Less Bang for its Buck
Is cellular senescence irreversible?
Is this article wrong? (Nintil Mistake-Fixing Mechanism)
Highlights:
The debate about science funding has settled around "funding people or projects" but it's not that simple!
— science better (@scibetter) April 14, 2021
There are lots of other ideas and formats we could consider. pic.twitter.com/MOdViiNEnf
On the need to bridge the disconnect between science and engineering. pic.twitter.com/xkhTcN9fXg
— science better (@scibetter) April 14, 2021
On scientific bottleneck funding and roadmap analysis.
— science better (@scibetter) April 14, 2021
"Science sometimes looks like stamp collecting... Sometimes we lack a view of where we stand and where we're going as a field." pic.twitter.com/otAjb4xKHn