Enseignements

Lundi 16 avril après-midi + Mardi 17 avril matin & après-midi

Les enseignements sont délivrés en anglais mais un appui en français peut être envisagé (nous contacter)

Meta-analysis training event  Monday, 16^th  and Tuesday, 17^th  (2 days)

Instructors

Prof. Julia Koricheva, School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, UK 

Prof. Elena Kulinskaya, School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Objectives

The course seeks to promote and facilitate the thoughtful and critical use of meta-analysis for research synthesis in environmental sciences. It will involve combination of lectures and practical sessions where participants will practice conducting meta-analysis using worked examples in metafor package in R. During the first day (basic level) participants will learn how to calculate effect sizes and combine them across studies using fixed and random effects models. On the second day (advanced level) more specialized topics such as meta-regression, dealing with non-independence of observations and publication bias will be covered

Target audience

The course is suitable for both early career researchers (PhD students, postdocs) as well as more senior researchers interested in learning quantitative methods of research synthesis. Participants should have some familiarity with using R

Program

Maximum number of participants: 25

 Monday, April 16th

11.00-12.00  Introduction to meta-analysis in environmental sciences

12.00-13.00  Session 1: Calculation of effect measures

13.00-14.00  Lunch

14.00-15.30  Session 2: Combining effects across studies

15.30 -16.00 Coffee break

16.00-18.00   Practice 1: Calculating and combining effects across studies

Tuesday, April 17th

9.30-11.00   Session 3: Meta-regression

11.00-13.00 Practice 2: Meta-regression

13.00-14.00 Lunch

15.00-16.00 Session 4: Publication bias

16.00-17.00 Session 6: Dealing with missing data and variable research quality

Zotero training event  Monday, 16^th PM (3h)

Instructors

• Flamerie de Lachapelle Frédérique - University of Bordeaux - Documentation Department -   - member of the editorial team of the french Zotero blog - https://zotero.hypotheses.org/
• Amdouni-Boursier Ludivine -Fundation for Research on Biodiversity- Scientific assistant/secretary, decision-making and negociation support unit

Content

Bibliographic management is understood in a broad sense, to include the management of bibliographic references and full-text files. The training course is divided in two stages:

• a time of restitution and exchanges (1h) around the results of a survey on bibliographic management practices within the CEE (survey to be carried out upstream),
• a practical training time (2h) to the open source software Zotero, centered on the most useful functionalities in the context of a systematic review, such as : 
  • Tools to organize and share the library
  • Management of all types of documents and files
  • Exports and bibliographic writing

Target audience

No prerequesites, beginners and experts are welcome

 Maximum number of participants: 20

Systematic maps - training event  Tuesday, 17^th AM (3h; 10-13h)

Instructor: Nicola Randall, Harper Adams University, Director of the Centre for Agricultural Evidence

Systematic Mapping methodology is increasingly being used to inform environmental policy and management decisions. Unlike traditional systemic review methods, systematic mapping does not aim to answer a specific question, but is instead used to collate, describe and catalogue research evidence, and can be used to identify knowledge clusters and gaps to inform policy, primary research, and future systematic review questions.

 This  interactive workshop will introduce the key stages of a systematic map: review team stakeholder engagement; question setting; inclusion criteria; scoping and protocol development; searching; screening; coding; systematic map databases and visualisation of  findings; reporting and supporting information. The workshop will highlight similarities and differences between systematic maps and other systematic reviews. Presentations and hands-on activities will be used to provide participants with the tools to interpret and evaluate existing systematic maps, and to formulate their own systematic map protocols.

Target audience

No prerequesites, beginners and experts are welcome

 Maximum number of participants: 40

Forum around the new guidelines for the conduct of a CEE Systematic Review in environmental management  Tuesday, 17^th PM (2 hours)

This will be an informal event to present the new Guidelines for the Conduct of Evidence-Synthesis in Environmental Management - The new Guidelines will also be presented during the Conference but here is an opportunity to ask questions and discuss about challenges, needs, and expectations...