Meet Lonni Besançon, an Assistant Professor of Data Visualization, HLF alumnus, and a fierce advocate for academic integrity.
In the latest installment of our series HLFF Spotlight: Alumni in Action, we speak with Lonni Besançon, an Assistant Professor of Data Visualization, whose transparency advocacy and fraud-finding efforts have earned him a growing reputation in the media.
Lonni Besançon is an HLF alumnus and Assistant Professor of Data Visualization at Linköping University. In addition to his work in volumetric data visualization, he is dedicated to providing more transparency in statistics. In recent years, he has also received considerable media attention for his work in conducting post-publication peer review, uncovering questionable research practices and finding fraud among a great number of academic papers. His sleuthing efforts and advocacy for science integrity have led to various media dubbing him a "troublemaker for truth" (ABC), a "white knight of academia" (Le Parisien) and "dogged critic" (Science).
We speak to him about his various research projects and why he is passionate about providing more accountability in academia.
Check out the full article here: Blog
Image caption: Lonni Besançon. Image credits: Thor Balkhed