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Meta-research & psychology. Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney. Senior Editor for Statistics, Transparency, and Rigour at Psychological Science. https://tomhardwicke.github.io

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First PPDI Lab paper of the year, led by our amazing lab manager Sara Schwind (🚨she's on the PhD market next year🚨)! we reviewed the transparency practicesat BBI. #OpenScience 1/6

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

05.03.2026 12:59 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Risk of Bias in Robustness Reports - MetaROR

Today, author @tomhardwicke.bsky.social argues "that without safeguards, Synchronous Robustness Reports could inadvertently create more confusion than clarity about robustness.

The reviewer, among other things, suggests distinguishing between different types of reports.

πŸ‘‡ Read it now on MetaROR

04.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Two days ago, the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) released a joint statement about promoting research integrity. Let's hold them to it! www.arc.gov.au/news-and-pub...

25.02.2026 05:22 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Part 1: How do LLMs work?
Part 1: How do LLMs work? YouTube video by Andrew Perfors

I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊

Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.

22.01.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 491 πŸ” 191 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 18
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Valuing the Process vs. the Product in Research On reasonable resistance to using GenAI in research

New post! "Valuing the Process vs. the Product in Research," in which I try to describe some of the tensions around using GenAI/LLMs in scientific research, and why it can be so difficult to have productive conversations on the topic. getsyeducated.substack.com/p/valuing-th...

24.02.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 7
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Health research bodies release new open science policy - Research Professional News Compliance is mandatory across Australian government-funded medical research

Australia: NHMRC, MRFF adopt open science policy (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

04.02.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Set Up and Run an Undergraduate Research Lab APS Fellow Julia Strand offersΒ resources and recommendations to run a productive research lab.

Just outβ€”a piece I wrote a piece for the APS Observer (@psychscience.bsky.social) in which I share recommendations and resources for running a research lab at a small, liberal arts college. I hope it helps others in the same boat! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

03.02.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
Promised Data Unavailable? – I’m Sorry, Ma’am, There’s Nothing We Can Do β€” Meta-Research Center This blogpost has been written by MichΓ¨le Nuijten. MichΓ¨le is an assistant professor of our research group who investigates reproducibility and replicability in psychology. Also, she is the developer ...

I wrote a blog for the Meta-Research Center expressing my infinite frustration about not getting data. What else is new, you might think? Well, I added an extra layer of annoyance directed at the journals who do NOTHING to enforce promised data sharing.

metaresearch.nl/blog/2026/2/...

03.02.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

πŸ“… Mark your calendars for #SIPS2027!
The 2027 SIPS conference, organized in collaboration with the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science @aimosinc.bsky.social, will be held in November at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

27.01.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Call for entries πŸ“£ The international €350K #EinsteinFoundationAward honors researchers and institutions across all scientific disciplines working to advance #research quality and integrity.
Deadline: April 30, 2026
Please share! 🌍
➑️ award.einsteinfoundation.de
#OpenScience #reproducibility

26.01.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow
Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow YouTube video by Antonio Jose Osuna MascarΓ³

I have prepared a video summarizing the study. Please come back here after reading the thread : )

youtu.be/bAk4PFEuWKQ English

also
youtu.be/CETjjZBMT5c Spanish
youtu.be/tkpjlCxDJZA German

(Thanks to Esau Dharma for providing the Spanish voice for Witgar Wiegele!)

19.01.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 169 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

What should psychology journals do about this? What’s a reasonable policy/standard to apply to research using online data collection methods?

18.12.2025 23:58 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Only anecdotal at the mo. After mandating code sharing & repro checks at psych science, we see a lot of variation in code quality, probably better on average than I expected, but there will be selection effects & we don’t have a good comparison group, because usually hardly anyone shares code at all

18.12.2025 09:42 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Center for Effective Global Action Submission Manager

We're excited to share the application for the next Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2)! Join us May 19 - 21, 2026 in Berkeley for hands-on training in open science tools and methods.

Apply by Feb 8: cega.submittable.com/submit/34383...

15.12.2025 19:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Simine and Beth in graduation regalia outside

Simine and Beth in graduation regalia outside

Selfie of Beth and Simine holding glasses of sparkling wine in graduation regalia.

Selfie of Beth and Simine holding glasses of sparkling wine in graduation regalia.

Congratulations to @bethclarke.bsky.social on her PhD graduation!! It’s been amazing watching you become the incredible scholar that you are, thanks for letting me come along for the ride!
You’re the best! πŸŽ‰πŸ₯‚πŸŒŸ

13.12.2025 10:55 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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Number of β€˜unsafe’ publications by psychologist Hans Eysenck could be β€˜high and far reaching’ Hans Eysenck A β€œhigh and far reaching” number of papers and books by Hans Eysenck could be β€œunsafe,” according to an updated statement from King’s College London, where the psychologist was a profe…

β€œIn this case we are up against the seductive allure of claims we’d like to believe are true but aren’t – that tobacco is really not that harmful, at least not by itself, or that we can prevent and cure cancer with some kind of β€˜mind work,’ and so on."

04.12.2025 01:15 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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BITSS Annual Meeting 2026 TheΒ BITSS Annual Meeting brings together actors from academia, scholarly publishing, and policy to share novel research and discuss efforts to improve the credibility of social science by...

Join us in Berkeley on April 16th for the BITSS annual meeting
cega.berkeley.edu/event/bitss-...

03.12.2025 22:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026

Nominations for the UKRN Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026 have opened!

Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.

Nominations close 18 January 2026.

#AcademicSky #Research

03.12.2025 12:55 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4

Preparing this talk gave me an opportunity to reflect on what lessons I've learned from psychology's replication crisis and credibility revolution, and what advice I would have for other fields. We've come a long way!
Video: youtu.be/_vb1CNwC3CM?...
Slides : osf.io/cuj62/files/...

03.12.2025 22:50 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Unavailability of online supplementary scientific information from articles published in major journals - PubMed Printed articles increasingly rely on online supplements to store critical scientific information, but such data may eventually become unavailable. We checked the current availability of online supplementary scientific information published in six top-cited scientific journals (Science, Nature, Cell …

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16319137/

03.12.2025 05:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Following up from @drjbeaudry.bsky.social's wonderful recap email yesterday, here is the group photo from #AIMOS2025. If you couldn't make this this year, we hope to see you next year in beautiful Wellington!

02.12.2025 00:29 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

congrats Wendy! 🐳

01.12.2025 06:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe articles in AMPPS offer, month in and month out, the invitation to practice aligning your values, intentions, and actions to do less scientific harm and reach for the methodological ceiling”

Grateful to @dsbarra.bsky.social for continuing what @profsimons.bsky.social & co started at AMPPS!

26.11.2025 19:38 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement 2026-27

METRICS is accepting applications for the 2026–27 postdoctoral fellowship in meta-research at Stanford. Deadline: Feb 15, 2026. Start date will be around Oct 1, 2026 (+/- 2 month flexibility). See: metrics.stanford.edu/postdoctoral... #MetaResearch #postdoc

26.11.2025 22:05 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Taking Stock of Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science at the End of the Beginning - David A. Sbarra, 2025

My time as Editor of AMPPS is coming to an end-- here are some parting thoughts. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... .

26.11.2025 19:10 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

Job opportunity β€” Junior Professorship in Psychological Metascience @zpid.bsky.social leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/10kku5n7 h/t @bethclarke.bsky.social

26.11.2025 03:10 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Congratulations to @simine.com for winning the Einstein Foundation Individual Award! πŸŽ‰

A well-deserved recognition for her seminal efforts to improve scientific rigor, which includes instituting detailed checks for errors and computational reproducibility at Psychological Science.

24.11.2025 13:21 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
24.11.2025 11:10 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Science is a collective effort, but @simine.com is a singular force. She is an exemplary model for all of us to follow in her commitment and action to improving science, on every dimension.

She is so deserving of the award. The only uncertainty is whether the award deserves her!

24.11.2025 11:27 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is such wonderful news. Simine has done so much for advocating for robust, fair, transparent practices throughout psychology and beyond πŸ‘

24.11.2025 12:41 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0