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Fostering Transparency in Government Institutions and Higher Education: A Research and Teaching Initiative Catalyst Training ProjectInterdisciplinary

Nicole Janz Dalson Figueiredo

Locations: University of Nottingham, UK; Recife, Brazil; Brasilia, Brazil

We find research findings resulting from data that is not publicly accessible to not be credible. Similarly, governments withholding administrative information should not be trusted. We argue that the lack of government and research transparency are connected, and can be tackled in by offering training on reproducibility. This project aims to foster transparency in scholarly research and in government institutions. In particular, we will conduct educational workshops that will leverage insights that have been used to increase governmental and research transparency in the UK to improve transparency in Brazil. Our target groups are 100 undergraduate and graduate students, 20 scholars, and 20 bureaucrats. The project will strengthen research skills and transparency norms that can contribute to scientific innovation, development, and social welfare.

The first workshop was part of a day-long conference: “The Gold Standard of Reproducible Research” at the University of Nottingham on March 9, 2017.