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Housed at ‪‪@cega-uc.bsky.social at UC Berkeley‬, the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences promotes openness and integrity in social science research. #openscience

Blog

  • Putting Open Science Into Practice: Reflections from the 2025 RT2 Training

    June 5, 2025
    This year’s RT2 took place from May 21-23, 2025 on UC Berkeley’s Campus. BITSS Program Manager Jo Weech shares common questions from 28 early-career researchers who are working to implement open science practices in their own research. The academic community has long reckoned with epistemic challenges, from the reproducibility to the underreporting…

  • Advancing Research Transparency: A Conversation on Replication Checklists

    February 24, 2025
    Replication is an important tool for research credibility. In this interview, BITSS Program Manager Jo Weech interviewed impact evaluation experts Sridevi Prasad and Douglas Glandon on their replication checklist, designed to help standardize replications for impact evaluations and other social science studies. As the political landscape and funding for scientific research is…

  • Transparency Challenges in Policy Analysis: Lessons from the Congressional Budget Office

    December 10, 2024
    How can the principles of research transparency be applied to policy research? What opportunities are there for the incoming administration? BITSS Research Scientist Fernando Hoces de la Guardia and Program Manager Jo Weech discuss recommendations for the Congressional Budget Office, a key actor in the legislative process. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO),…

  • Large NIH-funded Alzheimer’s Study Sets a New Standard in Data Transparency

    October 31, 2024
    How can data transparency improve medical research? By releasing data from a recent Alzheimer’s trial, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) has ensured that the trial can contribute to further scientific research, even though the trial itself did not prove the efficacy of the chosen treatment. New BITSS Program Manager Jo Weech…

  • BITSS Welcomes Jo Weech as the Research Transparency Program Manager

    October 2, 2024
    We are thrilled to announce that Jo Weech has joined the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) as our new Research Transparency Program Manager. Jo brings robust experience in international development and a passion for advancing open science principles. In 2024, we successfully awarded Catalyst training grants to emerging…

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