Berkeley Initiative for
Transparency in the Social Sciences

Upcoming Events

Social Science Research Transparency and Reproducibility Workshops in Southeast Asia
Catalyst Ben Marwick (University of Washington) will host six workshops in Southeast Asia. The curriculum includes open methods, open access, open data, and an introduction …
2018 BITSS Annual Meeting
BITSS will hold its seventh Annual Meeting on December 10, 2018 in Berkeley, California. The event will bring together leaders from academia, scholarly publishing, and policy …
MZES Open Social Science Conference 2019: Practicing New Standards in Transparency and Reproducibility
The Open Social Science Conference is a forum for practicing and discussing credibility, transparency, and replicability in the social sciences.
Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) – Location TBD, USA
RT2 provides participants with an overview of tools and best practices for transparent and reproducible social science research. The curriculum is developed and delivered by …

Pre-results review at the Journal of Development Economics: Taking transparency in the discipline to the next level
1 week ago
This post, developed by Aleksandar Bogdanoski (Program Associate, BITSS) and Keesler Welch (Research Associate, J-PAL) with support from Anja Sautmann (Director of Research, Education, and Training, J-PAL), is also posted …
A Great Day for Open Policy Analysis
1 month ago
Post by Fernando Hoces de la Guardia (BITSS Postdoc). How the best tweet of the year came not from Taylor Swift, or Barack Obama… but from CBO. Earlier this year, we …
CONSORT-SPI 2018: Announcing an extension for randomized controlled trials of social and psychological interventions
2 months ago
Re-post by Paul Montgomery, Evan Mayo-Wilson, and Sean Grant Complete and transparent reporting of randomized controlled trials is integral for replication, critical appraisal and understanding context. Published today in Trials, …

David Reinstein
David Reinstein is an Economist based at the University of Exeter. His research considers other-regarding behavior, charitable giving, returns to education, applications of mechanism design, and psychology and economics. He uses a variety of methods including observational econometrics and statistics, lab and field experiments, and economic theory. He is active in …

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