Berkeley Initiative for
Transparency in the Social Sciences

Upcoming Events

BITSS attending the Advancing Ethical Research Conference
BITSS is attending the Advancing Ethical Research Conference, organized by Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R), November 14-17, 2018 in San Diego, CA.
2018 BITSS Annual Meeting
BITSS will hold its seventh Annual Meeting on December 10, 2018 at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, California. The event will bring together leaders …
BITSS Workshop: Forecasting Social Science Research Results
Despite growing interest in forecasting and predictions across a number of fields, there is currently neither a centralized platform to collect predictions, nor consensus on …
Tools for Robust Experimental Science – Catalyst Short Course in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Christina Bergmann will give a week-long course on “Effect sizes and meta-analyses: Tools for cumulative, robust experimental science” as part of the Winter School of …

Open Access: The timely publishing solution truly serving scientists, science and the public
1 month ago
This post, written by Elizabeth Marincola, Senior Advisor for Research Communications and Advocacy at the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), was originally published on the AAS Open Research blog. It …
Pre-results review at the Journal of Development Economics: Taking transparency in the discipline to the next level
2 months 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
3 months 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 …

Fiona O’ Donovan
Fiona O’ Donovan is completing a PhD in psychology in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. Her research is funded by the Irish Research Council and is in collaboration with the agri-technology company Devenish Nutrition. Broadly, her PhD is looking at how nutritional and genetic factors …

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