Berkeley Initiative for
Transparency in the Social Sciences

Upcoming Events

Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) – Washington, D.C.
BITSS will hold its next Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) in Washington DC, September 11-13, 2019. This RT2 is organized in partnership with the …

Better pre-analysis plans through design declaration and diagnosis
7 days ago
DeclareDesign is a set of software packages for planning for and assessing research designs, written by Graeme Blair, Jasper Cooper, Alexander Coppock, and Macartan Humphreys. The software is based on the …
Opening up the analysis behind Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax plan
1 month ago
Press release: BERKELEY, CA (Wednesday, March 13, 2019) -- BITSS collaborated with UC Berkeley economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman to produce a fully reproducible version of their policy report …
Three reasons in favor of transparent, reproducible, and ethical research practices
2 months ago
By Fernando Hoces de la Guardia (BITSS) and Sebastián Martínez (Inter-American Development Bank) This post is cross-posted on the IDB Impact blog and the CEGA blog. You can read it …

Nicole Janz
Nicole Janz is a political scientist at the University of Cambridge. Her current research agenda includes the impact of globalisation on human rights; determinants of labour standards; and corruption in Brazil. Methodologically, Nicole focuses on data transparency and replication. She is involved in a number of initiatives such as the Political …

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