Sep 25, 2019 | Berkeley, CA
UC Berkeley Economics Departmental Seminar: Research Transparency & Reproducibility in Economics and Beyond
BITSS Faculty Director Edward Miguel will give a Departmental Seminar titled "Research Transparency & Reproducibility in Economics and Beyond" at 4:10-5:30 p.m. on Sep 25 at the Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center. The seminar will discuss the publication of "Transparent and Reproducible Social Science Research: How to Do Open Science", a new textbook co-authored by Garret Christensen (US Census Bureau), Jeremy Freese (Stanford), and Miguel, as well as new approaches to combat false positives and non-reproducible findings in economics research. This seminar builds on talks that Ted gave as part of the NBER Summer Institute on 7/21 and the Metascience 2019 Symposium on 9/7. Contact Camille Fernandez with any questions.Sep 11, 2019 – Sep 13, 2019 | Washington, DC
Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) – Washington, D.C.
BITSS hosted its Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) in Washington DC, September 11-13, 2019. 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 academic leaders in the open science movement and there is space for collaborative work and hands-on skill building. Participants are encouraged to bring their own research questions and ideas to seek support and feedback from instructors and other attendees. Learn more about previous RT2 events here. Read More →Sep 10, 2019 | Washington, DC
Transparency, Reproducibility and Credibility: A Research Symposium
"Transparency, Reproducibility, and Credibility of Economics Research" is a research symposium hosted collaboratively by the World Bank Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) group, BITSS, the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) on September 10, 2019 at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Read More →Jul 30, 2019 |
Webinar | Grassroots Networks Engaging Open Science in Their Communities
Hosted by the Center for Open Science on Jul 30, 2019, the "Local Grassroots Networks" webinar featured insights from international panelists currently nurturing culture change in research among their local communities. Read More →Jul 6, 2019 | Rotterdam
Catalyst workshop: Introducing Meta-Analytic Methods for Psychological Sciences
Catalyst Sho Tsuji hosted a workshop titled "Introducing Meta-Analytic Methods for Psychological Sciences" on July 8, 2019 as part of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) 2019 Meeting in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.Jun 29, 2019 – Jul 2, 2019 | San Francisco, CA
BITSS at the 94th WEAI Annual Conference
BITSS will exhibit at the 94th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International (WEAI) in San Francsico, CA on June 28th-July 2nd, 2019. Visit us in the conference registration area to learn about our latest work in supporting research and training for transparency and reproducibility in economics.Jul 23, 2019 | Nairobi
BITSS Research Transparency and Reproducibility Workshop at the 8th Annual EASST Summit
BITSS is partnering with the East Africa Social Science Translation (EASST), a CEGA initiative, to host a Research Transparency and Reproducibility Workshop on July 23 as part of the 8th Annual EASST Summit at Sarova Panafric in Nairobi, Kenya on July 22-23, 2019. Read More →Apr 8, 2019 – Apr 12, 2019 | Galway
Catalyst event: Open Science Week at NUI Galway, Ireland
Elaine Toomey and colleagues organized the NUI Galway Open Science Week on April 8-12, 2019, the first of its kind in Ireland. The event brought together researchers, academics, educators, policymakers and members of the public to highlight and showcase what open science is, and how it can be achieved. As part of the Open Science Week, the organizers also hosted "Open Science in Health Research", a two-day introductory workshop for early career researchers on April 11-12, 2019 at the School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway. Learn more here.Mar 1, 2019 | Washington, DC
Reproducible Analytics workshop
In collaboration with the World Bank's Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) group and the Innovations in Big Data Analytics program, BITSS will host a one-day workshop on reproducible research in Washington, D.C., on March 1, 2019. Read about the workshop in this post published on the World Bank Data blog.Feb 15, 2019 | Washington, D.C.
Presentation: Using Blockchain for Scientific Transparency
Kweku Opoku-Agyemang will give a presentation titled "Using Blockchain for Scientific Transparency" at this year's Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington, D.C., on February 15, 2019. Read More →Jan 25, 2019 – Jan 27, 2019 | Mannheim
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. Read More →Jan 8, 2019 – Jan 10, 2019 | Bogota
Bogotá Experimental Economics Workshop
Catalyst Diego Aycinena and colleagues from the Rosario Experimental and Behavioral Economics Lab (REBEL) will host the Bogotá Experimental Economics Workshop (BEEW) on January 8-10, 2019. Read More →Jan 7, 2019 – Jan 11, 2019 | Amsterdam
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 the Netherlands Graduate School of Lingustics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on January 7-11, 2019. Read More →Dec 11, 2018 | Berkeley, CA
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 best practices. To address this issue, BITSS will host a workshop on Forecasting Social Science Research Results on December 11, 2018, in coordination with the 2018 Annual Meeting.
Read More → Dec 10, 2018 | Berkeley, CA
2018 BITSS Annual Meeting
BITSS held its seventh Annual Meeting on December 10, 2018 at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, California. The event brings together leaders from academia, scholarly publishing, and policy to share knowledge and discuss the evolving movement toward research transparency and efforts to strengthen the standards of openness and integrity in the social sciences. Read More →Nov 14, 2018 – Nov 17, 2018 | San Diego, CA
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. Read More →Nov 9, 2018 | Washington, D.C.
Open Policy Analysis at the 40th APPAM Annual Fall Conference
Fernando Hoces de la Guardia presented on Open Policy Analysis (OPA), and Sean Grant spoke about Open Science for Policy Research as part a panel on replication in policy analysis, hosted at the 40th Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) on November 9 in Washington, D.C.Oct 11, 2018 – Oct 15, 2018 | Florence
PhD course: Toolkit on Transparent, Open, and Reproducible Research
Catalyst Ada Gonzales-Torres led a short course on Transparent, Open, and Reproducible Research for PhD students at the European University Institute (EUI), in Florence, Italy. Read More →Oct 31, 2018 – Nov 1, 2018 | Montreal, WC
Catalyst presentation: Meta-analytic methods for infant and language studies
Sho Tsuji will be giving invited presentations at McGill University, including MetaLab: Language Acquisition Meta-Analyzed on October 31, and Meta-analytic methods for infant and language studies: An introduction on November 1, 2018.Oct 3, 2018 | Quito
Transparency and Reproducibility Workshop in Quito, Ecuador
BITSS Postdoctoral Scholar Fernando Hoces de la Guardia held a workshop on research transparency and reproducibility tools and practices in Quito, Ecuador on October 2, 2018. The audience consisted of researchers from the Inter-American Development Bank and a team of local researchers.Sep 19, 2018 – Oct 31, 2018 | Recife, Pernambuco
Catalyst Workshop: Nuts and Bolts in Scientific Research
Catalysts Paulo Oliveira, Caio Malaquias, Dalson Figueiredo, Nicole Janz, and Flavianne Nóbrega (Adjunct Professor, Federal University of Pernambuco Law School) will host a series of workshops titled "Nuts and Bolts in Scientific Research" at the Federal University of Pernambuco Law School. Read More →Sep 5, 2018 – Sep 7, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA
Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) – Los Angeles
BITSS held its Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) in Los Angeles, CA, September 5-7, 2018.
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 academic leaders in the open science movement and there is space for collaborative work and hands-on skill building. Participants are encouraged to bring existing research questions and ideas based on their own interests to seek support and feedback from instructors and other attendees.
Read More → Sep 15, 2018 | Soa, Yaoundé
Introduction to Transparency, Reproducibility, and Open Science Research Methods — Catalyst Workshop, Soa, Cameroon
Catalysts Idrissa Ouedraogo and Vedaste Ndizera will hold a workshop at the Pan African University Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences on transparency, reproducibility and open science research methods. Read More →Sep 11, 2018 – Oct 1, 2018 | Nakhon Pathom
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 to R for social scientists. All materials and pre-training instructions are available here. Read More →Aug 13, 2018 – Aug 17, 2018 | Ann Arbor, MI
Optimal Methods and Strategies for Reproducible Research: How to Publish Faster with Less Stress!
2015 recipient of the Leamer-Rosenthal Prize for Open Social Science and BITSS Catalyst J. Scott Long is holding a week-long workshop at the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Science Research. See below or visit the ICPSR website for more details.
Aug 1, 2018 – Aug 2, 2018 | Santiago
Computational Tools for Interdisciplinary Research — Catalyst Workshop, Santiago, Chile
Catalyst Jose Manuel Magallanes will hold a short course at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile School of Governement on using various computational tools for carrying out reproducible research in interdisciplinary teams. Read More →Jul 23, 2018 – Jul 25, 2018 | Lima
Computational Tools for Interdisciplinary Research — Catalyst Workshop, Lima, Perú
Catalyst Jose Manuel Magallanes will hold a short course at the School of Governement on using various computational tools for carrying out reproducible research in interdisciplinary teams.Jul 9, 2018 – Aug 10, 2018 | Online at FutureLearn.com
MOOC: Transparent and Open Social Science Research
Demand for evidence-based policy is growing, but so is recognition that limited transparency in social science research has contributed to what many have called a crisis of reproducibility and credibility. With this 5-week, self-paced Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), you can explore the causes of limited transparency in social science research, as well as tools to make your own work more open and reproducible. Read More →Jun 30, 2018 | Philadelphia, PA
ICIS Pre-Conference Workshop: Introducing meta-analytic methods for infant studies — Catalyst Workshop
Catalysts and SSMART Grantees Sho Tsuji and Christina Bergmann will hold a workshop on meta-analytic methods for infant studies at the 2018 International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS).Jun 25, 2018 – Jun 29, 2018 | Bogotá
Computational Tools for Interdisciplinary Reproducible Research — Catalyst Short Course, Bogotá, Colombia
Catalyst Jose Manuel Magallanes will hold a short course at Los Andes University in Colombia on using various computational tools for carrying out reproducible research in interdisciplinary teams.May 30, 2018 – May 30, 2018 | San Antonio, TX
2018 AEA CTREE Panel on Promoting Transparency in Undergraduate Empirical Research
Catalysts Soazic Elise Wang Sonne and Richard Ball will present their work on a panel titled "Promoting Transparency in Undergraduate Empirical Research" at the Eighth Annual AEA Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE). Read More →May 24, 2018 – May 27, 2018 |
BITSS at the Association for Psychological Science Convention, San Francisco
BITSS will have a booth exhibit at the 30th Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention in San Francisco. Come by our booth to learn more about how BITSS can support researchers and reproducibility in the psychological sciences! BITSS booths can be found at both the APS Exhibit Hall and the APS-COS Open Science Pavilion.May 18, 2018 – May 19, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA
Research Transparency and Reproducibility Workshop at the 2018 WGAPE Spring Meeting
BITSS is supporting a 1-day research transparency and reproducibility training at the Spring Meeting of the Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE). The training will be held May 18-19, 2018 at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA. Read More →May 14, 2018 | Washington, DC 20005
Ethics in Data Science Research and Education at AAAS — External Event
Interested in the research and educational potential of big data but concerned about the ethics of using personal data for data science? Then join the AAAS for a panel discussion with leading academic, non-profit, and government experts on data ethics.
May 9, 2018 | San Mateo, CA 94403
Research Transparency and Reproducibility Workshop – American Institutes for Research (AIR)
BITSS has partnered with the American Institutes of Research (AIR) to deliver a hands-on workshop focusing on pre-registration, pre-analysis plans, open data, version control, and dynamic documents. Read More →Apr 17, 2018 | Bogotá
Policy Researcher Reproducibility and Transparency — Catalyst Workshop, Bogotá, Colombia
Catalysts Oscar Barriga Cabanillas, Aleks Michuda, and Matthieu Stigler will hold a training on transparency, reproducibility, and open science research at Los Andes University in Colombia.Apr 15, 2018 – Apr 16, 2018 | Abidjan
Introducing Transparency, Reproducibility, and Open Science — Catalyst Workshop, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Catalysts Dief Reagen Nochi Faha, Tafadzwa Maramura, and Idrissa Ouedraogo will hold a training on transparency, reproducibility, and open science research at Félix Houphouët-Boigny University in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Read More →Apr 12, 2018 – Apr 13, 2018 |
Introducing Transparency, Reproducibility, and Open Science — Catalyst Workshop, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Catalysts Dief Reagen Nochi Faha, Tafadzwa Maramura, and Idrissa Ouedraogo will hold a training on transparency, reproducibility, and open science research at University of Ouaga II in Burkina Faso. Read More →Apr 4, 2018 – Apr 6, 2018 | Amsterdam
Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) – Amsterdam
BITSS held the second international Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) in Amsterdam, Netherlands April 4-6, 2018.
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 academic leaders in the transparency movement, and space is provided for collaborative work and hands-on skill building. Participants are encouraged to bring existing research questions and ideas based on their own interests to seek support and feedback from instructors and other attendees.
Read More → Apr 4, 2018 | Delft
Making Research Reproducible: A Call for Action
Catalyst Arnaud Vaganay will give a talk on research reproducibility at TU Delft on April 4, 2018. Read More →Mar 27, 2018 – Mar 28, 2018 | Washington, DC
Transparency and Reproducibility in Research and Policy Analysis at the Inter-American Development Bank
BITSS has partnered with the Inter-American Development Bank to deliver a hands-on workshop aimed at improving understanding of challenges to research transparency and reproducibility and teaching the latest techniques for developing a reproducible workflow. Read More →Mar 26, 2018 – Mar 27, 2018 | Potchefstroom
Introducing Transparency, Reproducibility, and Open Science — Catalyst Workshop, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Catalysts Dief Reagen Nochi Faha, Tafadzwa Maramura, and Idrissa Ouedraogo will hold a training on transparency, reproducibility, and open science research at North-West University in South Africa. Read More →Feb 22, 2018 – Feb 23, 2018 | Casa Forte, Recife - PE, 52061-540
Transparency & Public Policy — Catalyst Workshop, Recife, Brazil
The Department of Political Science at Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in association with the School of Public Policy and Innovation (EIPP) is delighted to host “Transparency & Public Policy”. This two-day workshop will gather state and local policymakers and researchers to discuss the role of transparency in public policies. Read More →Feb 15, 2018 | Kigali
Research Transparency and Evidence Workshop — Catalyst Workshop, Kigali, Rwanda
Catalyst Mercyline Kamande held the second in a series of Research Transparency and Evidence workshops in Kigali, Rwanda hosted by the College of Business and Economics, University of Rwanda, and in partnership with EPRN and UR-Sweden Program.
Read More → Feb 14, 2018 | Berkeley, CA
Garret Christensen at UC Berkeley Love Data Week 2018
Garret Christensen will participate in the Data Stories and Visualization Panel at UC Berkeley Love Data Week 2018 on Tuesday, February 14, 2018. Garret will discuss how he used Department of Defense data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request to research how war deaths were affecting the supply of military recruits. Especially without a lawyer, getting this data is time-consuming and may be impossible to verify the quality of the data. But now the data is publicly available in a trusted repository.
Jan 30, 2018 | London
Geography and Environment Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training, LSE
The Geography & Environment Department is pleased to host you for the first Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Faculty: Greer Gosnell (LSE, Grantham Research Institute), Ben Groom (LSE, Department of Geography & Environment), Thomas Leeper (LSE, Department of Government), Laurence Horton (LSE Library), Rachael Meager (LSE, Department of Economics), and Arnaud Vaganay (Meta-Lab). Participants will learn about a range of innovative practices and tools, including:- Pre-registration
- Pre-analysis Plans
- Data management and de-identification
- Tools for transparent workflows, including the Open Science Framework (OSF), Git, R, and dynamic documents.