Oct 12, 2017
COS Preregistration Webinar
As part of the Center for Open Science’s ongoing education campaign about the benefits of preregistration, COS has an upcoming webinar on October 12th.
Holds our Events and Event specific data
Oct 9, 2017 – Oct 10, 2017 | Lima
Seminar and Workshop on Research Transparency + Reproducibility — Catalyst Event, Lima, Peru
BITSS and the Lima SE have partner to develop and deliver a workshop on research transparency that caters to the needs of the research community involved in conducting high quality research in Peru. The proposed workshop is a small yet significant step to i) generate awareness among users and contributors of the science research, and ii) to provide a platform to share tools and resources that assist in improving transparency in research, within the community of practitioners and academicians.
Oct 6, 2017 | Uganda
Research Transparency and Reproducibility — Catalyst Workshop, Kampala, Uganda
Catalysts Jayne Byakika-Tusiime (Busitema University) and Saint Kizito Omala (Makerere University) kick off a series of 10 research transparency and reproducibility workshops at universities across Uganda.
Oct 5, 2017 – Oct 6, 2017 | Santiago
Seminar and Workshop on Research Transparency + Reproducibility — Catalyst Event, Santiago, Chile
BITSS and a joint collaboration of the Center for Longitudinal Studies and the School of Government of Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), have partner to develop and deliver a workshop on research transparency that caters to the needs of the research community involved in conducting high quality research in Chile. The proposed activities are a small yet significant step to i) generate awareness among users and contributors of the science research, and ii) to provide a platform to share tools and resources that assist in improving transparency in research, within the community of practitioners and academicians.
Sep 25, 2017 – Sep 29, 2017 | Lausanne
Open Science in Practice — Catalyst Short Course, Lausanne, Switzerland
Catalyst: Arnaud Vaganay
Primarily aimed at PhD students from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), this summer school will give a general overview of what Open science can mean in practice.
Sep 20, 2017 – Sep 22, 2017 | London
Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) – London, England
The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) held the first international Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) in London, England September 20-22, 2017. 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.
Sep 7, 2017 | Galway
Process Evaluation of Complex Interventions in Health — Catalyst Workshop
In association with the Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), BITSS and the NUI Galway Health Behaviour Change Research Group are delighted to host the DECIPHer one-day workshop on Process Evaluation of Complex Interventions in Health.
Aug 31, 2017 | Berkeley, CA
BIDS Data Science Fellow Speaker Series — Garret Christensen
Garret Christensen will present preliminary results from joint work with Edward Miguel and Allan Dafoe. This BITSS-funded project attempts to estimate the causal effect of data-sharing on citations.
Aug 18, 2017 – Aug 19, 2017 | 5045 Bergen
Research Transparency and Reproducibility Workshop – Bergen, Norway
To address growing need for improved norms and practices of social science research, and in partnership with The Choice Lab at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), BITSS will deliver a workshop on research transparency and reproducibility. This two-day workshop will be led by Dr. Eva Vivalt (Australian National University) and will target 40-50 students, faculty, and researchers to train them on the challenges facing the credibility of social science research, as well as currently known best practices for more transparent, reproducible research. The workshop will engage the audience with hands-on workflow-related activities and software.
Aug 1, 2017 – Aug 5, 2017
68° North Conference on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Lofoten Islands, Norway
In partnership with The Choice Lab at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), BITSS is holding a panel on research transparency and reproducibility at the 68° North Conference on Behavioral and Experimental Economics at the end of a workshop for PhD students.
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Jul 24, 2017 – Jul 28, 2017 | Ann Arbor, MI
Data Management and Analysis for Reproducible Results
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.
Jun 28, 2017 | San Diego
BITSS Paper Session at 92nd Annual WEAI, San Diego
BITSS has organized two paper sessions on Day 4 of the 92nd Annual Western Economics Association International Conference in San Diego, Ca.
Topics will include meta-analysis, publication bias, data sharing, and research transparency, featuring work by several SSMART grant recipients.
Speakers will include Garret Christensen (BITSS, BIDS), Abel Brodeur (University of Ottawa), Elliott Collins (UC Berkeley), Fernando Hoces de la Guardia (RAND Corporation), Taisuke Imai (Caltech), Chishio Furukawa (MIT), and Mauricio Romero (UC San Diego).
Jul 10, 2017 – Sep 10, 2017
MOOC: Transparent and Open Social Science Research
Demand is growing for evidence-based policy making, but there is also growing recognition in the social science community that limited transparency and openness in research have contributed to widespread problems. With this 3-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.
Jun 7, 2017 – Jun 9, 2017 | Berkeley, CA
Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) – Berkeley, CA
Led by the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS), this Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) provides participants with an overview of cutting-edge mechanisms for transparent and reproducible social science research. The curriculum is taught by academic leaders in the transparency movement, and there will be space for collaborative work and hands-on skill building.
May 26, 2017 | Berkeley, CA
Gates Open Research Presentation
The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) welcomes Philip Dooner, Associate Publisher from F1000, on May 26th at 1 – 3 pm to present on Gates Open Research. There will be a short presentation, followed by an open Q&A session.
May 26, 2017 – Mar 28, 2017 | Boston, MA
BITSS at the Association for Psychological Science Convention, Boston
BITSS will have a booth exhibit at the 29th Association for Psychological Science (APS) Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. Come by our booth to learn more about how BITSS can support researchers and reproducibility in the psychological sciences!
May 23, 2017 | Recife, Pernambuco
Reproducibility and Transparency in the Social Sciences, Recife, Brazil
BITSS Catalysts Dalson Britto and Rodrigo Lins will hold a one-day workshop at the Federal University of Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil.
May 3, 2017 – May 4, 2017 | Cuernavaca, Morelos
Transparency + Reproducibility Workshop at INSP, Cuernavaca
BITSS and INSP have partnered to develop and deliver a workshop on research transparency that caters to the needs of the research community involved in conducting high-quality research in Mexico. The workshop is a small yet significant step to i) generate awareness among users and contributors of the health science research and ii) provide a platform to share tools and resources to assist in improving transparency in research within the community of practitioners and academics.
Apr 28, 2017 – May 1, 2017 | Delhi, New Delhi
Transparency and Reproducibility of Impact Evaluation: A Turning Point for the Evaluation Community
3ie and BITSS will hold a series of three Research Transparency events in New Delhi, India for 3ie impact evaluation grantees, 3ie staff, and the general public.
Apr 28, 2017 | Chicago, IL
Research Transparency and Reproducibility in Social Science Research – Catalyst Workshop, PAA 2017
Catalyst Elise Wang Sonne will hold a hands-on research transparency workshop at the 2017 Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.
Apr 27, 2017 | Berkeley, CA
BIDS Working Group Presentation: Using “statcheck” to Detect Misreported Statistics in the Scientific Literature
The Reproducibility and Open Science Working Group at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) will host Michèle Nuijten on April 27 for a presentation about statcheck, and R package and web application that extracts statistics from articles and checks them for consistency.
Apr 26, 2017 | Barcelona
Transparency + Reproducibility Workshop at IMEBESS 2017
This workshop kicks off the Fourth International Meeting on Experimental and Behavioural Social Sciences (IMEBESS) in Barcelona, Spain, organized by the Nuffield Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS). The workshop was organized in part by BITSS Catalyst David Klinowski.
Apr 20, 2017
Research Transparency Workshop — Catalyst Workshop, Universite Protestante du Congo
Catalyst: Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene
Research Transparency is gaining attention in the scientific community around the world, including the United States, European countries, and Anglophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa; yet the concept is quite a “new world” in Francophone Africa. In my efforts to advance the movement in Francophone Africa, I successfully delivered the first Research Transparency Workshop at the University of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo). This workshop is intended to sustain previous efforts to set up “Research Transparency in Social Sciences” as a culture in the next generation of social scientists in Francophone Africa.
Apr 19, 2017 | Merced, California
Transparency + Reproducibility Workshop at UC Merced
There is growing interest in research transparency and reproducibility across the social sciences. As part of the UC Merced Political Science professionalization seminar series, this workshop will introduce political science graduate students to the tools social scientists can use to make their research more reproducible.
Apr 14, 2017 – Apr 15, 2017
Research Transparency Workshop — Catalyst Workshop, University of Kinshasa
Catalyst: Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene
Research Transparency is gaining attention in the scientific community around the world, including the United States, European countries, and Anglophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa; yet the concept is quite a “new world” in Francophone Africa. In my efforts to advance the movement in Francophone Africa, I successfully delivered the first Research Transparency Workshop at the University of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo). This workshop is intended to sustain previous efforts to set up “Research Transparency in Social Sciences” as a culture in the next generation of social scientists in Francophone Africa.
Apr 4, 2017 | Berkeley, CA
Meet and Greet with Phillip Cohen
Most social scientists want our research to be relevant, to reflect as well as interact with the social actors for whom it is relevant; we want it to be efficient, to maximize collaboration and exchange, and to make the most of our limited resources; and we want it to be accessible, to be read and debated by a wide audience beyond our disciplinary boundaries and university walls. These challenges seem more acute now than at any time in recent memory. And yet our scholarly communication system, especially journal publishing, remains mired in the structures of the past – moving too slowly and costing too much – which impedes the quality, quantity, efficiency, and responsiveness of our research. Open scholarship is a broad response to these deficiencies. In this presentation, Philip Cohen will make a case for open scholarship — and the use of preprints and working papers in particular — through the SocArXiv project, a new open-source, open-access, non-profit archive for social science research, modeled after arXiv in math and physics.
Mar 31, 2017 | London
Research Transparency and Reproducibility in the Social Sciences — Catalyst Workshop, LSE Africa Summit
Catalyst and Instuctor: Elise Wang Sonne (UNU-MERIT)
Location: LSE Africa Summit 2017 Research Conference | London, England
Description
The aim of this workshop is to train the next generation of social science researchers in tools and practices to enhance the transparency, reproducibility, and openness of their research.
Mar 16, 2017 – Mar 17, 2017 | New Delhi
Research Transparency + Reproducibility Workshop in New Delhi
BITSS hosted a two-day Research Transparency and Reproducibility Workshop March 16-17, 2017 in New Delhi, India at Le Méridien New Delhi.
Mar 9, 2017 | Nottingham
The Gold Standard of Reproducible Research — Catalyst Event, Nottingham, England
Catalysts: Dalson Figueiredo (Federal University of Pernambuco) and Nicole Janz (University of Nottingham)
This interdisciplinary conference discusses why authors are not sharing their work, how new initiatives across the social sciences are challenging the status quo, and what researchers can gain from sharing their data.
Feb 1, 2017
Research Transparency Workshop at the World Bank
This one-day workshop at the World Bank on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 aimed to improve understanding of challenges to the transparency and reproducibility of social science research, and to teach the latest techniques for developing a reproducible workflow, focusing on version control and the GitHub platform.
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Jan 6, 2017 – Jan 8, 2017 | Chicago, IL
Meta-Analysis and Reproducibility Paper Session at the 2017 AEA / ASSA Annual Meeting
Join BITSS Faculty Director Ted Miguel and several SSMART grant recipients at a paper session at the 2017 American Economic Association/Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting in January!
The session, titled “Meta-Analysis and Reproducibility in Social Science Research,” will feature research and discussion from BITSS affiliates Eva Vivalt, Sean Tanner, Rachael Meager, Rachel Glennerster, Solomon Hsiang, and John Ioannidis.
The session will take place on day three of the meeting, January 8, 2017.
Dec 15, 2016 – Dec 16, 2016 | Berkeley, CA
2016 BITSS Annual Meeting
BITSS held its fifth Annual Meeting on December 15-16, 2016 in Berkeley, California to bring together leaders from academia, scholarly publishing, and policy to strengthen the standards of transparency and reproducibility across social science disciplines. The meeting featured keynote speakers, an announcement of the 2016 Leamer-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Social Science, results from selected Social Science Meta-Analysis and Research Transparency (SSMART) grants, and selected research from an open call for papers.
Dec 12, 2016
Transparency Workshop – 2016 ASE Summer Institute for Economic Research, Benin
The African School of Economics (ASE) will incorporate a Research Transparency workshop in their Impact Evaluation training next week at the Summer Institute for Economics Research (SIER). The workshop will be co-led by BITSS Catalyst Saint Kizito Omala and CEGA EASST Fellow Constantine Manda.
The workshop precedes a 4-day conference presenting research from African economists focusing on leading policy challenges in Africa. Visit the ASE website to learn more about the school and see a detailed 2016 SIER program.
Sep 30, 2016 – Oct 1, 2016
2016 Computation + Journalism Symposium
The 2016 Computation + Journalism Symposium at Stanford University will include a “Reproducible Journalism” panel discussion held in Paul Brest Hall and moderated by John Bohannon, contributing correspondent to Science.
Jul 19, 2016 – Jul 20, 2016
Catalyst-Led Francophone Africa Workshop
Catalyst Grant Winner Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene Hosts Research Transparency Training in the DRC.
The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) will fund Catalyst Zacharie Dimbuene to organize a workshop in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 19-20 at the University of Kinshasa. The event, focusing on research transparency tools and best practices, will feature the head of Department of Population Sciences and Development, Professor Crispin Mabika Mabika, and trainings on the Open Science Framework (OSF), Git, and pre-analysis plans.
Jul 12, 2016 – Jul 14, 2016 | Dar es Salaam
EASST Evidence Summit
The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) and the East African Social Science Translation (EASST) Collaborative, in partnership with the World Bank Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF) and the University of Dar es Salaam, will host the 2016 East Africa Evidence Summit, to be held July 12-14, 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Jul 5, 2016 – Jul 6, 2016 | Ann Arbor, Michigan
Transparency + Reproducibility Workshop
There is growing interest in research transparency and reproducibility across the social sciences. This workshop is a crash course on the problems of publication bias, inability to replicate research, and specification searching (or p-hacking, among other names) that have heretofore caused researchers problems. We will cover recent methodological progress in this area, including study registration, pre-analysis plans, disclosure standards, and open sharing of data and materials, drawing on experiences in economics, political science, and psychology, as well as other social sciences. We also engage hands-on with workflow-related software developments that help a researcher make their work more reproducible, particularly version control and dynamic documents, which can accurately track all changes made to code and make one’s entire analysis reproducible with a single click.
Jun 8, 2016 – Jun 10, 2016 | Berkeley, CA
Summer Institute – Transparency and Reproducibility Methods for Social Science Research
Taught by: Edward Miguel (Introduction); Tom Stanley (Meta-Analysis Methods and Application); Justin Kitzes (Git + GitHub); Maya Petersen, Fiona Burlig, and Sean Tanner (Pre-Registration and Pre-Analysis Plans); Sean Grant (Disclosure Guidelines); Jesse Rothstein (Replication); Cyrus Dioun (Reproducible Workflow); Leif Nelson (P-Hacking); Daniele Fanelli (Scientific Misconduct).
Led by the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS), this workshop provides participants with an overview of cutting-edge mechanisms for transparent and reproducible social science. The curriculum is taught by academic leaders in the transparency movement, and there will be space for collaborative work and hands-on skill building. Read More →
May 26, 2016 – May 29, 2016 | Chicago, Illinois
Association for Psychological Science Convention
The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences will be an exhibitor at the Association for Psychological Science’s (APS) 28th Annual Convention.
Mar 10, 2016 | Lusaka, Zambia
Transparency + Reproducibility Workshop
This workshop aims to improve understanding of the current literature on challenges in the quality of social science research, and to teach the latest techniques for developing a reproducible workflow. Read More →
Mar 9, 2016 | Nairobi, Kenya
Transparency + Reproducibility Workshop
This workshop aims to improve understanding of the current literature on challenges in the quality of social science research, and to teach the latest techniques for developing a reproducible workflow. Read More →
Mar 7, 2016 – Mar 8, 2016 | Machakos
Transparency + Reproducibility Workshop
Both IPA and CEGA aim to support high quality, transparent, reproducible research. The research support staff at both organizations are typically tasked with preparing data and code for publication. However, key steps for preparing data and code take place as early as the study design phase as well as in the data collection process. Read More →
Feb 10, 2016 – Feb 11, 2016 | San Diego, California
Transparency and Reproducibility in the Social Sciences
BITSS Catalysts Craig McIntosh and Scott Desposato have organized two upcoming events at UCSD on transparency and reproducibility in the social sciences. Read More →
Feb 2, 2016 | Washington, DC
Open Data: Big Impact
BITSS Program Director Jennifer Sturdy is a panelist at the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Open Data Challenge discussion. Supported by OpenGov Hub, the discussion centers around the winners of MCC’s first Open Data Challenge. Find out more here.
Jan 25, 2016 | Berkeley, CA
A Noob’s Guide to Reproducibility
What does it mean to work reproducibly and transparently? Why bother? Whom does it benefit, and how? What will it cost me? What work habits will I need to change? Will I need to learn new tools? What resources help? What’s the simplest thing I can do to make my work more reproducible? How can I move my discipline, my institution, and science as a whole towards reproducibility? Check out Leamer-Rosenthal Prize for Open Social Science recipient Philip Stark’s upcoming lecture on reproducibility.
Jan 6, 2016 – Jan 7, 2016 | San Francisco, CA
Replication and Transparency in Economic Research
The workshop will consist of mini-courses covering research transparency, a topic that is often neglected in the conventional economics curriculum, with an emphasis on empirical research and macro models. For young scholars it can be very useful to orient themselves by looking at how established researchers do their studies. Though economics has recently seen an increase in replication materials made publicly available, it is often frustrating to actually replicate analyses since work is poorly documented or poorly organized, or necessary data and code are missing. This workshop intends to help young scholars find out how to replicate others’ studies and how to archive their own research for future use.
Jan 4, 2016 | San Francisco, CA
AEA Side Event – Leamer-Rosenthal Prize Recipients
Join BITSS at an American Economics Association (AEA) Conference side event in San Francisco, CA on January 4, 2016 from 6-8pm to honor the Leamer-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Social Science recipients.
The event is in the Hilton Union Square in the Union Square 17 & 18 rooms.
Dec 10, 2015 – Dec 11, 2015 | Berkeley, CA
BITSS 2015 Annual Meeting
BITSS held its 4th Annual Meeting in Berkeley, California to bring together leaders from academia, scholarly publishing, and policy to strengthen the standards of openness and integrity across social science disciplines. The meeting featured awards to the recipients of the first annual Leamer-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Social Science, presentations from winners of BITSS’ Social Science Meta-Analysis and Research Transparency (SSMART) grants, selected research from our open call for papers, as well as an optional hand-on training with research transparency software tools. Read More →
Nov 8, 2015 | London
Research Reproducibility: Hands-on Experience with Replication
Through this session at MozFest 2015, we provide an opportunity to reproduce the results of a prominent academic publication. The goal of our workshop would be for attendees to be able to find a suitable publication, locate and download the original data from the Internet, reproduce the original results, and extend the analysis to probe the robustness of the published findings. This would require that the participants have some statistical knowledge, as well as programming ability (R preferably, since it is available free, but also possibly Stata, SPSS, SAS, etc. if students have that software themselves). However, by using a relatively simple randomized trial (such as “Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal?” by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan, 2004 just to name one possible example) on an important and easily understood topic (racial discrimination in employment), and by having attendees work in small groups, even beginners should be able to benefit.