This project advances open science by embedding transparency and reproducibility practices into graduate-level training. Partnering with a postdoctoral scholar teaching graduate statistics, we will develop modules for a statistics and methods course that cover preregistration, pre-analysis plans, version control, and the public sharing of data, code, and study materials. Students and colleagues…
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Research Transparency and Reproducibility Workshop for African Scholars
This project aims to enhance research transparency and reproducibility among early-career scholars in Africa by providing targeted training for PhD candidates in economics and allied fields. Researchers in developing countries face both supply-side and demand-side constraints that limit their ability to publish in high-impact journals. Inadequate access to training and tools for…
Microsites for Ethics in Social Sciences
This project aligns with the axis “Advocating for better standards and policies around transparency, reproducibility, and ethics in research.” In 2025, the Catholic University of Córdoba (Argentina), the country’s first private university, formally approved its first Research Ethics Policy, designed by a commission of five experts including Dr. Mariano Mosquera. The policy…
ReproducibiliTea Workshop Series
This one-day Research Transparency and Reproducibility Workshop at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) will be collaboratively organized by faculty and graduate students in Political Science and Psychology. The workshop will train graduate students, early-career researchers, and faculty in the principles and practices of open science. Sessions will cover preregistration and pre-analysis plans, reproducible…
Open Science in a Nutshell: Tools, Theory, and Practice for Reproducible Research
This three-day workshop aims to strengthen capacities in open science and reproducibility among early-career researchers and practitioners in Chile. Each morning will feature lectures by national and international experts on theoretical foundations, institutional perspectives, and cutting-edge tools for transparency. Afternoons will focus on hands-on laboratory sessions where participants apply these practices to…
Ethical Transparency and Development of Data Management Protocols for Sensitive Research in Conflict and Fragile Settings
In security and conflict studies, research is conducted to uncover patterns that can help build peace and save lives. But in our push for open science, a world where data is shared freely to verify findings, a dilemma has emerged. What happens when the data we collect is not just numbers, but…
Training Colleagues on Research Transparency and Reproducibility in Siaya County
This initiative, Educating Peers on Research Openness and Reproducibility in Siaya County, aims to enhance open science methods among teachers in Kenya. Even with global progress in transparency and reproducibility, uptake in resource-limited areas such as Siaya is still low, which weakens the reliability and influence of local academic work. In a…
Towards Transparency in Microbiological Sciences
While replication is neccesary in the biological sciences, outcome definition, protocol deviations, and the firewalls of academic piublication make research transparency in the microbiological sciences a challenge. This initiative will introduce tools and practices such as pre-analysis plans, transparent data collection platforms, and reproducible data workflows to scientists working in the microbiological…
Strengthening Transparency and Reproducibility Capacity through Training and Curricular Integration to Drive Systemic Change
This project seeks to strengthen transparency and reproducibility capacity at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology through a targeted training of faculty, and integration of transparency and reproducibility modules into existing graduate programs, contributing to systemic change in teaching, research and supervision. A recent Training Needs Assessment on Open Science…
Open Science in Practice: A Pilot Initiative for Transparency and Reproducibility in Croatia
Open Science in Practice: A Pilot Initiative for Transparency and Reproducibility will strengthen research transparency and reproducibility by piloting open science practices within the Institute of Public Finance of Croatia. The project will deliver a one-day workshop introducing researchers and graduate students to key tools and methods, including preregistration, pre-analysis plans, data…
Reporting Guidelines to Reduce Publication Bias (RGPB)
This project investigates reporting patterns among pre-registered studies in economics. We have developed a minimal set of reporting standards and will apply them to a sample of approximately 400 studies registered in the American Economic Association (AEA) Registry. To better understand authors’ reporting behavior, we will conduct a randomized control trial (RCT) aimed at increasing the reporting of results from pre-specified analyses.
Data Management and Sharing, and Open Evaluation Workshop
In recent years, there has been a growing concern about a significant proportion (between 51% and 89%) of published research that are non-reproducible, largely due to lack of rigor in data management and analysis. This phenomenon contributes to losses of millions of funds invested in research. As a result, funding agencies and…
Transparent piloting: Understanding researcher practices and attitudes towards reporting pilot studies in psychology
Piloting—the practice of conducting preliminary studies or trial runs to refine research designs, procedures, or instruments—is common in psychology. Yet, pilot studies are rarely reported in the literature. Publishing methods and results from pilot studies alongside the full studies these pilots precede could have many benefits, including: (1) what was learned during…
Reproducible Data Analysis in the Social Sciences
This project aims to bridge the gap between the demand for research adhering to reproducibility criteria and the availability of quality training. The project employs a Training of Trainers (ToT) approach to foster engagement. Specifically, experienced Master Trainers coach Junior Trainers in the principles of reproducible data analysis. Over the course of…
REPKIT: Automated reproducibility tools for Stata (REPRUN)
This project will expand the existing (open beta) IEDOREP Stata command to automate checking for reproducibility issues in do-files, with the goal of inclusion in the new REPKIT Stata package to be published by DIME (World Bank) and presented at the 2024 Stata Conference. Building on the World Bank’s new program requiring…
Research Transparency Overview and Guidelines (in Arabic)
One of the fundamental challenges towards transparency and reproducibility of research in the MENA region is a cultural barrier. Information regarding data input for research and outcomes (not yet publishable) have been always viewed in the lenses of secrecy, confidentiality, and competitive advantage. The research community in the MENA region needs to…
Promoting Research Ethics through Research Transparency Techniques
Research transparency is an approach that promotes open practices including registering studies, sharing study data, and publicly reporting research findings. By pre-registering research methodology and intended analyses, researchers tend to be more accountable by ensuring that they report the actual findings of the research, which in turn increases research credibility. By openly…
Reporting all Results Efficiently (RARE)
While the social sciences have made impressive progress in adopting transparent research practices that facilitate verification, replication, and reuse of materials, the problem of publication bias persists. Bias on the part of peer reviewers and journal editors, as well as the use of outdated research practices by authors, continues to skew literature…
Improving Research Transparency, Reproducibility and Open Science Research in Burkina Faso
This training aims to contribute to empowering the next generation with the appropriate tools and the road map used to conduct transparent, reproducible, and open research. We will train master’s students, Ph.D. candidates, postdocs, junior faculty, and researchers in Economics, Political Sciences, and Public policy in methods for transparent, open, and reproducible…
Brazilian Open Science Training: principles and tools
Search results that cannot be reproduced are not trustworthy. Despite recent moves towards a more open and transparent social science, Brazil faces challenges both in the belief in the importance of principles and in the implementation of transparency and reproducibility practices. We argue that the way to change this paradigm is through…
Making research more tangible to study participants and communities: templates for dissemination of study findings
This project aims to amplify open science and research transparency by fostering the communication of research findings for study participants and the overall community. Although several studies in public health rely on the participation of human individuals who give their time and share their data, many times their knowledge about research findings…
Doing Open Science: Reproducibility, Transparency, and Ethics in Social Sciences
Social science should be widely available for critical interpretation and contribution to foster open societies. The “Haciendo Ciencia Abierta” workshop aims to strengthen research practices by providing the Spanish-speaking community with approaches and free, open-source tools for transparent and reproducible social sciences. The 3-day synchronous remote workshop will take place at the…
Payments and Governance Research Program reproducible workflow onboarding
The Payments and Governance Research Program conducts large-scale Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) and provides independent, rigorous, and scientific evidence on India’s social policies. We are committed to going beyond transparency on the front end and want to ensure that our entire research pipeline—from power calculations to data analysis—is transparent and reproducible. To…
Advancing research transparency, reproducibility, and ethical research at Busara Center and partner organizations.
Reproducibility is important for research because it ensures transparency and clarity on what was exactly done by researchers. This project aims to support Busara Center in developing or improving the existing open science protocols and will involve the development of training materials and protocols as well as holding training sessions with staff…
Research Transparency and Reproducibility: A Complementary Module for All
Engagement with Research Transparency and Reproducibility can be challenging in a classroom, where students are more likely to worry about an upcoming quiz rather than a system of perverse incentives and questionable practices that characterize academic research. Creating a full-length course on the subject is wonderful where possible, but may not be…
Starting from Scratch: Training Teachers and Students of Tribhuvan University, Nepal on Fundamentals of Research Ethics and Transparency
At Tribhuvan University, Nepal, graduate, and undergraduate students conduct a mini-research project or write a thesis in the last year of study. They receive training in research methods and related coursework. However, the course curricula do not have research ethics and transparency component. As a result, students are missing out on learning…
Pre-Specification and Reproducibility – Applications for Academic and Private Sector Research
Open science best practices are not universally adopted in the social sciences and are often not included in graduate-level curricula, despite the potential for pre-specification and reproducibility practices to enhance credibility in both academic and private-sector research. This project seeks to introduce graduate students to the many avenues through which open science…
Evidence on Research Transparency in Economics
A decade ago, the term “research transparency” was not on economists’ radar screen, but in a few short years a scholarly movement has emerged to bring new open science practices, tools and norms into the mainstream of our discipline. The goal of this article is to lay out the evidence on the…
The State of Social Science (3S) Survey
Has there been a meaningful movement toward open science practices within the social sciences in recent years? Discussions about changes in practices such as posting data and pre-registering analyses have been marked by controversy—including over the extent to which change has taken place. This study, based on the State of Social Science…
Open Science in Agricultural Economics: Promoting Replicability, Reproducibility, and Transparency in Research
Agricultural and applied economists (AAE) play a key role in delivering information and insight that contributes to policy in agriculture, the environment, and development. The success of these policies depends on the quality and transparency of the underlying research. However, standard MSc and PhD curricula in the field do not cover many…
Filling in the gaps: a workshop to promote, improve, and implement transparency and reproducibility tools in health economics research
This project aims to improve open science (OS) practices in health economics research (HER) through the promotion of transparency and reproducibility (TR) tools. Although HER has a huge impact on the policy-making process, transparent and reproducible research has not been entirely fulfilled. The practice of OS standards within the community has been…
Improving research transparency and visibility of null findings in observational studies of secondary data
Publication bias is well documented in the social sciences. Only a fraction of scholarship reporting null results is made accessible to the public. One way to increase the visibility of this work is to post a pre-analysis plan (PAP) which has the added benefit of improving research transparency. However, despite the rising…
Development of Research Transparency and Reproducibility Curriculum and Training Modules for Debre Markos University
Research Transparency and Reproducibility (RT2) curriculum and training manuals are essential to improve knowledge and skill towards RT2 like research ethics, scientific misconduct, pre-registration, and pre-analysis plans, computational reproducibility and approaches to replication, and data management. However, the lack of standard curriculums and training manuals in the areas of RT2 has been…
Open Science in Language Research
Esra Ataman, Bilal Kirkici, and Ozan Can Çağlar developed a module titled ‘Open Science in Language Research’ and incorporated it into the graduate course “Quantitative Research Methods and Ethics in Language Research.” The goal of the module was to raise awareness in language researchers, who are underserved compared to other disciplines, to…
Transparency and Equity in Pre-Doctoral Research
Pre-doctoral research positions are becoming increasingly common in economics and related fields. While these pre-docs are often responsible for data collection, cleaning, and analysis, there are no open science initiatives geared toward those who will fill these positions. Furthermore, pre-doctoral researchers in economics tend to have similar backgrounds in terms of demographics…
New Branches of the Student Initiative for Open Science
The Student Initiative for Open Science (SIOS) organizes events, workshops, and discussions to promote transparent and open research among students. As SIOS is based in Amsterdam, it has not been possible to accommodate interested students from other universities. The proposed project aims to encourage and enable interested students to start a new…
Developing Content and Training for Transparent, Reproducible, and Ethical Research in Brazil
The objective of this project is to promote the dissemination of methods and practices for the transparency and reproducibility of research in Social Sciences at the Federal University of Parana, and also to provide materials for training in Brazilian Portuguese language. The project is structured according to the book by Christensen et…
Advancing Transparency and Reproducibility in Constrained Contexts in Public Health
Public health practitioners frequently find themselves in a bind: faced with high volumes of data, frequent demands for non-standard analyses, and quick turnaround times, even the most rigorous and transparent workflows are not safe from analysis breakdown and miscommunication, something seen all-too-frequently during the COVID-19 crisis. Therefore, there is a need to…
A Breath of Fresh Air: Raising Awareness for Clean Fuel Adoption
Air pollution is amongst the gravest public health concerns worldwide and indoor sources are the largest contributors in many developing countries. Attempts to persuade hoseholds to use more efficient solid-fuel cooking stoves have been mostly unsuccessful in reducing air pollution. We build on a new, nation-wide program in India that has provided…
Direct and Spillover Impacts of a Community-Level HIV/AIDS Program: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Mozambique
We study a prominent effort to help families cope with HIV/AIDS: a U.S. government-funded program in Mozambique implementing an interrelated set of health and education interventions. We report the results of a randomized evaluation of this program. We hypothesize that the program raises HIV testing rates by reducing imperfect information (related to…
Entrepreneurship education and teacher training in Rwanda
In Rwanda, 72 percent of employed youth work for family firms or are self-employed. These outcomes suggest that schools may be failing to develop the skills required to enter formal sector jobs or grow small firms. In response, Rwanda reformed its required upper secondary entrepreneurship course by introducing interactive pedagogy and a…
The Supply and Demand Effects of Financial Incentives: Experimental Evidence from Branchless Banking in Indonesia
We propose to test the effects of an increase of monetary incentives paid to frontline service providers and the effect of making their pay transparent on the take-up of a new technology. The context is one of a large bank that hires local branchless banking agents to introduce a new savings account…
The Impact of a Multidimensional Program on Nutrition and Poverty in Burkina Faso
This study adapts BRAC’s ultra-poverty program to focus on child nutrition, household food security and resilience, and evaluates its impact in two regions of Burkina Faso. In our study, we test the hypothesis that a targeted cash transfer, asset transfer, and nutrition-focused project can transform the early childhood environment to reduce poverty…
The Short Term Impact of a Productive Asset Transfer in Families with Child Labor: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines
Productive asset grants have become an important tool in efforts to push the very poor out of poverty, but we have little evidence on the impact of such grants on adolescents living in beneficiary households. A successful productive asset grant could reduce child labor via a wealth effect if child labor markets…
What are the Effects of Improving Management Practices on Exporting among SMEs in Middle-Income Countries*? A Comparison of Bayesian and Frequentist Impact Evaluation Approaches
We will run a randomized experiment to test whether improving management practices can achieve these goals, in the context of a government-sponsored management technical assistance program in one middle-income country.
A Framework for Open Policy Analysis
The evidence-based policy movement promotes the use of empirical evidence to inform policy decision-making. While this movement has gained traction over the last two decades, several concerns about the credibility of empirical research have been identified in scientific disciplines that use research methods and practices that are commonplace in policy analysis. As…
PhD Toolkit on Transparent, Open, and Reproducible Research
This project will train PhD students in Economics, Political Science, and other empirical social sciences in methods for transparent, open and reproducible research. There is no course offering such training at the EUI currently and this project will provide an opportunity for PhD students to develop an essential toolkit on research transparency…
Policy Researcher Reproducibility and Transparency in Colombia
Colombian law dictates that information or data gathered during public policy evaluations, after being anonymized, must be publicly available. However, this is usually not the case in practice. Methods exist to rectify this situation, but there is low adoption of these methods. This project involves two workshops in Bogotá and Cartagena targeted…
A University Goes Open – An Interdisciplinary Open Science Curriculum for all Graduate Schools
This project will create reusable course materials for open science and reproducibility topics in a modular structure. The basic material will be the same across disciplines. However, discipline-specific add-ons are planned with specific reading lists and homework assignments. A key part of the project is to use existing infrastructures at the host…
Transparency in Economic Research – An Opportunity for Ecuador
The project will expose bachelors and masters students to open science, a topic that has not yet been included in curricula at Universidad de Cuenca. With small practical tasks, participants will be guided through a hands-on experience of how to make empirical research transparent, why it is so important, the frustration that…