Congratulations to both winners! They have also been invited to share their open science work at next year's NORRN annual meeting

Dr Anders Lorentzen Kolstad, ecology researcher at Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, was awarded for their dedication to reproducible research workflows, including building a community-driven public platform for increased reproducibility and transparency of research processes.

Dr Caitlin Mandeville, a conservation scientist and a postdoc researcher at the Gjærevoll Centre for Biodiversity Foresight Analyses and the NTNU Department of Natural History, was awarded for their commitment to participatory research approaches and citizen science

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We’re delighted to announce that the winners of NORRN’s 2025 Open Science award are Dr Caitlin Mandeville and Dr Anders Lorentzen Kolstad 🏆

Check out our new paper, which covers the origins of NORRN, along with our mission and future plans ⬇️

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We’re excited to share that NORRN is launching its first-ever Open Science Award to recognise outstanding early career researchers in Norway who champion open science 🏆

Award winners will receive a gift card + certificate, see the application form for more details nettskjema.no/a/531568#/pa...

National symposium on Responsible Open Science June 16th, 2025, 09:00 – 15:30 CET Morning: § Responsible Open Science: presentation of the ROSiE guidelines § Keynotes on Ethical and epistemic responsibility: trust, integrity, and knowledge diversity Afternoon: § Panel on Social and existential responsibility: fairness, inclusivity, AI, and big data § Co-creation of national recommendations for Responsible Open Science More information and registration: https://nettskjema.no/a/514733 The event is hybrid with online sessions and possibility to participate in-person in Oslo, Bergen and Tromsø.

We're very pleased to announce that the theme for this year's NORRN annual meeting will be "Responsible Open Science".

This event will be held in person (Oslo, Bergen and Tromsø) and online on June 16th. Register for the event here: nettskjema.no/a/514733#/pa...

This chat was part of a monthly seminar series hosted by the Open Science Initiative at the Department of Psychology (University of Oslo)

Open science: Fact vs. Fiction YouTube video by Norwegian Reproducibility Network

Here's a recent chat from NORRN steering committee members @agataboch.bsky.social and @dsquintana.bsky.social about common misconceptions and challenges surrounding the implementation of open research practices, with a focus on psychology research youtu.be/Eyl29VBdHjA

NORRN March update We're glad to announce that this year's annual conference will take place on June 16th! Plus, we share details on a new preprint and an upcoming workshop on electronic lab workbooks.

We just sent out our March newsletter, in which we announced that this year's annual conference will be on June 16th (mark your calendars!), describe a new preprint on secondary data analysis, and provide details on an upcoming electronic lab workbook seminar

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Latin American journals are open-access pioneers. Now, they need an audience SciElo, other platforms work to help journals reach readers around the world

"Latin America is a leader in nonprofit open-access journals. But it struggles to give them global visibility"
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How to preregister your research study YouTube video by Norwegian Reproducibility Network

Last week we delivered an online talk on how to preregister your research study, in collaboration with @stiftelsendam.bsky.social

Here's a recording in case you missed it ⬇️

📚 Noise Versus Signal: What Can One Conclude When a Classic Finding Fails to Replicate? doi.org/10.1177/2515...

Nær 300 deltakere var samlet i Oslo under UHR-konferansen denne uken. Temaet var åpenhet, og konferansen hadde tittelen «åpen forskning, åpen utdanning, åpent samfunn.

Tusen takk til alle som deltok og bidro til at dette ble en vellykket dag!

📸 Aron Bræstrup Løsnes

Hyggelig å kunne oppdatere denne go.bsky.app/HMj7aqg, spesielt med @unioslo.bsky.social

Our/Norwegian Reproducibility Network’s latest newsletter has recently been sent out

Combining education, research, and community: Integrating open-science in courses and guided theses YouTube video by Norwegian Reproducibility Network

Are thinking about integrating open science practices in your curriculum? Check out this great talk from @giladfeldman.bsky.social on how what he's learnt doing this, which he delivered at our 2023 annual meeting

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Team Science: A better way to test scientific hypotheses? YouTube video by Norwegian Reproducibility Network

Here's an excellent talk from our 2024 annual meeting on 'team science' from @hallgeirsjastad.bsky.social youtu.be/yTTlEWzXmdQ?...

NORRN November update Dam Foundation joins the NORRN stakeholder engagement group, Upcoming pre-registration course, and new NORRN lectures and roundtable discussions

We just sent out our latest newsletter, including the exciting news that Foundation Dam has joined the NORRN stakeholder group open.substack.com/pub/norrn/p/...

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