Learn:
- Core concepts: why reproducibility matters and where it can fail in the research lifecycle
- Practical strategies: tools and approaches to improve transparency and facilitate reproducibility
- Train the Trainer skills: design and deliver engaging training for diverse audiences

This is an interactive online workshop for those who teach or support best practice in research.

Who should attend:
- Trainers and research support staff focusing on reproducibility
- Educators integrating reproducibility into curricula
- Researchers aiming to train others on reproducible practices

Last call to join @irise-eu.bsky.social Introduction to Reproducibility: Train-the-Trainer online workshop!

Help your community do more #rigorous and #transparent #research

Register to attend 2 sessions (please plan to attend both):
Thu 23 Apr 2026, 9:00–12:00 (UK)
Thu 30 Apr 2026, 9:00–12:00 (UK)

UK Reproducibility Networks: Building a Local Network for Open Research This session will highlight the valuable work being performed by the UK Reproducibility Network in developing a culture of open research.

The UKRN Local Network are playing a key role in UK universities to develop #OpenResearch expertise.

Join #LDNOpenFest26 webinar on Thu 23 April at 12-13:00 (UK time) to learn how LNLs are undertaking community building to support #ResearchReproducibility at 3 universities.

Eventbrite link below:

Science is a cumulative and collaborative process that requires human connection and interaction. I find it interesting that the 'lone genius' idea still gets romanticised in academia.

UK Reproducibility Networks: Building a Local Network for Open Research This session will highlight the valuable work being performed by the UK Reproducibility Network in developing a culture of open research.

One week until this #LDNOpenFest26 session💡

UK Reproducibility Networks: Building a Local Network for Open Research

🗓️ Thursday 23 April
🕑 12-1pm
📍 Online

An ideal session for anyone interested in starting or enhancing their own UKRN Local Networks.

Register: buff.ly/HxYYXNS

@ukrepro.bsky.social

I'll be speaking at this webinar in my role as UKRN Local Network Lead for Imperial. The session is taking place on Thursday 23 April, 12:00, as part of the London Open Science & Scholarship Festival. You can sign up to attend my session and any others using the link below.

Transparency in epidemiological cohort studies, with Dr Laurie Hannigan Laurie Hannigan will present a case study on improving transparency and reproducibility in epidemiological cohort research

How reproducible is cohort research? 🔍📊

Join us to find out from Laurie Hannigan at UCL/UNIL ReproducibiliTea 🫖

📅 23rd April, 1pm BST / 2pm CEST

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transparen...

@tabeasch.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org @ukrepro.bsky.social @swissrn.bsky.social @uclopenscience.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-reprodu....

UK Reproducibility Networks: Building a Local Network for Open Research This session will highlight the valuable work being performed by the UK Reproducibility Network in developing a culture of open research.

The UKRN Local Network are playing a key role in UK universities to develop #OpenResearch expertise.

Join #LDNOpenFest26 webinar on Thu 23 April at 12-13:00 (UK time) to learn how LNLs are undertaking community building to support #ResearchReproducibility at 3 universities.

Eventbrite link below:

We’re pleased to share that submissions are now open for Open Fest 2026 - taking place online, 15–18 September 2026. Theme: People and Place: how openness is shaped by communities, cultures, and contexts and how these, in turn, shape us.

Find out more and submit your proposal: lnkd.in/ecQxMreu

Practice #22 in the MORPHSS catalogue of open research practices in AHSS: Preprints and working papers

"While AHSS disciplines do not have the long history of preprinting evident in some STEM subjects, a strong tradition of openly sharing working papers exists in the field of economics..."

Have you explored the UKRN Resource Sharing Platform yet? oercommons.org/hubs/ukrn Our members have uploaded loads of reusable materials, and at the UKRN conference (8–9 July) Eleonora Gandolfi will share lessons from the platform development project:
www.conference.ukrn.org

Bright comet with a glowing nucleus and a long, pale blue tail streaking diagonally across a dark, star-filled night sky.

📢 Join @jisc.bsky.social digital research community next month to find out more about the @wellcometrust.bsky.social
funded COMET project

📆 13 May
⏰ 11-12 (UK time)
🔗 research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/events/

@ukrepro.bsky.social @helenclare.bsky.social

Photo by Justin Wolff on Unsplash

Welfare webinar: Habituation of minipigs, non-human primates and dogs for procedures in toxicology studies Practical guidance to reduce stress during inhalation studies, blood sampling and ophthalmological exams.

Register for our upcoming welfare webinar focusing on habituating dogs, minipigs and non-human primates to procedures in toxicology studies to refine their use in regulatory safety assessment: nc3rs.org.uk/events/welfa...

📅 Thursday 14 May, 12.30 – 13.30 (GMT)
📜 Certificates of attendance available

Hidden REF Competition 2026 - The Hidden REF Celebrating all research outputs and roles The Hidden REF Competition The Hidden REF competition was launched in 2021. It is a community-driven, national event that raises awareness […]

For the last REF, almost 98% of submissions were in just 7 categories.

The Hidden REF Competition is working to change that! If you’ve ever thought “this kind of work should count more”, now’s your chance to say so.

Find out more and share your ideas: hidden-ref.org/hidden-ref-c...

computational social science drop-in session

⏰ One week to go until our Computational social science drop in session.

To book a place, please follow the link below:

📅 April 14 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
🧷ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/computational-soc...

Three recent papers examined reproducibility of a large sample of findings. Join this webinar to discuss them and explore where the findings converge and differ.

1. SCORE: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
2. I4R: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
3. Meta-Rep: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

UKRN Conference Wednesday 8 – Thursday 9 July, 2026 Join us to take part in conversations about improving research practice, alongside researchers, research-enablers, policymakers, and partners from across all disciplines in the UK. Discover what we ha...

We're offering offering travel bursaries up to £300 to cover travel and accommodation to allow early career researchers, and research enablers, to attend the UKRN conference. #UKRN2026JoinUs

Conference Registration: www.conference.ukrn.org

More info on bursaries: forms.office.com/e/tUh025mt3S

CRediT has been updated so we can more honestly attribute contributions!

Investigating the reproducibility of the social and behavioural sciences - Nature A study of reproducibility in a stratified random sample of 600 papers published from 2009 to 2018 in 62 journals spanning the social and behavioural sciences finds higher reproducibility among more&n...

Can published findings be reproduced from the same data + same analysis? As part of SCORE, Miske and 127 co-authors tested this across social and behavioral science papers from 2009–2018.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

OA: osf.io/preprints/me...

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Check out this new article examining how symbolic power shapes #sustainability transformations, coauthored by PLOS Sustainability and Transformation’s Editor‑in‑Chief @upascual.bsky.social. ⬇️

🧵1/ Our first meta-science paper (with 350+ coauthors) is published today in Nature. It presents one of the largest-ever reproducibility projects in economics & political science.

Here’s what we found 👇

Rethinking Cell Differentiation and Development: A Unicellular Perspective Date: 6-9 December 2026 Location: Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK Organisers: Elena Casacuberta and James Gahan Early-career researchers apply for a funded place

Apply for a funded early-career researcher place at our Workshop on Rethinking Cell Differentiation and Development: A Unicellular Perspective, organised by Elena Casacuberta & James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social. Find out more www.biologists.com/workshops/de...
#BiologistsWorkshops

SCORE | Center for Open Science SCORE shows that there is no shortcut to producing credible research findings, and there is no single indicator of trustworthiness. Research progress depends on transparency, rigor, and establishing r...

UKRN welcomes today's publication of the findings from the Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE) programme.

Great to see the commitment to #OpenData, #OpenMethods, and community driven credibility assessment.

More information is available at: www.ukrn.org/2026/04/01/u...

PYMS - Lunch Presentations Between 20 and 24 April, PYMS will be hosting a series of online lunch meetings. During these sessions, you can present one of your completed research projects, an ongoing study, or early‑stage ideas ...

📢 New from PYMS!

We're launching online lunch meetings. A chance to present your work to other metascience ECRs

Share your work in any form: finished projects, preliminary results, a trial-run conference presentation, or ideas you'd love feedback on

Want to present? Sign up using the form!

In 2025, working closely with editors, authors, and partners, we made 45+ improvements to Research Exchange to tackle real challenges in scholarly publishing.

The results? See the full retrospective here: https://ow.ly/gls350YAJzB

Post 1/14 We are incredibly honored to receive the Dorothy Bishop Prize. But looking at the "polished" statements of the past, we can’t be silent. It is easy to celebrate "inclusivity," but we cannot ignore the cost of current research culture. This award is a bittersweet reminder of a struggle. 🧵

Building on a recent publication in @pnas.org (plos.io/4saRwae), @verokiermer.bsky.social, @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social and
@kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social call for action on adopting a principle-based approach for a responsible authorship culture
🧪 #AcademicSky @plos.org @jama.com
plos.io/3Pr5ZAu

#statstab #515 Confounded dose-response effects of treatment adherence: fitting Bayesian instrumental variable models using brms

Thoughts: A nice tutorial on how to think about confounding, Simulating data, and making inferences

#brms #bayes #IV #guide

rpsychologist.com/adherence-an...