A few things about open and reproducible research… .

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# A few things about open and reproducible research… .
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### Prof. Thomas Pollet, Northumbria University (<a href="mailto:thomas.pollet@northumbria.ac.uk" class="email">thomas.pollet@northumbria.ac.uk</a>)
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### 2025-05-06 | <a href="http://tvpollet.github.io/disclaimer">disclaimer</a>
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## Who am I?

* trained in Sociology (Ghent) --> Evolutionary Psychology (Liverpool, NCL).

* worked in Social Psychology depts. in Netherlands (Groningen, VU Amsterdam, Leiden)

* Now at Northumbria University (dept. of Psychology, since 2017)  - I was UKRN institution lead at Northumbria University - up until 2024 --> Prof. Matt Baillie Smith & Prof. Louise Bracken

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IL: 'Top Down': 'Senior management'; I meet with and develop policy with UKRN, promote UKRN, liaise with PVC on UKRN goals, and deliver training - I am independent from Local Network Lead (and technically this role is also independent from the University)

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## Recent history

* Why care about reproducibility and open research practices... .

* I was there when it happened -- sort of ... .

* Similar to Erdős number:

--> Stapel = 2; Förster = 2; Smeesters = 2; Wansink = 2; Gino = 2;...

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## Things need to change... .

* Witnessed poor practices first hand.

* Witnessed a lot of waste... .

* Interaction with other disciplines: Anthropology, Economics, Sociology,... .

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- Lab meeting. 1 in 20 significant

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## Some background reading

* <a name=cite-Goldacre2009></a><a name=cite-Goldacre2014></a>[Goldacre and Farley (2009)](#bib-Goldacre2009); [Goldacre (2014)](#bib-Goldacre2014) : Bad Science / Bad Pharma

* <a name=cite-Chambers2017></a>[Chambers (2017)](#bib-Chambers2017) : Seven deadly sins

* <a name=cite-Ritchie2020></a>[Ritchie (2020)](#bib-Ritchie2020) : Science fictions

* [Daniel Nettle's blog](https://www.danielnettle.org.uk/)

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## What are Open Research Practices?

* An umbrella term for many practices. Often linked with other domains of 'good' research practices: Research Integrity, Research ethics, Digitisation, Research culture

* Tend to have aims of making our work more:
    - **Accessible.** e.g., articles/books open access. Allowing others to re-use your research.
    - **Reproducible.** Being more transparent about your research process. Using tools/resources that are open access, which allow others to reproduce your findings.
    - **Replicable (?).** Increasing likelihood of someone finding the same effect.

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## Why are these practices useful to us?

* Cynically: In everybody's self-interest everybody should engage with these.

* Open Research is the Future: More journals, funders, universities etc. will have requirements.

* Developing these practices and having a track record --> **Smart Move.**

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## Less cynically ... .

* Engaging in these practices --> ‘The Right Thing To Do’.

* Adopting open research practices means developing a more robust evidence base for our research.

* Sharing our knowledge more effectively.

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## UKRN

* First joined as Local Network Lead (now David Smailes).

* Formally joined [UKRN](https://www.ukrn.org/2021/08/13/northumbria-joins-uk-reproducibility-network/) in August 2021. We also joined the Open Research Programme.

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## UKRN

The following is based on [UKRN's resources](https://www.ukrn.org/resources/), specifically this [one](https://osf.io/x923p).

For the UK research system to be outstanding in conducting and promoting rigorous and transparent research.

The purpose of the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) is to enable researchers, institutions, and other stakeholders working in the UK to collaborate, so they are better able to **conduct and promote rigorous, reproducible, and transparent research.**

This includes:

- identifying the factors that affect research rigour and transparency; 
- identifying, sharing, and integrating effective practice; 
- supporting a culture of continual improvement; 
- providing training and support; coordinating action; 
- supporting inter- and trans-disciplinary research; 
- influencing actors across the research system; 
- and offering constructive challenge.

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## UKRN: Distribution (Jan. 10th 2024)

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Equivalent RNs : Belgium, Switzerland, to name a few.

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## UKRN: stakeholders

[https://www.ukrn.org/stakeholders/](https://www.ukrn.org/stakeholders/)

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## UKRN: Growth

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## UKRN: Implement Change

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## UKRN: Mechanisms

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## UKRN: Open research programme

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## UKRN: Open research programme and UKRN community

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## UKRN: ORP change

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## UKRN: ORP Training

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## UKRN: ORP Hiring and promotion

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## UKRN: ORP Indicators

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## UKRN: How do we achieve change?

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## UKRN: Beyond disciplinary boundaries

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## UKRN: Research culture

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## UKRN: Resources

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## UKRN: dissemination

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## UKRN: Reproducibility

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## UKRN: Culture change

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## UKRN: Culture change: Who?

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## Summary

- Brief overview

- UKRN as organisation

- goals and some projects

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## Additional Resources

[https://osf.io/x8j9q/wiki/home/](https://osf.io/x8j9q/wiki/home/)

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_gar6y864eLGfX7zJSWd5w/featured](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_gar6y864eLGfX7zJSWd5w/featured)

* Preprints

* Data sharing

* Open Access

* Open code + Software

* Pre-registration / Registered reports

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## Other things to mention / check out...

* [Octopus](www.octopus.ac)

* [DORA](https://sfdora.org/)

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## What might the future hold?

* Open research will become the norm ?!

* Team Science?

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## Any Questions?

[http://tvpollet.github.io](http://tvpollet.github.io)

BlueSky: @tvpollet.bsky.social

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## Activity

* Look at some aspects where you could implement open research practices in your research?

* It is a buffet. (Preprint, pre-registration, data sharing, code sharing, open source usage). Look at some of UKRN's resources?

* Discuss in pairs?

--> alternatively sort of 'ask me anything'.

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## Acknowledgments

I am greatly indebted to my colleagues who helped me along the way and UKRN (Any mistakes are my own). This talk is based on [https://osf.io/x923p](https://osf.io/x923p) and some slides by David Smailes.

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You for listening!

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## References and further reading (errors = blame RefManageR)

<a name=bib-Chambers2017></a>[Chambers, C.](#cite-Chambers2017) (2017).
_The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology A Manifesto for Reforming the
Culture of Scientific Practice_. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University
Press.

<a name=bib-Goldacre2014></a>[Goldacre, B.](#cite-Goldacre2014) (2014).
_Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients_.
Macmillan. ISBN: 0-86547-806-6.

<a name=bib-Goldacre2009></a>[Goldacre, B. and R.
Farley](#cite-Goldacre2009) (2009). _Bad Science_. Fourth Estate
London. ISBN: 0-00-728487-X.

<a name=bib-Munafo2014></a>[Munafò, M., S. Noble, W. J. Browne, et
al.](#cite-Munafo2014) (2014). "Scientific Rigor and the Art of
Motorcycle Maintenance". In: _Nature Biotechnology_ 32.9, pp. 871-873.
ISSN: 1546-1696. DOI:
[10.1038/nbt.3004](https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fnbt.3004).

<a name=bib-Ritchie2020></a>[Ritchie, S.](#cite-Ritchie2020) (2020).
_Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in
Science_. New York, NY: Random House. ISBN: 1-4735-6425-5.