Applications are open for the third OSPARK Bootcamp!
Looking to develop your open research initiative's outreach and communications strategy? This might be for you!
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Can't take part in the Bootcamp? We're running workshops as part of our research programme. They include a condensed training session!
Wednesday 5th August: events.digital-research.acad…
Monday 24th August: events.digital-research.acad…

ALT OSPARK Online Workshops. Join us for a training and research workshop involving: (1) a one-hour interactive learning session about creating visibility for your open research initiative, and (2) a one-hour discussion group to collect qualitative data about your experiences, barriers, and training needs regarding outreach activities for open research initiatives. Taking place on Wednesday 5th & Monday 24th August 2026.
We know that lots of barriers prevent people from attending events. We still want to hear from you if you're unable to attend!
Please consider taking our ~15 minute survey to share your thoughts: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Last month I presented my PhD work at the Network Gender & STEM Conference in Heidelberg, alongside @zwpetzel and @IoanaLatu. Thank you @qubscholarships for getting me there!!
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Calling all #openscience peeps to submit to our Collection on Advancing Open Science for BMC Research Notes! biomedcentral.com/collection…
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New ReproducibiliTea Reading Lists
▶️Replications in Psychology
▶️Scientific Communication
Created by Lianne Wolsink ✨
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We are excited to announce that the long-awaited Database of Neurodivergent Researchers is now live in time for our third-year anniversary for Team #Neurodiversity (24th June).
Submit your entries at bit.ly/3VvsxR1! 🧵
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🌟We are kickstarting the POSTEdu project!🌟
In this project, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), we will develop a pedagogically-informed, evidence-based, self-guided program for educators interested in teaching Open Research.
To do this, we want to hear from you👇
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New paper with Elle Edgar & @HarrisR_Psy. We found the only significant predictor of belonging amongst students with disabilities is how accessible university is perceived to be. (AKA to improve belonging, look at structural issues and not the student)
tandfonline.com/eprint/NKYKD…
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📢 We are delighted to announce that Queen's University Belfast has joined SUP!
@QUBLibrary is a longstanding member of @SCURLScottish. We are very excited to start working with researchers at Queen’s to publish #OpenAccess books 🔓📚
sup.ac.uk/news/queens-univer…
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📢 The deadline to submit an abstract for our annual conference has been extended! You now have until May 15th to submit an abstract for symposia (panel talks) and non-symposia options (blitz talks or posters). We look forward to reading your abstracts!
📢 Exciting News!
🗓️ Starting March 1st, registration opens for the Social Psychology Section's Conference 2024 on the theme "Utilizing Social Psychology to Address Conflict, Societal Divisions, and Cohesion."
For more info and updates: bps.org.uk/event/social-psyc…
#spsconf
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Today, we're excited to launch Infra Finder - a tool to help you navigate the landscape of #infrastructure services + standards enabling #OpenResearch & scholarship 🚀
Who is Infra Finder designed for, and what makes it special? Read on to find out!
investinopen.org/blog/infra-…
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Do people trust scientists? Do people trust some scientists more than others? How social evaluations shape trust? I’m thrilled to announce that you can find out the answers in my third PhD project - just published in PLOS One! ✨
journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
HIGHLIGHTS👇👇👇
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Hello meme peoples!
Are you a meme Researcher, Expert, Maker, or Connoisseur? Do you want to help us better understand and study memes?
IF YES, THIS IS FOR YOUUU
Please help us by participating in 2-hour workshops or 1-hour interviews!
(more info in the thread)
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New preprint from
@FORRTproject
#ReplicationDatabase project with a thorough documentation of the database, its structure, where the findings come from, and some preliminary results.
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/m…
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We're trying to develop materials to help scientists research misinformation about gender equality. Please help us by completing this survey! It's like scrolling through social media, but better for the world🙂
qubpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jf…
I wonder if there's a correlation between my PhD enrolment time and how cursed my participant recruitment memes are
We're trying to develop materials to help scientists research misinformation about gender equality. Please help us by completing this survey! It's like scrolling through social media, but better for the world🙂
qubpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jf…





















