Welcome to SORTEE: the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology. We are a community of researchers working to improve research practices through cultural and institutional changes in ecology, evolutionary biology, and related fields.

⏰ Final call: Nominations for the 2026 SORTEE Commendation Awards close in one week! Know a project promoting Open Science in ecology & evolution? Projects of any scale are welcome. Submit now: sortee.org/awards/ #OpenScience #EcoEvo #SORTEE

🌟 Final month to nominate projects for the 2026 SORTEE Commendation Awards! Know a project promoting Open Science in ecology & evolution, such as workshops, tools, repositories, outreach & more? Projects can be local or global, team-based or individual. sortee.org/awards/

📢 An update from SORTEE: following a Board vote, we will be discontinuing active posting on X. This account will remain online, but no new content will be shared here going forward Find us on our other channels here: linktr.ee/sortecoevo Thank you, and see you elsewhere! 👋

SORTEE is coming to #ISBE2026! 🎉 📢 Learn about open science at our presentation (Monday, July 20, 14:00–14:40) 🎲 Chat with our volunteers, test your knowledge with open science quizzes and games, and enter our prize draw at the SORTEE stall (all conference)

🎉 SORTEE members, join us for a special Virtual Social with our first President, Tim Parker! 🗓️ July 29, 17:00 UTC Let's celebrate 5 years of SORTEE! Zoom link available in our Slack channel and Google Calendar

Dr Rachel Heyard joins us from the Centre for Reproducible Science and Research Synthesis in Zurich to discuss funding lotteries and other innovations in research funding allocation on July 7th. Register here: events.humanitix.com/webinar…

Analysis code is an increasingly important part of science, but how do we ensure we keep it reproducible and future-proofed? Hit the link below to go back to Oakleigh Wilson's conversation with Dr Ed Ivimey-Cook discussing all things code review. sortee.org/blog/2025/09/26/2…

Ever think the #peerreview system is broken? ‘Peer review by Reciprocity’ proposes to make this process fairer & more sustainable Learn all about it through Oakleigh Wilson’s conversation with Angela Moles for this 9th instalment of the #ECRAsks series: sortee.org/blog/2026/06/23/2…

For this month's webinar, Dr. Rachel Heyard joins us from the Swiss National Science Foundation to discuss funding lotteries and other innovations in research funding allocation events.humanitix.com/webinar…

Miss out on meeting the Awards Committee at last month’s virtual social? No sweat! Swipe right to see what the Awards Committee does and has in the works for this year! Link for commendation awards eligibility criteria assessment protocol: docs.google.com/document/d/1…

This year’s monthly Virtual Socials are about meeting SORTEE’s committees! Join us on June 17th at 14:00 UTC for a relaxed & informal 30-min break to meet the @ecoevorxiv and the Advocacy committee. Zoom link posted on SORTEE Slack (members only)! sortee.org/mixers/

Did you miss meeting the Conference Committee at last month's virtual social? No worries! Swipe to get to know the Conference Committee and what they are up to this year! Want to learn more about last year’s conference? Check out: sortee.org/tags/conference20…

🌟 Have you come across a project making science more open, reproducible, or accessible in ecology & evolutionary biology? Nominating it for a 2026 SORTEE Commendation Award is a great way to recognise the people behind it! Submit a nomination here: sortee.org/awards/

🎉Registration for the SORTEE Conference 2026 (13-14 Oct) is now open! 🎉 Register here: sortee.org/upcoming The conference is FREE for members, so consider joining us — also with a free ‘no questions asked’ option! sortee.org/join/

For the June edition of the SORTEE workshop and webinar series, Dr Joel Pick joins us to discuss the role of journals in fighting the replication crisis: Register for free at: events.humanitix.com/webinar…

🚨Content submissions for the 6th SORTEE Conference (13-14 Oct 2026) are closing soon, on the 7th June! 👉Submit your proposal for an unconference, hackathon or workshop via sortee.org/upcoming ✅ More at: sortee.org/upcoming

Help us tackle financial barriers to participation in open science practices by spreading the word! 💚 Join us sortee.org/join/ #openscienceisforeveryone #SORTEE

📷Happy to announce that @Physacourses, one of our new supporters, is offering an exclusive €150 discount to SORTEE members on the course below Reproducibility Data Analysis with R 8–11 June | Online shorturl.at/W4jxb Contact Physalia directly and mention your membership