On 27th November 2024, TIER2 and Taylor & Francis hosted a workshop at the 19th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing in Tromsø, Norway. The workshop focused on improving collaboration to address reproducibility challenges in research.

The workshop, titled “Collaborating for reproducibility: How can we work together better?”, brought together 14 stakeholders, including publishers, researchers, librarians, funders, and policy-makers. They worked collaboratively to identify common barriers to reproducibility and co-develop practical solutions. Participants focused on three key themes: infrastructure and tools, training and community-building, and incentives and assessment.

Among the most pressing challenges discussed were global inequities in data reuse, inconsistent data standards, lack of time and training for open research practices, and the ongoing pressure to prioritise quantity over quality in research outputs. Solutions proposed ranged from improving metadata standards and crediting data creators to recognising peer reviewers' contributions and revising academic reward systems.

The group distinguished between "quick wins" – such as tracking data reuse and standardising peer review – and longer-term systemic reforms, like revising evaluation metrics and strengthening research support infrastructure.

This workshop is part of TIER2’s broader commitment to supporting cross-stakeholder collaboration to enhance research integrity and transparency. By encouraging shared strategies and actionable change, the research ecosystem can better address the reproducibility crisis and advance more trustworthy science.