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Partners from the TIER2 project are set to participate in the 19th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing, taking place from 26–28 November 2024 in Tromsø, Norway, and streamed worldwide. As a renowned platform for discussions on open access, open data, and open science, the conference provides an ideal opportunity to advance conversations around reproducibility and research integrity. A key highlight will be a workshop titled "Collabor...

As part of TIER2’s 2023 open call, two consortia—in Georgia and Ukraine—were awarded seed funding to establish Reproducibility Networks (RN) in their respective countries. The Ukrainian Reproducibility Network will be officially launched at the upcoming Ukrainian Open Science Forum (UOSF2024), scheduled for 21-23 November at Lviv Polytechnic National University. This event will be held in a hybrid format, enabling&nbsp...

Following the 8th World Conference on Research Integrity in Athens, the EU sister projects OSIRIS, TIER2, and iRISE held two impactful meetings—in Athens (6–7 June) and Edinburgh (23-26 July). Together, they tackled reproducibility challenges and strategies for a stronger, collaborative future in research integrity. During the General Assembly in Athens, experts shared insights into reproducibility conce...

At the upcoming Computational Social Science Conference: Innovative Methods, Research Workflows, and Data Stewardship taking place on 28-29 October 2024 in Barcelona, TIER2 will be featured in Session 5: Provenance, Lineage, and Reproducibility. Tony Ross-Hellauer, coordinator of the TIER2 Project, will present on 29 October, from 2 PM, with his talk titled "Reproducibility Challenges in Computational Social Science: Insights fro...

The Netherlands Reproducibility Network (NLRN) is a national peer-led consortium dedicated to improving research quality and efficiency in the Netherlands by strengthening initiatives on reproducibility and transparency in all scholarly disciplines. On 6 December, the NLRN will host its annual symposium to discuss the Future of Reproducibility. The event, held in Groningen, will feature discussions with experts from various fields and sectors ...

On 17 October, TIER2 is hosting a webinar for funders to present the prototype of the Reproducibility Monitoring Dashboard, developed within the project. The dashboard is designed to track the reproducibility and reusability of research outputs across various fields and funding calls. At the event, participants will have the chance to provide feedback and contribute to its development. The webinar will cover key elements of the dashboard,...

This press release was originally published on EurekAlert! and AlphaGalileo. A Serbian consortium receives seed funding to foster research practices and promote Open Science through the creation of a new Reproducibility Network. Building on the success of the 2023 Open Call, where consortia in Georgia and Ukraine were awarded, the EU-funded project TIER2 is excited to announce the winner of the...

A month after the joint General Assembly in Athens, partners from the three sister projects – TIER2, OSIRIS and iRISE, met again in Edinburgh to discuss further the relevant ideas and solve issues related to reproducibility that came up during the assembly. The meeting aimed to pinpoint key challenges, outline essential issues and priorities, and identify clear next steps for the way forward. The four-day meeting began with examining the...

TIER2 partners from the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité organised a Reproducibility Hackathon (ReproHack) as a satellite event to the FENS Forum 2024. The FENS Forum is Europe’s largest neuroscience conference covering all aspects of research in this field. The aim of the TIER2 ReproHack was to connect neuroscientists and create an environment that allowed participants to gain insights into reproducibility, exchange know...

In early June 2024, reproducibility took centre stage in Athens. On the heels of the 8th World Conference on Research Integrity, the city hosted the first joint meeting of the three EU projects OSIRIS, TIER2 and iRISE. A month after the meeting, our aftermovie tells the story of the projects' latest progress in understanding the underlying drivers of effective reproducibility interventions, developing robust solutions, and fo...

The 8th World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI) took place between 2-5 June, in Athens, Greece, gathering a diverse group of participants committed to enhancing research integrity across disciplines and career stages. This year's conference theme, "Catalysing the translation of research into trustworthy policy and innovation," brought together universities, research institutes, funders, publishers, and government bodies to discuss critical ...

Building on the momentum of the 8th World Conference on Research Integrity in Athens, OSIRIS, TIER2 and iRISE gathered for their first joint annual meeting. Spanning two days (6 and 7 June), the event united project partners, stakeholder representatives and advisory board members in a spirit of openness and collaboration. The first day harnessed the collective expertise of our diverse group to tackle the complex issue of reproducibility – from...