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06 March 2025

Upcoming symposium on qualitative open science

Dr. Nicki Lisa Cole, TIER2 partner, will be a speaker at the upcoming symposium “Qualitative Open Science: Challenges, Opportunities, Tensions, and Synergies”, which will take place on 28 March 2025 at The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her presentation on "Why the open science movement needs qualitative researchers", will focus on the critical role qualitative research plays in the open science movement. She will speak about the tendency...
05 March 2025

Upcoming webinar: Building and Maintaining Trust in Open Research

The "Building and Maintaining Trust with Open Research" webinar will take place on 5 March 2025. This session will show authors how they can increase the trustworthiness of their research in multiple ways, with a special focus on open research practices and how these correspond to making scholarly publishing more reliable and responsible. This webinar brings together expert panellists, who will present on the various aspects of transparency, r...
05 March 2025

TIER2’s Pilot 8 in the spotlight

TIER2's Pilot 8, The Editorial Reference Handbook, was highlighted during the 19th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) 2025, held in The Hague, the Netherlands, on 19 February 2025. The IDCC conference focused on reflecting on the past twenty years of digital curation while looking forward to the future, emphasising lessons learned and the directions ahead. Dr. Rebecca Taylor-Grant, a partner at TIER2, presented the initiativ...
20 February 2025

TIER2 Workshop: Reproducibility and AI: Responsibility qua Open Science?

On 25 March, TIER2 is hosting a workshop as part of the Berlin University Alliance’s event “Yes, we are open! Designing Artificial Intelligence Responsibly”. This interactive two-hour session, conducted in English, will examine the role of reproducibility and Open Science in responsible AI research. The workshop is aimed at starting a discussion on balancing innovation with transparency and exploring AI’s potential to enhance reproducibility...
18 February 2025

TIER2 launches international workshop on computational reproducibility in social sciences

TIER2 partners from GESIS and Know Center are hosting a workshop as a part of The International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) forum. Happening on 23 June, it will bring together researchers from multiple disciplines to share knowledge, discuss ideas, and learn about research in diverse fields with the common theme of investigating the interplay of web and society. The workshop calls for theoretical and practical researc...
17 February 2025

ENRIO 2025 Congress on Research Integrity Practice

The upcoming ENRIO 2025 Congress, set to take place from 22 to 24 September 2025, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, encourages those interested in participating to submit abstracts online by 31 March 2025. Organised by the European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO) in collaboration with the University of Ljubljana, this congress aims to build upon the foundation laid by previous biennial events that address crucial issues surroun...
12 February 2025

9th World Conference on Research Integrity to address Indigenous Knowledge, AI, and Research Security

The 9th World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI) will be held from May 3 to 6, 2026, in Vancouver, Canada. The еvent is open to all disciplines, all professional ranks, and all career stages, and involves all stakeholders in research integrity, including universities, research institutes, research funders, publishers, and governments. The call for session proposals is open until 14 April. WCRI 2026 will focus on themes of critical i...
04 February 2025

Open Call for Proposals by the Responsible Research In Action Unconference 2025

The “Unconference” is a format that encourages the type of networking that takes place during breaks at traditional conferences. It facilitates a participant-driven, interactive meeting designed to engage stakeholders in collaborative activities and conversations. The Responsible Research In Action Unconference 2025, hosted by the QUEST Center for Responsible Research, at Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité, the Einstein Foundati...
21 January 2025

Upcoming symposium talk: Enhancing Open Science by incorporating established qualitative research practices

TIER2 partner Nicki Lisa Cole from the Know Center Research will be speaking at the Ninth Annual Qualitative Research Symposium 2025 on 28 January. The symposium focuses on transparency, openness and rigour, with Nicki’s talk being part of Session 3A ‘Critical Discussion on Open Research’ happening on 28 January at 15:30. Nicki will be drawing on results of a review study she led on reproducibility, open science and qu...
14 January 2025

Advancing Open Qualitative Research: TIER2 session at STS Conference Graz 2025

The 23rd Annual STS Conference Graz 2025, themed "Critical Issues in Science, Technology, and Society Studies," will take place as a hybrid event on 5-7 May 2025. The Call for Abstracts is now open until 20 January 2025 TIER2 invites abstracts for the session "Advancing Open Qualitative Research through Theory, Research, and Action. " Building on last year’s successful session and workshop, this year’s session will explore evidence an...
07 January 2025

Call for proposals for Metascience 2025 Conference

The Metascience 2025 Conference, taking place in London from 30 June to 2 July 2025, is now accepting proposals. The event will convene 650 participants aiming to advance metascience by fostering a culture of continuous experimentation and learning. The conference will unite researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from diverse fields to share evidence, ideas, and methodologies. Proposals are invited for pre-conference symposia, in-p...
11 December 2024

TIER2 at the Annual Symposium of the Netherlands Reproducibility Network

The Annual Symposium of the Netherlands Reproducibility Network was held on 6 December in Groningen, bringing together experts dedicated to enhancing reproducibility and transparency across disciplines. Representing TIER2, Joeri Tijdink and Barbara Leitner from Amsterdam UMC showcased their ongoing work in the project. Barbara Leitner introduced the first draft of the Reproducibility Promotion Plan for Funders, developed as part of TIER2’s Pil...