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TIER2 partners – Friederike Kohrs and Alexandra Bannach-Brown – have developed a guide designed to help organisers foster Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in the events they organise. This resource is part of the project’s ongoing efforts to foster inclusive and accessible scientific collaboration, ensuring that every participant, regardless of background or ability, feels valued and supported. The guide offers practical ...

This June, a new preprint titled "Open Science interventions to improve reproducibility and replicability of research: a scoping review" was released. The review is part of TIER2 and its sister project OSIRIS, both of which aim to support open science and improve research practices. The review systematically assesses the literature to identify and evaluate interventions, such as data sharing, methods transparency, an...

A recent preprint supported by TIER2 investigates the potential impacts of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) on the Open Science (OS) landscape. The growing use of GenAI models, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, by researchers has sparked discussions about the benefits and challenges of GenAI, including issues of accountability, ethics, and legality. As a technology increasingly used by researchers worldwid...

TIER2's Pilot 8 was recently highlighted in the Journalology newsletter, a key resource for editors and publishing professionals aiming to stay current with scholarly publishing and looking for guidance on how to build influential scholarly journals. In its 80th issue, the newsletter showcased TIER2's Pilot 8, which is set to co-create and evaluate an Editorial Reference Handbook for Reproducibility and FAIRness. This handbook aims to foster a...

On 16 April 2024, TIER2 hosted a successful online networking event titled "Building Bridges: Strengthening Reproducibility & Open Science Networks across Europe". It gathered 25 representatives from National Open Access Desks (NOADs) and Reproducibility Networks (RNs) across Europe. The event aimed to introduce the TIER2 project, enhance mutual understanding of NOADs and RNs activities, and foster coordination and resource sharing. ...

Last year, TIER2 released a report based on the main findings from the project’s work identifying priorities from the stakeholder community to explore the future of reproducibility and identify actionable steps to a preferred future for reproducibility. The study aims to determine the future of reproducibility by exploring potential scenarios of the future, examining what steps are needed to make these ...

A new TIER2 deliverable is now accessible through the project’s library, providing the theoretical, evidential and strategic framework for the project. It aims to capture the complexity in the meaning(s) of reproducibility across contexts, as well as provide a conceptual framework that systematically relates epistemic diversity to reproducibility by identifying key research characteristics affecting the relevance and feasibility of different type...

TIER2’s first policy brief “Reproducibility and Epistemic Diversity”, written by Jesper W. Schneider, Sven Ulpts, Nicki Lisa Cole and Tony Ross-Hellauer, is now accessible through the project’s library. In light of recent concerns surrounding purportedly low reproducibility rates across various disciplines, ensuring reproducibility has become a key priority for research stakeholders. To aid policymakers in navigating these challenges,...

For the first time this annual report is supplemented by four perspectives, one co-authored by key members of TIER2 Published by Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature, The State of Open Data is the longest-running longitudinal analysis of researchers' attitudes towards and experiences of open data. Its latest release, State of Open Data Report 2023, provides valuable insights based on 6,091 survey responses, and also offers some recomm...

A new preprint was recently published by Thomas Klebel and Vincent Traag on the topic of causality in science studies. Partially funded by TIER2, it hopes to help more researchers in science studies consider causality explicitly. The publication focuses on structural causal models, which have a convenient graphical representation, allowing researchers to make their causal assumptions and findings transparent, thereby fostering further discussion. ...

A new study protocol, supported by TIER2, is investigating interventions aimed at improving the reproducibility and replicability of scientific research. This systematic approach involves identifying empirically evaluated interventions through comprehensive searches and expert consultations. Published in Open Research Europe, the protocol aims to provide valuable insights to address reproducibility challenges and promote transparency in ...

On 31 May 2023, TIER2 convened its first publisher workshop, attended by 20 representatives of major publishers. The aims were to discuss initiatives, measures, and interventions, in development or in place, to increase reproducibility of published research. Furthermore, participants identified and prioritised new or existing areas for further development, where TIER2 could either contribute to, or drive, developments. Following the event, the...