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The annual meetings of the three EU projects iRISE, OSIRIS and TIER2 took place last week (3-4 July), uniting stakeholder representatives and partners. The opening day brought participants together for a joint meeting focusing on cross-cutting themes identified by the consortia. Key topics included the next generation of careers in metascience, core outcomes for reproducibility interventions, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and recommendatio...

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...

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 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...

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...

TIER2’s sister projects OSIRIS and iRISE have recently announced the opening of two job positions, offering career opportunities for individuals interested in metaresearch. These positions have been filled. OSIRIS: PhD Student position in Utrecht, The Netherlands OSIRIS is seeking a dedicated PhD student to research the effectiveness of Open Science interventions, collaborating with an international research team to enhance the quality a...

TIER2 and OSIRIS leaders met to discuss synergies between the two Horizon projects. TIER2 Coordinator Tony Ross-Hellauer shares: “All of us in TIER2 are delighted to collaborate with OSIRIS. Not only because it makes sense to join forces and the spirit of collaboration we already have makes it great fun but also because, in pooling our range of perspectives and activities, we think both projects really stand to benefit! ” OSIRIS aims to ...

In a recent session at the Metascience 2023 Conference, renowned experts Tony Ross-Hellauer from Graz University of Technology, Emily Sena from the University of Edinburgh, and Inge Stegeman from Utrecht University introduced TIER2, along with its sister projects aimed at boosting the reproducibility of research – OSIRIS and iRISE. Addressing the underdeveloped nature of reproducibility in many fields, the three s...

A new article titled "Toward equitable open research: stakeholder co-created recommendations for research institutions, funders and researchers" was published in Royal Society Open Science on the 1st of February. The article, authored by TIER2's Tony-Ross Hellauer and Nicki Lisa Cole, together with their TU Graz colleague Stefan Reichmann is based on the results from the previous ON-MERRIT project investigating how and if open and r...