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TIER2 was represented at the 21st Plenary of the Research Data Alliance in Salzburg (23. 10-26. 10), commemorating the reestablishing of their Reproducibility Interest Group. The event was held as a part of the fourth International Data Week 2023 edition. Susanna Sansone from FAIRsharing was there to participate in the insightful discussions and sessions, and to present TIER2 and its impact in the struggle for increased scientific integrity and ...

TIER2 is proud to announce the two awarded consortia based in Ukraine and Georgia who will receive the monetary awards from the Reproducibility Network open call this summer. Multiple scientific consortia from Horizon Europe “Widening Participation” countries submitted applications describing their plans and motivations for establishing a Reproducibility Network in their home country which TIER2 would support with a €5000 prize. After a rou...

We are excited to announce the start of our new social media campaign. #ReproResearch will bring weekly posts presenting relevant research in the fields of reproducibility, science integrity, and other topics in the wider domain of metascience. We hope to bring value to the TIER2 community by highlighting cornerstone research which serves as a theoretical basis of our project activities, and promoting rigorous scientific practices in aca...

A new project derived pre-print is out in MetaArXiv Preprints. The article “Knowledge Production Modes: The Relevance and Feasibility of ‘Reproducibility” authored by Jesper Schneider and Sven Ulpts from Aarhus University delves into the ways scientists generate knowledge, the current methods used for ensuring integrity, their applicability in different fields, and how they interact with reproducibility on a broad scale. Part of TIER2’s broade...

Multiple TIER2 partners attended and gave presentations at the STI conference last week. Thomas Klebel from Know Center presented research on “Modelling the effect of funding selectivity on the uptake of data sharing in the academic community”, investigating issues of equity. Sven Ulpts from Aarhus University also presented a poster on “Mapping the Narrow Reproducibility Discourse”, exploring how the discourse around the reproducibility reform “t...

The new Danish Reproducibility Network (DKRN) was officially launched at an event in Copenhagen on 24th of August. DKRN is now part of the growing international network of Reproducibility Networks, peer-led consortia which work at a national level to promote, facilitate and educate about open, reproducible and robust research through collaboration on projects and events. The packed programme was bookended by two invited talks from members of TIER...

Joeri Tijdink (VUmc) and Serge Horbach (Aarhus University) represented TIER2 and took part in the European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO) 2023 Congress on Research Integrity Practice in Paris last week (06. 09 - 08. 09). They discussed TIER2 with researchers from other projects, held a symposium on funding reforms and innovating funding practices with transparency, and Joeri also presented on topics related to the importance...

Is ‘Reproducibility’ For All? Sven Ulpts and Jesper Wiborg Schneider Introduction Recently talk about reproducibility and replication seems to be everywhere, due to concerns and crisis claims mainly in some behavioral and biomedical sciences (Fidler & Wilcox, 2021)[1]. However, it does not just remain talk. A reform movement has come up with the goal to ‘improve’ the credibility of science. Pivotal are demands for ‘reprod...

The first research article published with the support of the TIER2 project is now out on ArXiv. TIER2's Dominik Kowald and Tony Ross-Hellauer alongside three of their colleagues (Harald Semmelrock, Simone Kopeinik and Dieter Theiler) co-authored the article titled "Reproducibility in Machine Learning-Driven Research". The mini-review focuses on assessing the state of machine learning (ML) reproducibility in different research areas, identifyin...

We are excited to announce TIER2's first social media campaign, focused on our team of researchers. "Faces of the project" aims to present our consortium of accomplished professionals in all the diverse fields our project covers. To highlight the invaluable contributions made by the consortium members, we will feature different project partners on a weekly basis, giving them the floor to present their academic background and roles within TIER2...

TIER2 is happy to announce that our open call for establishing a reproducibility network is live. Applicants can win one of three €5000 awards to be used for holding an initial meeting to establish a Reproducibility Network in their "Widening Participation" countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia). The allocated award money may be u...

Last week the ELIXIR All Hands Meeting took place with the aim to review ELIXIR’s achievements and activities so far and discuss plans for the future. The event featured various lectures, workshops and poster sessions on the topics from FAIR data and Machine Learning to national funding for ELIXIR Node operations. TIER2’s partner – Athena Research Center (ARC) – was amongst the attendees with a poster presentation on "Improving reproducibility...