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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 TIER2 introductory video has been uploaded to the project YouTube channel. Filmed during the project kick-off meeting, the partners present key knowledge gaps in the field of reproducibility, and TIER2’s role in addressing them. The video also features the main project goals and methodologies, as well as the different actors which will play a role, presenting an ideal short-form introduction to the project. Watch below. ...

The TIER2 partners at VUmc share an exciting job opening for a Junior Researcher who will work to investigate reproducibility across domains. The job will include close involvement in the project and cooperation with the entire international consortium for the co-development of reproducibility tools, future studies and pilot testing of existing tools across domains. The researcher will be part of the Research Integrity group within the department...

The first project video is up on TIER2's YouTube channel - "What is TIER2? Project Introduction by dr. Tony Ross-Hellauer". The video featuring Tony's introductory presentation from the project's kick-off meeting goes over what is reproducibility and epistemic diversity, what reproducibility issues exist in different science fields and how TIER2 aims to investigate and improve trust, integrity and efficiency of research processes through next-leve...

Consortium members gathered on the 1st and 2nd of February 2023 for TIER2’s official kick-off meeting. The two-day event was hosted at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam and featured insightful presentations of the five work packages, lively discussions and planning of specific tasks and outcomes, and of course – spending the time connecting with like-minded colleagues in person (and online). Consortium members at Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamT...

TIER2’s logo and promotional materials are officially here! The logo is designed to reflect the project’s aim to increase the reproducibility and overall quality of research results. In the website’s media center, you can also access TIER2’s sticker, one-pager and presentation, in order to familiarise yourself with the project and learn more in detail about the idea behind TIER2. Check out the project’s promotional materials here. ...

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...

F1000 is an open-access publishing platform that offers a range of publishing solutions to researchers, editors, reviewers and larger partners such as research institutions and associations. Their unique publishing model prioritises transparency, reproducibility and editorial rigor - values that all strongly align with the mission and vision of TIER2. F1000 works to advance the understanding and impact of scientific research and to make sure that...

This press release was originally published by EurekAlert! and AlphaGalileo. Recent years have seen perceptions of a “reproducibility crisis” grow in various disciplines. Scientists see poor levels of research reproducibility as a severe threat to scientific self-correction, the efficiency of the scientific processes, and societal trust in research results. A major Horizon Europe-funded project will study these issues with the aim of imp...

TIER2 will launch in January 2023 and run until December 2025, with total funding of 2 million Euros provided by the EU’s Horizon Europe program and UK Research & Innovation. TIER2 will study reproducibility across diverse contexts by selecting three broad research areas and two cross-disciplinary stakeholder groups. The areas are the social, life, and computer sciences; meanwhile, the cross-disciplinary stakeholder groups are research pub...