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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 Niki’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 qua...

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...

On 1 January 2025, TIER2 celebrated its anniversary, marking two years of efforts to increase research reproducibility. This date also marked the start of our final project year. Some highlights from the past year include: We successfully conducted our second open call award for establishing a Reproducibility Network, won by a consortium in Serbia. Learn more about the three new Reproducibility Networks established throug...

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,...

Wishing you a cheerful holiday season and a fantastic beginning to the new year! As we wrap up 2024, we take a moment to also reflect on our most memorable moments from the past year.

As 2024 soon comes to an end, we’re proud to celebrate another year of achievements, thanks to the dedication of our project partners. Watch our new short video to relive our highlights and main results from 2024. ...

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...

Over the past three months, TIER2 highlighted numerous initiatives and events spearheaded by Reproducibility Networks (RNs) across Europe. This campaign aimed to emphasise RNs' important role in promoting trust, transparency, and integrity in scientific research. Explore the featured networks and their contributions by following the hashtag #ReproducibilityNetworks on: X: @TIER2Project LinkedIn: TIER2 Project In ...

On 25 November 2024, the team from Athena Research Center working on TIER2’s Pilot 3 hosted an exclusive webinar to introduce HYPATIA lab – the first version of the open-source SCHEMA lab. Designed to empower life and computer scientists, HYPATIA lab provides a user-friendly interface for managing computational tasks, workflows, and experiments, setting the stage for more reproducible and efficient research practi...

Partners from the TIER2 project are set to participate in the 19th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing, taking place from 26–28 November 2024 in Tromsø, Norway, and streamed worldwide. As a renowned platform for discussions on open access, open data, and open science, the conference provides an ideal opportunity to advance conversations around reproducibility and research integrity. A key highlight will be a workshop titled "Collabor...

As part of TIER2’s 2023 open call, two consortia—in Georgia and Ukraine—were awarded seed funding to establish Reproducibility Networks (RN) in their respective countries. The Ukrainian Reproducibility Network will be officially launched at the upcoming Ukrainian Open Science Forum (UOSF2024), scheduled for 21-23 November at Lviv Polytechnic National University. This event will be held in a hybrid format, enabling&nbsp...

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...