Charlotte Pennington 🌻
@drcpennington.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Psychology @ Aston University 🧠 ; UKRN Local Network Lead 📊; AE of #RegisteredReports for PCI & Addiction Research & Theory 👩🔬. Author of: "A Student's Guide to Open Science: Using the Replication Crisis to Reform Psychology".
Thrilled to announce that @maddipow.bsky.social and I have just submitted our edited book, Teaching Open Science to the publisher! ✨️ 📖 🌎
It comprises 12 beautiful chapters on topics such as teaching #ReproducibleResearch, developing #OpenEducationalResources, & #DecolonisingTheCurriculum
It comprises 12 beautiful chapters on topics such as teaching #ReproducibleResearch, developing #OpenEducationalResources, & #DecolonisingTheCurriculum
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Thrilled to announce that @maddipow.bsky.social and I have just submitted our edited book, Teaching Open Science to the publisher! ✨️ 📖 🌎
It comprises 12 beautiful chapters on topics such as teaching #ReproducibleResearch, developing #OpenEducationalResources, & #DecolonisingTheCurriculum
It comprises 12 beautiful chapters on topics such as teaching #ReproducibleResearch, developing #OpenEducationalResources, & #DecolonisingTheCurriculum
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Looking for a PhD in Psychology? Look ⬇️ and apply to join our school at Aston!
Do you have an interest in social cognition and skills in neuroscience? Come and do a fully-funded(!) PhD with Dr Daniel Shaw, Dr Enrico Amico, and me! 🧠 📚
"Social brain fingerprints: using network science to extract neural correlates of interpersonal (dys)function"
Apply here: lnkd.in/eNRZxbf5
"Social brain fingerprints: using network science to extract neural correlates of interpersonal (dys)function"
Apply here: lnkd.in/eNRZxbf5
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Looking for a PhD in Psychology? Look ⬇️ and apply to join our school at Aston!
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
Do you have an interest in social cognition and skills in neuroscience? Come and do a fully-funded(!) PhD with Dr Daniel Shaw, Dr Enrico Amico, and me! 🧠 📚
"Social brain fingerprints: using network science to extract neural correlates of interpersonal (dys)function"
Apply here: lnkd.in/eNRZxbf5
"Social brain fingerprints: using network science to extract neural correlates of interpersonal (dys)function"
Apply here: lnkd.in/eNRZxbf5
October 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Do you have an interest in social cognition and skills in neuroscience? Come and do a fully-funded(!) PhD with Dr Daniel Shaw, Dr Enrico Amico, and me! 🧠 📚
"Social brain fingerprints: using network science to extract neural correlates of interpersonal (dys)function"
Apply here: lnkd.in/eNRZxbf5
"Social brain fingerprints: using network science to extract neural correlates of interpersonal (dys)function"
Apply here: lnkd.in/eNRZxbf5
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
This just published. Great work by Michelle Oxtoby. Full article: Lower caution, not inhibitory control, predicts gambling severity – a Registered Report www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Lower caution, not inhibitory control, predicts gambling severity – a Registered Report
Models of gambling disorder, along with other addiction-related conditions, identify impulsive traits as a key component to developing challenging behaviors. This is supported by empirical findings...
www.tandfonline.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This just published. Great work by Michelle Oxtoby. Full article: Lower caution, not inhibitory control, predicts gambling severity – a Registered Report www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Naturally, this is an open educational resource: It is free and will forever stay free. We are also considering making it a living book: There are a few areas that we think deserve more attention. If you are an expert on something that you think is missing from this work, please get in touch!
September 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Naturally, this is an open educational resource: It is free and will forever stay free. We are also considering making it a living book: There are a few areas that we think deserve more attention. If you are an expert on something that you think is missing from this work, please get in touch!
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
At the FORRT Replication Hub, our mission is to support researchers who want to replicate previous findings. We have now published a big new component with which we want to fulfill this mission: An open access handbook for reproduction and replication studies: forrt.org/replication_...
September 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
At the FORRT Replication Hub, our mission is to support researchers who want to replicate previous findings. We have now published a big new component with which we want to fulfill this mission: An open access handbook for reproduction and replication studies: forrt.org/replication_...
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
“Lower Caution, not Inhibitory Control, predicts Gambling Severity - A Registered Report” by Michelle C. Oxtoby, @drcpennington.bsky.social, Richard J. Tunney, & Craig Hedge #accepted
August 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
“Lower Caution, not Inhibitory Control, predicts Gambling Severity - A Registered Report” by Michelle C. Oxtoby, @drcpennington.bsky.social, Richard J. Tunney, & Craig Hedge #accepted
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
#OpenScience principles help students gain lots of useful skills that are an advantage on the job market in and beyond academia. Read our latest book chapter where we provide tips for educators to bolster employability through open science: doi.org/10.31219/osf...
July 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
#OpenScience principles help students gain lots of useful skills that are an advantage on the job market in and beyond academia. Read our latest book chapter where we provide tips for educators to bolster employability through open science: doi.org/10.31219/osf...
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Thoroughly enjoyed presenting a 3-minute Rapid Talk at #CAGR2025, about our cognitive psychology study. We found that Lower Caution, not Inhibitory Control, predicts Higher Gambling Severity.
Thank you to the best supervisors:
Dr Craig Hedge
@richardtunney.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
Thank you to the best supervisors:
Dr Craig Hedge
@richardtunney.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed presenting a 3-minute Rapid Talk at #CAGR2025, about our cognitive psychology study. We found that Lower Caution, not Inhibitory Control, predicts Higher Gambling Severity.
Thank you to the best supervisors:
Dr Craig Hedge
@richardtunney.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
Thank you to the best supervisors:
Dr Craig Hedge
@richardtunney.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
PCI Psychology is here!! 🎉🥳
After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org
#PsychSciSky #scipub
After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org
#PsychSciSky #scipub
June 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
PCI Psychology is here!! 🎉🥳
After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org
#PsychSciSky #scipub
After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org
#PsychSciSky #scipub
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Reviewing chapters for our "Teaching Open Science" book with @drcpennington.bsky.social! 12 fab chapters including..
👥Maximising student research
📝Open qualitative research
🔬Promoting responsible research practices
📖Developing Open Educational Resources
🔐Preregistering with students (& a LOT more)
👥Maximising student research
📝Open qualitative research
🔬Promoting responsible research practices
📖Developing Open Educational Resources
🔐Preregistering with students (& a LOT more)
May 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Reviewing chapters for our "Teaching Open Science" book with @drcpennington.bsky.social! 12 fab chapters including..
👥Maximising student research
📝Open qualitative research
🔬Promoting responsible research practices
📖Developing Open Educational Resources
🔐Preregistering with students (& a LOT more)
👥Maximising student research
📝Open qualitative research
🔬Promoting responsible research practices
📖Developing Open Educational Resources
🔐Preregistering with students (& a LOT more)
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
The Struggle to Make Transparency Mainstream - Initial Evidence for a Slow Uptake of Open Science Practices in PhD Theses: https://osf.io/kq9zd
April 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The Struggle to Make Transparency Mainstream - Initial Evidence for a Slow Uptake of Open Science Practices in PhD Theses: https://osf.io/kq9zd
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
I’ve just submitted my first PhD study for publication — and it's officially up as a preprint!
"Exploring Public perceptions of Social media: A preregistered Mixed-Methods Study” --> osf.io/preprints/ps... 📱🥳💜(1/5)
"Exploring Public perceptions of Social media: A preregistered Mixed-Methods Study” --> osf.io/preprints/ps... 📱🥳💜(1/5)
April 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I’ve just submitted my first PhD study for publication — and it's officially up as a preprint!
"Exploring Public perceptions of Social media: A preregistered Mixed-Methods Study” --> osf.io/preprints/ps... 📱🥳💜(1/5)
"Exploring Public perceptions of Social media: A preregistered Mixed-Methods Study” --> osf.io/preprints/ps... 📱🥳💜(1/5)
Join us for Midlands Innovation Open Research Week, 6th–9th May
The theme for this year’s event is “Just fOR the love of it”, where we aim to spotlight open research beyond compliance— focusing on the principles, values, & innovations that drive researchers to embrace openness as a way of working
The theme for this year’s event is “Just fOR the love of it”, where we aim to spotlight open research beyond compliance— focusing on the principles, values, & innovations that drive researchers to embrace openness as a way of working
April 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Join us for Midlands Innovation Open Research Week, 6th–9th May
The theme for this year’s event is “Just fOR the love of it”, where we aim to spotlight open research beyond compliance— focusing on the principles, values, & innovations that drive researchers to embrace openness as a way of working
The theme for this year’s event is “Just fOR the love of it”, where we aim to spotlight open research beyond compliance— focusing on the principles, values, & innovations that drive researchers to embrace openness as a way of working
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Midlands Innovation #OpenResearch Week 2025! Here's the lineup for Tuesday. Signups are open: midlandsinnovation.org.uk/latest/event...
@lborouniversity.bsky.social @krzysztofcipora.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
@lborouniversity.bsky.social @krzysztofcipora.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Midlands Innovation #OpenResearch Week 2025! Here's the lineup for Tuesday. Signups are open: midlandsinnovation.org.uk/latest/event...
@lborouniversity.bsky.social @krzysztofcipora.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
@lborouniversity.bsky.social @krzysztofcipora.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Congratulations to #Springboard25 awardee @drcpennington.bsky.social 🎉
Her research explores how brain development affects teen drinking, aiming to reduce alcohol harms among young people 🧠
👉 bit.ly/44irB7l
#TeenHealth #PublicHealth #Psychology
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social
Her research explores how brain development affects teen drinking, aiming to reduce alcohol harms among young people 🧠
👉 bit.ly/44irB7l
#TeenHealth #PublicHealth #Psychology
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Congratulations to #Springboard25 awardee @drcpennington.bsky.social 🎉
Her research explores how brain development affects teen drinking, aiming to reduce alcohol harms among young people 🧠
👉 bit.ly/44irB7l
#TeenHealth #PublicHealth #Psychology
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social
Her research explores how brain development affects teen drinking, aiming to reduce alcohol harms among young people 🧠
👉 bit.ly/44irB7l
#TeenHealth #PublicHealth #Psychology
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
📢 🧠 📚 POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
I am hiring a PDRA to work on a project investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning adolescent alcohol consumption, funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Apply by 11/04/25: lnkd.in/eVwEeAZX
Contract: 24 months
Location: Birmingham, UK
I am hiring a PDRA to work on a project investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning adolescent alcohol consumption, funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Apply by 11/04/25: lnkd.in/eVwEeAZX
Contract: 24 months
Location: Birmingham, UK
LinkedIn
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March 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
📢 🧠 📚 POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
I am hiring a PDRA to work on a project investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning adolescent alcohol consumption, funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Apply by 11/04/25: lnkd.in/eVwEeAZX
Contract: 24 months
Location: Birmingham, UK
I am hiring a PDRA to work on a project investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning adolescent alcohol consumption, funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Apply by 11/04/25: lnkd.in/eVwEeAZX
Contract: 24 months
Location: Birmingham, UK
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📢 🧠 📚 POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
I am hiring a PDRA to work on a project investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning adolescent alcohol consumption, funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Apply by 11/04/25: lnkd.in/eVwEeAZX
Contract: 24 months
Location: Birmingham, UK
I am hiring a PDRA to work on a project investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning adolescent alcohol consumption, funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Apply by 11/04/25: lnkd.in/eVwEeAZX
Contract: 24 months
Location: Birmingham, UK
LinkedIn
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lnkd.in
April 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Some really good advice here from the Open Science Framework (@cos.io) on organizing files. I particularly like the recommendation to make raw data 'readme' so it can't be accidentally altered or mixed.
help.osf.io/article/147-...
help.osf.io/article/147-...
Organizing files (OSF Projects)
This article is licensed under CC0 for maximum reuse. Organizing your files using names and locations that are informative help to document what your files a
help.osf.io
March 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Some really good advice here from the Open Science Framework (@cos.io) on organizing files. I particularly like the recommendation to make raw data 'readme' so it can't be accidentally altered or mixed.
help.osf.io/article/147-...
help.osf.io/article/147-...
Celebrating Magda Skubera's first, first-author paper 👏 🥳 and a super collaboration with
@forrt.bsky.social
Published in Royal Society Open Science, our systematic review of international Open Research initiatives in Psychology!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#OpenResearch #OpenScience
@forrt.bsky.social
Published in Royal Society Open Science, our systematic review of international Open Research initiatives in Psychology!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#OpenResearch #OpenScience
March 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Celebrating Magda Skubera's first, first-author paper 👏 🥳 and a super collaboration with
@forrt.bsky.social
Published in Royal Society Open Science, our systematic review of international Open Research initiatives in Psychology!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#OpenResearch #OpenScience
@forrt.bsky.social
Published in Royal Society Open Science, our systematic review of international Open Research initiatives in Psychology!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#OpenResearch #OpenScience
📢 🧠 📚 POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
I am hiring a PDRA to work on a project investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning adolescent alcohol consumption, funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Apply by 11/04/25: lnkd.in/eVwEeAZX
Contract: 24 months
Location: Birmingham, UK
I am hiring a PDRA to work on a project investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning adolescent alcohol consumption, funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Apply by 11/04/25: lnkd.in/eVwEeAZX
Contract: 24 months
Location: Birmingham, UK
LinkedIn
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lnkd.in
March 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
📢 🧠 📚 POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
I am hiring a PDRA to work on a project investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning adolescent alcohol consumption, funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Apply by 11/04/25: lnkd.in/eVwEeAZX
Contract: 24 months
Location: Birmingham, UK
I am hiring a PDRA to work on a project investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning adolescent alcohol consumption, funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Apply by 11/04/25: lnkd.in/eVwEeAZX
Contract: 24 months
Location: Birmingham, UK
Join us for Midlands Innovation Open Research Week, 6th–9th May 2025 – a celebration of openness in research!
This year’s theme, "Open Research: Just fOR the love of it!", highlights the intrinsic value of open research practices & the passion that drives them.
Stay tuned for registration details!
This year’s theme, "Open Research: Just fOR the love of it!", highlights the intrinsic value of open research practices & the passion that drives them.
Stay tuned for registration details!
March 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Join us for Midlands Innovation Open Research Week, 6th–9th May 2025 – a celebration of openness in research!
This year’s theme, "Open Research: Just fOR the love of it!", highlights the intrinsic value of open research practices & the passion that drives them.
Stay tuned for registration details!
This year’s theme, "Open Research: Just fOR the love of it!", highlights the intrinsic value of open research practices & the passion that drives them.
Stay tuned for registration details!
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Undergraduate Psychology Students’ Perceptions of #OpenResearch: The Relationship Between Statistics Understanding, Attitudes, and Questionable Research Practices, from @kaitclark.bsky.social @leede-wit.bsky.social @flavioazevedo.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1525/coll...
doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Undergraduate Psychology Students’ Perceptions of Open Research: The Relationship Between Statistics Understanding, Attitudes, and Questionable Research Practices
Following growing awareness of replication concerns in research and the rise of Open Research (OR), psychologists have begun investigating what contributes to Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) am...
doi.org
February 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Undergraduate Psychology Students’ Perceptions of #OpenResearch: The Relationship Between Statistics Understanding, Attitudes, and Questionable Research Practices, from @kaitclark.bsky.social @leede-wit.bsky.social @flavioazevedo.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1525/coll...
doi.org/10.1525/coll...