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Eike Mark Rinke
@emrinke.bsky.social
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Politics, Media, and Open Scholarship @universityofleeds.bsky.social | Co-Director @cdpleeds.bsky.social | Leeds Local Network Lead @ukrepro.bsky.social | AE @polcommjournal.bsky.social

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5330-7634
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ukrepro.bsky.social
UK Reproducibility Network is having a conference, July 2026 in Manchester!

Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/

Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
UK Reproducibility Network Local Network Leads engaged in discussion around a table.
October 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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polisatleeds.bsky.social
'The central goals of open science – transparency, social accessibility, robustness – apply across all disciplines.'

In a recent interview, Dr Eike Rinke discussed the importance of open research in improving the quality of research in higher education:

open-science-future.zbw.eu/en/shift-tow...
"The shift towards more robust research is primarily a social change."
Open science is a social change and spreads primarily through communities and networks. Networks offer exchange, social recognition, ...
open-science-future.zbw.eu
August 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
emrinke.bsky.social
In which I note that OS is a social movement aimed at better aligning "good" & "successful" research - and shoutout @ukrepro.bsky.social, @reproducibilitea.org & our wonderful librarian allies like @openresleeds.bsky.social

English version here: open-science-future.zbw.eu/en/shift-tow...
July 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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cdpleeds.bsky.social
We have a new blog post about lowering the voting age to 16 in the UK by @oliver-booth.bsky.social

Check it out 👇
Votes at 16: Right Policy, Wrong Motives?
Labour has announced plans to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in the next general election. This will bring the UK in line with devolved and local elections in Scotland and Wales. Labour’s propos
cdp.leeds.ac.uk
July 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
emrinke.bsky.social
This looks like some good evidence-assessment stuff right here.
June 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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pwgtennant.bsky.social
Looking forward to this in Leeds tomorrow!

@lida-leeds.bsky.social @srmleeds.bsky.social
pwgtennant.bsky.social Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · Jun 17
EVENT IN LEEDS ON 24 JUNE: "Meeting the AI & Big Data Revolutions in Quantitative Social Science: Challenges & Opportunities"

TIME: 1530-1700 (networking 1700-1800)
LOCATION: Nexus, Uni of Leeds
DETAILS & REGISTER: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meeting-th...

@lida-leeds.bsky.social, @srmleeds.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
emrinke.bsky.social
Most weeks I recommend to our Leeds @ukrepro.bsky.social network an "Open Research Friday Reading". Why not share it here, too?

Today I shared "A Manifesto for a Globally DEI Open Science" by @sakshighai.bsky.social et al. - important read for any social scientist ☝️

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A manifesto for a globally diverse, equitable, and inclusive open science - Communications Psychology
Psychology must embrace more responsible practices in design, reporting, generalisation, and evaluation of research to counteract the spectre of Questionable Generalisability Practices and the issue o...
www.nature.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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openresleeds.bsky.social
This morning @helenblomfield.bsky.social and @nickshepp.bsky.social have teamed up with @emrinke.bsky.social to talk about Open Political Research

(Described by @lauracon.bsky.social as an #OpenResearch / data management super group 🤣)
May 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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cdpleeds.bsky.social
The Centre for Democratic Politics is also on LinkedIn!

Follow our page for information about upcoming events and research.
cdpleeds.bsky.social Centre for Democratic Politics @cdpleeds.bsky.social · May 8
The Centre for Democratic Politics has hosted and co-hosted several events for its members during this academic year.

Look out for information about up-coming events on our social media pages and our website.
A white poster with purple text that reads 'Overview of Previous Events - Academic Year 24/25'. There are 9 boxes which each include an even hosted or co-hosted by the CDP.
May 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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polisatleeds.bsky.social
Dr Eike Rinke and co-authors have had their article on 'The reliability of replications' published by The Royal Society 📃

In it, @emrinke.bsky.social explores the importance of including clear explanations alongside research results 🔍

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The reliability of replications: a study in computational reproductions | Royal Society Open Science
This study investigates researcher variability in computational reproduction, an activity for which it is least expected. Eighty-five independent teams attempted numerical replication of results from ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
May 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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kellylloyd.bsky.social
📣 New Open Research event at University of Leeds

Open Research for All: Bridging Disciplines 🌉

Join us at this in-person event (including lunch) on Wed 14 May (11am-2pm) for several exciting OR talks 🌟

Register: leeds.libcal.com/event/4369744

@openresleeds.bsky.social @nickshepp.bsky.social
Open Research for All: Bridging Disciplines
Join us at this in-person event (including lunch) on Wednesday 14 May (11:00-14:00, Level 13 Research Meeting Rooms in Edward Boyle library) for several exciting open research...
leeds.libcal.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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maxgroemping.bsky.social
Congrats, @breznaunate.bsky.social @emrinke.bsky.social @kunkakom.bsky.social and team. Taking part in this project was not only eye-opening in terms of #metascience but also great fun. Even with shared data and code, reproducibility is not a given. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
April 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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ukrepro.bsky.social
Open code and software encourages collaboration between code users, developers and researchers.

What are your experiences with sharing your code and software?

#OpenResearch #Research #OpenCode #OpenSoftware
Open code and software
YouTube video by UK Reproducibility Network
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April 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
emrinke.bsky.social
Your regular reminder that the position to only make "the data supporting the findings of this study ... available upon reasonable request" is not (usually) itself reasonable.

(Ugh, when will this practice finally end?)
March 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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pwgtennant.bsky.social
Do you have recommendations for people who are interested in / have spoken about the problems (practical or ethical) of using AI in social science research?

They need to be UK based. I am organising a panel for an event. Thank you so much!
March 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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briannosek.bsky.social
An excellent investigation highlighting the value of sharing code, in addition to data, for establishing reproducibility.
breznaunate.bsky.social Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · Mar 20
We crowdsourced 85 teams to indep. computationally reproduce results from a single study in randomized conditions. Reproducibility:

• depends heavily on the transparency of materials
• high (~95%) for same sign/sig, but low (btw. 48-77% depending on transparency) when requiring within 0.1 effects
March 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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carlbergstrom.com
1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.


I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
March 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
emrinke.bsky.social
📊 Large-scale reproducibility experiment out now @royalsocietypublishing.org

☝️Moral of the story: When you publish research results, do it along w/ hi-qual code & clear explanations of what you did. Otherwise they may be less reproducible than you think.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
March 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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lukotto.bsky.social
🚀 The GESIS AppKit is live! 🚀

Three years ago we started the project of providing "an App" for Social Scientists @gesis.org . Today, it is much more than that. It is a management system for mobile, intensive-longitudinal studies. Interested?

✅ Register here: www.gesis.org/gesis-appkit...
www.gesis.org
March 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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altmetric.com
There are concerns that Bluesky's impact has faded since the initial hype. This is false.

That impression results from reading headlines about social media instead of the hard data.

The five HIGHEST points of Bluesky posts mentioning research all occur in the last 2 weeks.
Large increase in research sharing in 2025
March 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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eliemichel.bsky.social
We are trying to build the most ambitious infrastrucutre for democracy research - and we need your support !
medem.bsky.social MEDem @medem.bsky.social · Mar 3
In about a month, we submit our application for the ESFRI Roadmap 🇪🇺
Help us reach 1,000 researchers by showing your support here: forms.gle/dm8K4xFgXD9b...
⚙️ Regardless, we’re sure you’ll find MEDem’s tools & services useful once they’re live. We’re already working on first prototypes this year! 🏗️📊
March 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
emrinke.bsky.social
This event happening today with us at CDP from 3-4 pm UK time. This is a hybrid, open event, so join us from afar or at Leeds if you are interested to learn more about Cláudia's work on "Parliamentary Storytelling in Brazil and in the UK".
February 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
emrinke.bsky.social
Speaking of null results, have a look at this outstanding study by @nicolaiberk.bsky.social, just out with us at Political Communication, where he shows with exemplary rigor how BILD's sudden shift towards framing immigration as related to crime had zero effect on readers' attitudes on immigration.
jonmellon.bsky.social Jon Mellon @jonmellon.bsky.social · Feb 10
But have these practices led to an increase in publications of null results? Not really. Almost all articles still talk about non-null results in their abstracts and precise nulls are still almost non-existent.
February 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
emrinke.bsky.social
Our CDP 2024/25 Alice Bacon Lecture with broadcaster and journalist Naga Munchetty will happen tonight! Few tickets left, registration info below. If you're in Leeds, make sure to drop by.
February 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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gabrielagreilinger.bsky.social
This is an interesting study on the relationship between economic inequality and democratic erosion:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Overall, certainly something worth pondering.
Screenshot of the first page of the paper. Title: Income inequality and the erosion of democracy in the twenty-first century Authors: Eli G. Rau and Susan Stokes Significance: In the 21st century, democracy is more often threatened by elected presidents and prime ministers than by military coup-makers. What are the causes of this rise in democratic erosion? Cross-national statistical analysis points toward one robust finding: The more unequal income distribution is in a democracy, the more at risk it is of electing a power-aggrandizing and norm-shredding head of government. Even wealthy and longstanding democracies, like the United States, are vulnerable if they are highly unequal (though national wealth might provide some resiliency). Therefore, policies that improve income equality may have the political effect of strengthening democratic systems. Abstract: Among the most pressing problems societies face today are economic inequality and the erosion of democratic norms and institutions. In fact the two problems—inequality and democratic erosion—are linked. In a large cross-national statistical study of risk factors for democratic erosion, we establish that economic inequality is one of the strongest predictors of where and when democracy erodes. Even wealthy and longstanding democracies are vulnerable if they are highly unequal (though national wealth might provide some resiliency). The association between inequality and risk of democratic backsliding is robust, and holds under different measures and structures of both income inequality and wealth inequality. The association is unlikely to be a case of reverse causation. For concerned citizens seeking to understand why so many democracies are eroding and how to stop this process, our study indicates that policies for ameliorating inequality are a promising path forward.
January 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM