Institute for Replication
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The Institute for Replication (I4R) works to improve the credibility of science by promoting and conducting reproductions and replications.
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🚨 We're launching a special thematic focus on deforestation in the Global South! 🚨
Join us as we systematically assess research on deforestation, a key issue at the science-policy interface. 🧵👇
#OpenScience #Deforestation
Join us as we systematically assess research on deforestation, a key issue at the science-policy interface. 🧵👇
#OpenScience #Deforestation
Sharpen your research skills with Bitesize Replication Games — a hands‑on online workshop where you’ll get to test your skills by attempting to reproduce a key research result in a supportive and collaborative setting. March 3rd, 14:30 UK time, virtual.
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Sharpen your research skills with Bitesize Replication Games — a hands‑on online workshop where you’ll get to test your skills by attempting to reproduce a key research result in a supportive and collaborative setting. March 3rd, 14:30 UK time, virtual.
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Join us for the LOVE REPLICATIONS WEEK from March 2 - 6 with talks on reproductions, replications, how to find them, how to conduct them, how to have them conducted on your study, where to publish them, and much more!
January 30, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Join us for the LOVE REPLICATIONS WEEK from March 2 - 6 with talks on reproductions, replications, how to find them, how to conduct them, how to have them conducted on your study, where to publish them, and much more!
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Highly recommend Replication Games!
Key takeaways:
1. Great way to learn about other psych methods
2. Improve on stats
3. More enjoyable with others
4. Realised my own code needs improving after being on the other side of a paper (replicating)
Thanks @fialalenka.bsky.social @rujoanna.bsky.social
Key takeaways:
1. Great way to learn about other psych methods
2. Improve on stats
3. More enjoyable with others
4. Realised my own code needs improving after being on the other side of a paper (replicating)
Thanks @fialalenka.bsky.social @rujoanna.bsky.social
On Jan 19th, we held the first Replication Games of 2026 at the University of Zurich! We had 47 participants reproducing papers from economics, political science, and psychology with great success. Many thanks to local organizers Johannes Ullrich and Joanna Rutkowska!
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Highly recommend Replication Games!
Key takeaways:
1. Great way to learn about other psych methods
2. Improve on stats
3. More enjoyable with others
4. Realised my own code needs improving after being on the other side of a paper (replicating)
Thanks @fialalenka.bsky.social @rujoanna.bsky.social
Key takeaways:
1. Great way to learn about other psych methods
2. Improve on stats
3. More enjoyable with others
4. Realised my own code needs improving after being on the other side of a paper (replicating)
Thanks @fialalenka.bsky.social @rujoanna.bsky.social
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📣 @i4replication.bsky.social and CERDI are organizing a Replication Game on May 29, 2026 in #ClermontFerrand.
🧠💡 Teams of researchers, PhD, and master's students will reproduce the results of an academic article.
Register now: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/F6XWX9F
🧠💡 Teams of researchers, PhD, and master's students will reproduce the results of an academic article.
Register now: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/F6XWX9F
February 4, 2026 at 9:21 AM
📣 @i4replication.bsky.social and CERDI are organizing a Replication Game on May 29, 2026 in #ClermontFerrand.
🧠💡 Teams of researchers, PhD, and master's students will reproduce the results of an academic article.
Register now: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/F6XWX9F
🧠💡 Teams of researchers, PhD, and master's students will reproduce the results of an academic article.
Register now: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/F6XWX9F
On Jan 19th, we held the first Replication Games of 2026 at the University of Zurich! We had 47 participants reproducing papers from economics, political science, and psychology with great success. Many thanks to local organizers Johannes Ullrich and Joanna Rutkowska!
January 26, 2026 at 10:22 PM
On Jan 19th, we held the first Replication Games of 2026 at the University of Zurich! We had 47 participants reproducing papers from economics, political science, and psychology with great success. Many thanks to local organizers Johannes Ullrich and Joanna Rutkowska!
Part II of the Economic Inquiry Symposium on Reproducibility & Replicability is out!
This issue brings together a new set of re-examinations of influential papers in economics.
Here’s a quick summary🧵
This issue brings together a new set of re-examinations of influential papers in economics.
Here’s a quick summary🧵
January 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Part II of the Economic Inquiry Symposium on Reproducibility & Replicability is out!
This issue brings together a new set of re-examinations of influential papers in economics.
Here’s a quick summary🧵
This issue brings together a new set of re-examinations of influential papers in economics.
Here’s a quick summary🧵
This NHB article that a I4R fellow reproduced is now retracted and a matters arising has been published. See this thread for more information: bsky.app/profile/jack...
There is now an editor's note for a Nature Human Behaviour article that we are reproducing. This is due to a reproducer submitting a Matters Arising. We would like to take this opportunity to clarify our collaborations with NHB and Psych Science. A 🧵
January 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
This NHB article that a I4R fellow reproduced is now retracted and a matters arising has been published. See this thread for more information: bsky.app/profile/jack...
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🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨
Research In Labor Economics (rle.iza.org) is planning a volume featuring critical analyses of applied economics research. We are soliciting up to ten new papers that rigorously review an applied microeconomics topic, area, or methodology. #econsky
Research In Labor Economics (rle.iza.org) is planning a volume featuring critical analyses of applied economics research. We are soliciting up to ten new papers that rigorously review an applied microeconomics topic, area, or methodology. #econsky
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December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨
Research In Labor Economics (rle.iza.org) is planning a volume featuring critical analyses of applied economics research. We are soliciting up to ten new papers that rigorously review an applied microeconomics topic, area, or methodology. #econsky
Research In Labor Economics (rle.iza.org) is planning a volume featuring critical analyses of applied economics research. We are soliciting up to ten new papers that rigorously review an applied microeconomics topic, area, or methodology. #econsky
📷New blog post: Where Papers Go Before (and After) rejection at a top field journal? This blog post explore this and more. One key finding is that desk- and referee-rejected manuscripts end up getting published at roughly the same rate elsewhere.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
📷New blog post: Where Papers Go Before (and After) rejection at a top field journal? This blog post explore this and more. One key finding is that desk- and referee-rejected manuscripts end up getting published at roughly the same rate elsewhere.
i4replication.org/where-papers...
i4replication.org/where-papers...
We're thrilled to open registration for our 1st 2026 Replication Games. The event will be at the University of Zurich on January 19th.
Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
December 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We're thrilled to open registration for our 1st 2026 Replication Games. The event will be at the University of Zurich on January 19th.
Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
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Call for speakers! MeasureDev2026, Open Science in the Age of AI: Balancing Privacy and Transparency
Reflect on a decade of progress in open science while outlining a path for transparency and replicability amid rapid shifts in technology, data, and computation.
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Reflect on a decade of progress in open science while outlining a path for transparency and replicability amid rapid shifts in technology, data, and computation.
www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
Measuring Development Conference 2026
The annual Measuring Development Conference co-hosted with the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA).
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December 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Call for speakers! MeasureDev2026, Open Science in the Age of AI: Balancing Privacy and Transparency
Reflect on a decade of progress in open science while outlining a path for transparency and replicability amid rapid shifts in technology, data, and computation.
www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
Reflect on a decade of progress in open science while outlining a path for transparency and replicability amid rapid shifts in technology, data, and computation.
www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
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Special issue on meta-science in Journal of Economic Psychology! Topics covered among others: expert-informed approaches, normative biases and crowd-science. Submitted papers evaluated & published on rolling basis. @i4replication.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Special issue on meta-science in Journal of Economic Psychology! Topics covered among others: expert-informed approaches, normative biases and crowd-science. Submitted papers evaluated & published on rolling basis. @i4replication.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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🚨 Our comment on Begum, Grossman & Islam (2018) is now out in Demography @readdemography.bsky.social (w/ @carlbonander.bsky.social, Bensch, @nikljako.bsky.social & Brodeur @i4replication.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1215/0070...
A Commentary on “Gender Bias in Parental Attitude: An Experimental Approach” by Begum, Grossman, and Islam (2018) | Demography | Duke University Press
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December 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🚨 Our comment on Begum, Grossman & Islam (2018) is now out in Demography @readdemography.bsky.social (w/ @carlbonander.bsky.social, Bensch, @nikljako.bsky.social & Brodeur @i4replication.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1215/0070...
🚨New blog post: Replicators, rejoice! Episode 1 of the new series is out: “A New README.” A practical guide to transforming messy project folders into clear, well-structured documentation that strengthens transparency and reproducibility.
See more at
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See more at
i4replication.org/dont-panic-a...
Don’t Panic: A Researcher’s Guide to Replication Packages
Episode 1: A New README Who Needs a README? Imagine coming across a really cool paper in a top journal. The kind of paper you wish you wrote yourself; the…
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December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🚨New blog post: Replicators, rejoice! Episode 1 of the new series is out: “A New README.” A practical guide to transforming messy project folders into clear, well-structured documentation that strengthens transparency and reproducibility.
See more at
i4replication.org/dont-panic-a...
See more at
i4replication.org/dont-panic-a...
🚨New blog post: The Reproducibility Gap in Tropical Disease Research
Tropical diseases remain one of the greatest global health challenges, yet much of the evidence guiding interventions may not be as reliable as we assume...
Tropical diseases remain one of the greatest global health challenges, yet much of the evidence guiding interventions may not be as reliable as we assume...
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🚨New blog post: The Reproducibility Gap in Tropical Disease Research
Tropical diseases remain one of the greatest global health challenges, yet much of the evidence guiding interventions may not be as reliable as we assume...
Tropical diseases remain one of the greatest global health challenges, yet much of the evidence guiding interventions may not be as reliable as we assume...
Last Friday we held Munster Replication Games (@uni-muenster.de jointly with #MüCOS and #CDSC). Sixty researchers replicated fifteen papers: well done, everybody! Many thanks to the local organizers as well, @bschlipphak.bsky.social and @aufdroeseler.bsky.social and Katrin Schmietendorf :)
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Last Friday we held Munster Replication Games (@uni-muenster.de jointly with #MüCOS and #CDSC). Sixty researchers replicated fifteen papers: well done, everybody! Many thanks to the local organizers as well, @bschlipphak.bsky.social and @aufdroeseler.bsky.social and Katrin Schmietendorf :)
📢 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our new “Research Fellows” program! 🎉
If you’ve contributed to a Replication Game, published in our Discussion Papers series, or helped organize one of our events — you’re invited to join the roster of I4R Research Fellows.
If you’ve contributed to a Replication Game, published in our Discussion Papers series, or helped organize one of our events — you’re invited to join the roster of I4R Research Fellows.
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
📢 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our new “Research Fellows” program! 🎉
If you’ve contributed to a Replication Game, published in our Discussion Papers series, or helped organize one of our events — you’re invited to join the roster of I4R Research Fellows.
If you’ve contributed to a Replication Game, published in our Discussion Papers series, or helped organize one of our events — you’re invited to join the roster of I4R Research Fellows.
Together w/ @odissei.bsky.social, I4R is organizing CBS Replication Games, re-analyzing 6 papers w/ Dutch administrative microdata! Teams get 1 month of microdata access in Feb 2026, meeting in Utrecht for a three-day hackathon. Interested? Register by Nov 30! tinyurl.com/yx3e7b3a
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Together w/ @odissei.bsky.social, I4R is organizing CBS Replication Games, re-analyzing 6 papers w/ Dutch administrative microdata! Teams get 1 month of microdata access in Feb 2026, meeting in Utrecht for a three-day hackathon. Interested? Register by Nov 30! tinyurl.com/yx3e7b3a
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10 days left to apply for the CBS Replication Games, organised by ODISSEI & the @i4replication.bsky.social. Reproduce recent economics papers with @cbsstatistiek.bsky.social microdata.
📍Utrecht, Feb 2026.
Apply by 30 Nov 👉 lnkd.in/e3G3YxYn
📍Utrecht, Feb 2026.
Apply by 30 Nov 👉 lnkd.in/e3G3YxYn
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
10 days left to apply for the CBS Replication Games, organised by ODISSEI & the @i4replication.bsky.social. Reproduce recent economics papers with @cbsstatistiek.bsky.social microdata.
📍Utrecht, Feb 2026.
Apply by 30 Nov 👉 lnkd.in/e3G3YxYn
📍Utrecht, Feb 2026.
Apply by 30 Nov 👉 lnkd.in/e3G3YxYn
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Wanna do #openscience and get credit for it in your career? Try a #replication at @i4replication.bsky.social i4replication.org. You will contribute to better science, build your skills and get a CV item.
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Wanna do #openscience and get credit for it in your career? Try a #replication at @i4replication.bsky.social i4replication.org. You will contribute to better science, build your skills and get a CV item.
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Playing Replication Games
www.ukrn.org/2025/11/18/t...
Last week, 40 researchers from 6 countries joined the 2025 UKRN Replication Games with @i4replication.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Lenka Fiala, Abel Brodeur, Derek Mikola, and all our participants.
#researchintegrity #openresearch
www.ukrn.org/2025/11/18/t...
Last week, 40 researchers from 6 countries joined the 2025 UKRN Replication Games with @i4replication.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Lenka Fiala, Abel Brodeur, Derek Mikola, and all our participants.
#researchintegrity #openresearch
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Playing Replication Games
www.ukrn.org/2025/11/18/t...
Last week, 40 researchers from 6 countries joined the 2025 UKRN Replication Games with @i4replication.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Lenka Fiala, Abel Brodeur, Derek Mikola, and all our participants.
#researchintegrity #openresearch
www.ukrn.org/2025/11/18/t...
Last week, 40 researchers from 6 countries joined the 2025 UKRN Replication Games with @i4replication.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Lenka Fiala, Abel Brodeur, Derek Mikola, and all our participants.
#researchintegrity #openresearch
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🚀 Join us for the CBS Replication Games hosted by @odissei-soda.bsky.social & @i4replication.bsky.social — an intensive, hands-on replication challenge with economics papers using microdata by Statistics Netherlands. Express your interest by 30 November via edu.nl/yhk7q
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🚀 Join us for the CBS Replication Games hosted by @odissei-soda.bsky.social & @i4replication.bsky.social — an intensive, hands-on replication challenge with economics papers using microdata by Statistics Netherlands. Express your interest by 30 November via edu.nl/yhk7q
#GDRI_rep Update 9: We have been waiting a couple of months to make two announcements. A few journals were in the process of retracting GDRI article. The editors informed the authors and then lawyers got involved. Who knows how long it will take.
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#GDRI_rep Update 9: We have been waiting a couple of months to make two announcements. A few journals were in the process of retracting GDRI article. The editors informed the authors and then lawyers got involved. Who knows how long it will take.
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Join us for the virtual Replication Games😍🤓 on Nov 13th! (You don't have to be in the UK - join us from wherever you are😉)
We are hosting virtual Replication Games on Friday November 13th, 2025 with @ukrepro.bsky.social ro.bsky.social. This is our 2nd year collaborating with UKRN. Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced!
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/I4R_Replic...
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/I4R_Replic...
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Join us for the virtual Replication Games😍🤓 on Nov 13th! (You don't have to be in the UK - join us from wherever you are😉)
We are hosting virtual Replication Games on Friday November 13th, 2025 with @ukrepro.bsky.social ro.bsky.social. This is our 2nd year collaborating with UKRN. Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced!
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/I4R_Replic...
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/I4R_Replic...
October 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We are hosting virtual Replication Games on Friday November 13th, 2025 with @ukrepro.bsky.social ro.bsky.social. This is our 2nd year collaborating with UKRN. Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced!
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/I4R_Replic...
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/I4R_Replic...