Sören Krach
@soerenkrach.bsky.social
Psychologist and neuroscientist || Studying self-belief formation, affect, and motivation; also meta-science/science of science
Professor - Lübeck University
www.social-neuroscience-luebeck.com
www.translational-clinical-psychology.com
Professor - Lübeck University
www.social-neuroscience-luebeck.com
www.translational-clinical-psychology.com
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🎉 My PhD work has just been published in @natcomms.nature.com!
How do we learn who caused what - and how much control we had - when outcomes depend on multiple people? We studied how humans do so using a new social learning task, computational modelling and fMRI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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How do we learn who caused what - and how much control we had - when outcomes depend on multiple people? We studied how humans do so using a new social learning task, computational modelling and fMRI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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January 21, 2026 at 1:27 PM
🎉 My PhD work has just been published in @natcomms.nature.com!
How do we learn who caused what - and how much control we had - when outcomes depend on multiple people? We studied how humans do so using a new social learning task, computational modelling and fMRI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵👇
How do we learn who caused what - and how much control we had - when outcomes depend on multiple people? We studied how humans do so using a new social learning task, computational modelling and fMRI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵👇
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“The costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth”, wasting public money.
Two models minimise the overhead of grant writing and evaluation:
– lottery
– per capita funding
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Two models minimise the overhead of grant writing and evaluation:
– lottery
– per capita funding
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 14, 2026 at 10:08 AM
“The costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth”, wasting public money.
Two models minimise the overhead of grant writing and evaluation:
– lottery
– per capita funding
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Two models minimise the overhead of grant writing and evaluation:
– lottery
– per capita funding
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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„#DefundDFG“? Die Empörung über die Entscheidung der DFG, KI in der Begutachtung zu erlauben, ist groß.
Ich glaube aber: Die Debatte greift zu kurz. Und die Entscheidung der DFG nur folgerichtig.
👉 Der Kommentar im Wiarda-Blog:
www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/01...
Ich glaube aber: Die Debatte greift zu kurz. Und die Entscheidung der DFG nur folgerichtig.
👉 Der Kommentar im Wiarda-Blog:
www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/01...
January 12, 2026 at 7:59 AM
„#DefundDFG“? Die Empörung über die Entscheidung der DFG, KI in der Begutachtung zu erlauben, ist groß.
Ich glaube aber: Die Debatte greift zu kurz. Und die Entscheidung der DFG nur folgerichtig.
👉 Der Kommentar im Wiarda-Blog:
www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/01...
Ich glaube aber: Die Debatte greift zu kurz. Und die Entscheidung der DFG nur folgerichtig.
👉 Der Kommentar im Wiarda-Blog:
www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/01...
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„The costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.“ Überbordendes Antragswesen in der Wissenschaft - und die Folgen: Viel Geld für Bürokratie, wenig für Forschung. Interview mit Gerald Schweiger TU Wien. www.deutschlandfunk.de/buerokratie-... 1/2
Bürokratie: Steuergelder fließen oft zu großem Teil in Anträge statt Forschung
www.deutschlandfunk.de
January 8, 2026 at 6:52 PM
„The costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.“ Überbordendes Antragswesen in der Wissenschaft - und die Folgen: Viel Geld für Bürokratie, wenig für Forschung. Interview mit Gerald Schweiger TU Wien. www.deutschlandfunk.de/buerokratie-... 1/2
Eine gesamte @laborjournal.bsky.social Ausgabe zum Thema „Fördermittelvergabe“ mit Erfahrungsberichten der Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre, der @volkswagenstiftung.de und weiteren Forschungsgruppen.
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www.laborjournal.de/editorials/m...
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www.laborjournal.de/editorials/m...
Lotterie-Verfahren bei Antragsbegutachtung hat Vorteile
Die Begutachtung von Anträgen für Fördermittel durch Peer Review ist ein langwieriger Prozess. Von Vorteil wäre es für Gutachter und Antragsteller, ein Lotterie-Verfahren wäre dem Peer Revie ...
www.laborjournal.de
January 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Eine gesamte @laborjournal.bsky.social Ausgabe zum Thema „Fördermittelvergabe“ mit Erfahrungsberichten der Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre, der @volkswagenstiftung.de und weiteren Forschungsgruppen.
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www.laborjournal.de/editorials/m...
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www.laborjournal.de/editorials/m...
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Do check out this amazing opportunity to join the brilliant @lilweb.bsky.social's lab 🤩! Do apply, deadline is 4th Jan
🚀 Excited to announce that I'm looking for people (PhD/Postdoc) to join my Cognitive Modelling group @uniosnabrueck.bsky.social.
If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
December 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Do check out this amazing opportunity to join the brilliant @lilweb.bsky.social's lab 🤩! Do apply, deadline is 4th Jan
Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding www.nature.com/articles/d41...
„Out of 215 submissions, only two projects are expected to be funded, giving a success rate of under 1%.“
„Out of 215 submissions, only two projects are expected to be funded, giving a success rate of under 1%.“
Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding
With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding www.nature.com/articles/d41...
„Out of 215 submissions, only two projects are expected to be funded, giving a success rate of under 1%.“
„Out of 215 submissions, only two projects are expected to be funded, giving a success rate of under 1%.“
Highly recommended! Just cool to work with Lilian! 🎉
🚀 Excited to announce that I'm looking for people (PhD/Postdoc) to join my Cognitive Modelling group @uniosnabrueck.bsky.social.
If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
December 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Highly recommended! Just cool to work with Lilian! 🎉
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Are authors fairly judged by assessing the #journals in which their work is published? @bihutchins.bsky.social &co reveal that most influential papers are published in lower tier journals, and more authors would be better recognized with #ArticleLevelMetrics #ALMs @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4oV58Ed
December 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Are authors fairly judged by assessing the #journals in which their work is published? @bihutchins.bsky.social &co reveal that most influential papers are published in lower tier journals, and more authors would be better recognized with #ArticleLevelMetrics #ALMs @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4oV58Ed
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Lottery-first approach to funding process can increase applications and success rate of ‘structurally disadvantaged’ researchers, study finds
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/adding-lottery-funding-process-improves-womens-success-rate
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/adding-lottery-funding-process-improves-womens-success-rate
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Lottery-first approach to funding process can increase applications and success rate of ‘structurally disadvantaged’ researchers, study finds
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/adding-lottery-funding-process-improves-womens-success-rate
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/adding-lottery-funding-process-improves-womens-success-rate
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"Mehr Vielfalt, mehr Optionen, mehr Innovation"
Warum ein Losverfahren in der Forschungsförderung den Frauenanteil steigen lässt – und was die Daten außerdem noch verraten: Ein Interview mit den Lübecker Forschern Sören Krach und Finn Lübber. Jetzt im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/12...
Warum ein Losverfahren in der Forschungsförderung den Frauenanteil steigen lässt – und was die Daten außerdem noch verraten: Ein Interview mit den Lübecker Forschern Sören Krach und Finn Lübber. Jetzt im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/12...
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"Mehr Vielfalt, mehr Optionen, mehr Innovation"
Warum ein Losverfahren in der Forschungsförderung den Frauenanteil steigen lässt – und was die Daten außerdem noch verraten: Ein Interview mit den Lübecker Forschern Sören Krach und Finn Lübber. Jetzt im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/12...
Warum ein Losverfahren in der Forschungsförderung den Frauenanteil steigen lässt – und was die Daten außerdem noch verraten: Ein Interview mit den Lübecker Forschern Sören Krach und Finn Lübber. Jetzt im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/12...
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These are the types of changes needed at funding agencies.
Leaders at @ukri.org should be seriously looking at the lottery first idea. 68% lower economic costs, increase in diversity of award holders and well received.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced estimated economic cost in a German funding line - Nature Communications
The authors show evidence from a German funding line that a lottery-first approach followed by peer review is accompanied by increased female representation both at the submission stage and among fund...
www.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
These are the types of changes needed at funding agencies.
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Leaders at @ukri.org should be seriously looking at the lottery first idea. 68% lower economic costs, increase in diversity of award holders and well received.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced estimated economic cost in a German funding line - Nature Communications
The authors show evidence from a German funding line that a lottery-first approach followed by peer review is accompanied by increased female representation both at the submission stage and among fund...
www.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Leaders at @ukri.org should be seriously looking at the lottery first idea. 68% lower economic costs, increase in diversity of award holders and well received.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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People like it as much or better than conventional review, it takes less cost/effort of reviewers, is more equitable, reduced burden on applicants/institutions, easier process for funder to manage, etc. etc.
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
People like it as much or better than conventional review, it takes less cost/effort of reviewers, is more equitable, reduced burden on applicants/institutions, easier process for funder to manage, etc. etc.
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Was a preprint, now a paper. Our experiment on researchers preferences for published papers. Disappointingly, the journal impact factor still dominates, and even worse, some authors are willing to sacrifice their results for a higher impact factor. www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
December 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Was a preprint, now a paper. Our experiment on researchers preferences for published papers. Disappointingly, the journal impact factor still dominates, and even worse, some authors are willing to sacrifice their results for a higher impact factor. www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
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🔥 A lottery-first system 🎲 makes research grants allocation cheaper, faster, and boosts funding for women, while "traditional" (patriarcal?) peer review drags everyone down.
🤔 Maybe randomness is fairer than the experts.
🔄 Time to rethink the whole game! 💣
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🤔 Maybe randomness is fairer than the experts.
🔄 Time to rethink the whole game! 💣
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced estimated economic cost in a German funding line - Nature Communications
The authors show evidence from a German funding line that a lottery-first approach followed by peer review is accompanied by increased female representation both at the submission stage and among fund...
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🔥 A lottery-first system 🎲 makes research grants allocation cheaper, faster, and boosts funding for women, while "traditional" (patriarcal?) peer review drags everyone down.
🤔 Maybe randomness is fairer than the experts.
🔄 Time to rethink the whole game! 💣
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪
🤔 Maybe randomness is fairer than the experts.
🔄 Time to rethink the whole game! 💣
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪
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'The new procedure required applicants to submit only an expression of interest...before 500 were selected, via lottery, to submit a full proposal for peer review....the number of female applicants increased 10 per cent, while the number of funded projects by women rose by 23 per cent.' 2/2
Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced estimated economic cost in a German funding line - Nature Communications
The authors show evidence from a German funding line that a lottery-first approach followed by peer review is accompanied by increased female representation both at the submission stage and among fund...
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
'The new procedure required applicants to submit only an expression of interest...before 500 were selected, via lottery, to submit a full proposal for peer review....the number of female applicants increased 10 per cent, while the number of funded projects by women rose by 23 per cent.' 2/2
Adding lottery to funding process ‘improves women’s success rates’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/adding-... via @timeshighered
Adding lottery to funding process ‘improves women’s success rates’
Lottery-first approach can increase applications and success rate of ‘structurally disadvantaged’ researchers, study finds
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Adding lottery to funding process ‘improves women’s success rates’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/adding-... via @timeshighered
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Das einzige Problem, das ich sehe: Mit etwas Pech kann man nie überhaupt was einreichen (geht mir zB seit Jahren bei Freiraum so).
Eine Verschiebung von Drittmitteln zu Grundfinanzierung müsste imho damit einhergehen.
(Quelle: Aktueller Zeit Wissen Newsletter)
Eine Verschiebung von Drittmitteln zu Grundfinanzierung müsste imho damit einhergehen.
(Quelle: Aktueller Zeit Wissen Newsletter)
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Das einzige Problem, das ich sehe: Mit etwas Pech kann man nie überhaupt was einreichen (geht mir zB seit Jahren bei Freiraum so).
Eine Verschiebung von Drittmitteln zu Grundfinanzierung müsste imho damit einhergehen.
(Quelle: Aktueller Zeit Wissen Newsletter)
Eine Verschiebung von Drittmitteln zu Grundfinanzierung müsste imho damit einhergehen.
(Quelle: Aktueller Zeit Wissen Newsletter)
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Interesse an Losverfahren besteht weiter. @soerenkrach.bsky.social & @finnluebber.bsky.social über "Freiraum" Förderung der Stftg Innovation in der Hochschullehre
"frühe Lotterie [...] schafft fairere und voraussetzungsärmere Startbedingungen für alle."
stiftung-hochschullehre.de/blog/losverf...
"frühe Lotterie [...] schafft fairere und voraussetzungsärmere Startbedingungen für alle."
stiftung-hochschullehre.de/blog/losverf...
Losverfahren zahlt sich aus - Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre
Forschung zeigt: Vorgeschaltetes Losverfahren bei der Drittmittelvergabe spart erheblich Zeit und Ressourcen.
stiftung-hochschullehre.de
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Interesse an Losverfahren besteht weiter. @soerenkrach.bsky.social & @finnluebber.bsky.social über "Freiraum" Förderung der Stftg Innovation in der Hochschullehre
"frühe Lotterie [...] schafft fairere und voraussetzungsärmere Startbedingungen für alle."
stiftung-hochschullehre.de/blog/losverf...
"frühe Lotterie [...] schafft fairere und voraussetzungsärmere Startbedingungen für alle."
stiftung-hochschullehre.de/blog/losverf...
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Are peer reviewers influenced by their work being cited? Version of record at
@elife.bsky.social. Thorough and useful peer review - who needs and impact factor?!
Links to paper and code/data ⬇️
📄https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/108748
💻https://github.com/agbarnett/cited_reviewers
@elife.bsky.social. Thorough and useful peer review - who needs and impact factor?!
Links to paper and code/data ⬇️
📄https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/108748
💻https://github.com/agbarnett/cited_reviewers
elifesciences.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Are peer reviewers influenced by their work being cited? Version of record at
@elife.bsky.social. Thorough and useful peer review - who needs and impact factor?!
Links to paper and code/data ⬇️
📄https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/108748
💻https://github.com/agbarnett/cited_reviewers
@elife.bsky.social. Thorough and useful peer review - who needs and impact factor?!
Links to paper and code/data ⬇️
📄https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/108748
💻https://github.com/agbarnett/cited_reviewers
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Drittmittel in der Forschung: Neue Studie zur Vergabe - Lübecker Forscher Sören Krach schlägt frühe Lotterie vor: Geld für die eigene Forschung zu beantragen, ist aufwendig, die Vergabe von sogenannten Drittmitteln oft ungerecht. Wissenschaftler aus Lübeck schlagen nun ein neues Verfahren vor: Das…
Drittmittel in der Forschung: Neue Studie zur Vergabe - Lübecker Forscher Sören Krach schlägt frühe Lotterie vor
Geld für die eigene Forschung zu beantragen, ist aufwendig, die Vergabe von sogenannten Drittmitteln oft ungerecht. Wissenschaftler aus Lübeck schlagen nun ein neues Verfahren vor: Das Los soll mitentscheiden.
www.spiegel.de
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Drittmittel in der Forschung: Neue Studie zur Vergabe - Lübecker Forscher Sören Krach schlägt frühe Lotterie vor: Geld für die eigene Forschung zu beantragen, ist aufwendig, die Vergabe von sogenannten Drittmitteln oft ungerecht. Wissenschaftler aus Lübeck schlagen nun ein neues Verfahren vor: Das…
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✈️ Die Koalitionsspitzen wollen die Flugsteuer senken – und gleichzeitig wird das Deutschlandticket teurer. Statt Billigflüge zu subventionieren, sollten sie lieber in die marode Bahn investieren und für günstige Zugtickets sorgen. Jetzt Appell unterzeichnen ➡️ aktion.campact.de/s/flugsteuer...
Flugsteuer muss bleiben – jetzt Appell unterzeichnen
Die Koalitionsspitzen wollen die Flugsteuer senken – auf Kosten des Klimas. Das müssen wir verhindern!
aktion.campact.de
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
✈️ Die Koalitionsspitzen wollen die Flugsteuer senken – und gleichzeitig wird das Deutschlandticket teurer. Statt Billigflüge zu subventionieren, sollten sie lieber in die marode Bahn investieren und für günstige Zugtickets sorgen. Jetzt Appell unterzeichnen ➡️ aktion.campact.de/s/flugsteuer...