Ze Freeman
@zefreeman.bsky.social
(he/they) phd candidate at king's college london. interested in measurement, mental health, credibility of research.
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behold, we found great variation in how people think! Many activities that we thought would be “gaming” weren't & vice versa, eg half of the participants interpreted ‘gambling’ to be ‘gaming’. Ergo: surveying ‘gaming’ without defining it creates data mess
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 AM
behold, we found great variation in how people think! Many activities that we thought would be “gaming” weren't & vice versa, eg half of the participants interpreted ‘gambling’ to be ‘gaming’. Ergo: surveying ‘gaming’ without defining it creates data mess
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The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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I kept reading EMA studies claiming to test etiological theories of AUD, but I realized they never actually measured how people experience AUD in their daily lives. So we set out to see what we could learn with existing data.
1/19
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
1/19
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Seven Symptoms Over Nearly 4,000 Days: Item-Level Variability in the Psychometric Properties of Daily Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms in Young Adult Drinkers - Kevin M. King, Dahyeon Kang, Megan E. Schu...
People experience symptoms of alcohol use disorders (AUD) in their daily lives, including more impairment-based symptoms (e.g., hazardous use, interpersonal pro...
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January 19, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I kept reading EMA studies claiming to test etiological theories of AUD, but I realized they never actually measured how people experience AUD in their daily lives. So we set out to see what we could learn with existing data.
1/19
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
1/19
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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COW TOOLS www.cell.com/current-biol...
Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow
Osuna-Mascaró and Auersperg report flexible, multipurpose tool use in a cow, expanding
the known range of mammalian tool users and underscoring overlooked cognitive capacities
in livestock.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:48 PM
COW TOOLS www.cell.com/current-biol...
the energy of this new year
January 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
the energy of this new year
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Systematic reviews often guide policy and theory, but they can become quickly outdated. Almost 10% of systematic reviews are out of date even *before they are published*.
Living systematic reviews (LSRs) continuously integrate new evidence, therefore they offer a solution to this problem.
2/8
Living systematic reviews (LSRs) continuously integrate new evidence, therefore they offer a solution to this problem.
2/8
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Systematic reviews often guide policy and theory, but they can become quickly outdated. Almost 10% of systematic reviews are out of date even *before they are published*.
Living systematic reviews (LSRs) continuously integrate new evidence, therefore they offer a solution to this problem.
2/8
Living systematic reviews (LSRs) continuously integrate new evidence, therefore they offer a solution to this problem.
2/8
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Free online Intro to INSPECT-SR workshop in January - this one was designed to be convenient for Australian colleagues but may work for others too: www.trybooking.com/uk/FPDL
Introduction to INSPECT-SR Training Workshop Jan (Australia)
An introductory 2-hour online workshop will introduce participants to the INSPECT-SR tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled...
www.trybooking.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Free online Intro to INSPECT-SR workshop in January - this one was designed to be convenient for Australian colleagues but may work for others too: www.trybooking.com/uk/FPDL
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Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 🎉 www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 🎉 www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...
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Gonna need the general public + journos to properly reckon with how much of the social/legal policing of space is done purely on vibes. Invoking a 'common sense' approach to who deserves to be in a space, only serves to reinforce who is thought of as the 'common' body and who is seen as aberrant.
She then claims cis people who get “wrongly” challenged “will knkw how to deal with that” and i think the obvious immediate question back to this should be “well how would you prove you are not a trans woman?”
"If someone appears to be going into a changing room or facility that doesn't align with their sex, they should be challenged" - Director of Campaigns at Sex Matters (Keir Starmer's comms director was a Sex Matters board member)
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Gonna need the general public + journos to properly reckon with how much of the social/legal policing of space is done purely on vibes. Invoking a 'common sense' approach to who deserves to be in a space, only serves to reinforce who is thought of as the 'common' body and who is seen as aberrant.
since April a trans bathroom ban has been government guidance in the UK -- the attempts to make it law are as aggressive as anticipated
EHRC guidance leaked and it's so bad even The Times can't put a positive spin on it
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
since April a trans bathroom ban has been government guidance in the UK -- the attempts to make it law are as aggressive as anticipated
reviewing preprints by writing down discussions we were already having! open review is nice, open review together is nicer (imo)
New blog post by Ze Freeman @zefreeman.bsky.social
🔵 Post-publication reviewing - insights from King’s College London ReproducibiliTea reproducibilitea.org/jc/2025/11/1...
🔵 Post-publication reviewing - insights from King’s College London ReproducibiliTea reproducibilitea.org/jc/2025/11/1...
Post-publication reviewing - insights from King’s College London ReproducibiliTea
The main focus of our ReproducibiliTea club has been increasing early career researchers’ confidence by putting open research principles into practice. When the idea of adding preprint reviews to our ...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
reviewing preprints by writing down discussions we were already having! open review is nice, open review together is nicer (imo)
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I think this is an overly pessimistic take from the @bmj.com.
Sharing data does not inherently increase trust, rather it enables verification which allows for trust calibration.
This example is a win. Serious issues were rapidly detected that would not have been without mandatory data sharing.
Sharing data does not inherently increase trust, rather it enables verification which allows for trust calibration.
This example is a win. Serious issues were rapidly detected that would not have been without mandatory data sharing.
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I think this is an overly pessimistic take from the @bmj.com.
Sharing data does not inherently increase trust, rather it enables verification which allows for trust calibration.
This example is a win. Serious issues were rapidly detected that would not have been without mandatory data sharing.
Sharing data does not inherently increase trust, rather it enables verification which allows for trust calibration.
This example is a win. Serious issues were rapidly detected that would not have been without mandatory data sharing.
at the point of thesis writing where ideas are really starting to flow. for instance, I have decided that today I am going to get to the bottom of positivism
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
at the point of thesis writing where ideas are really starting to flow. for instance, I have decided that today I am going to get to the bottom of positivism
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On the power and injustice of the foreign gaze: “But it is also about power – the kind that distances people. That foreign audience might be a powerful policymaker, a set of academics, or a philanthropist. The question is always: who is looking, from where, and what gets distorted in the process?”
“The more proximate you are to people’s lived realities, and the more embedded you are, the less distanced by class you are, the more you see. The higher you go…the higher your propensity to not be very useful.”
@seyeabimbola.bsky.social
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Seye Abimbola | On Theory
Seye Abimbola wants us to stop mistaking prestige for insight – and inclusion for equity.
At a bustling restaurant tucked into a leafy corner of the University of Sydney, Associate Professor Seye Abim...
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November 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
On the power and injustice of the foreign gaze: “But it is also about power – the kind that distances people. That foreign audience might be a powerful policymaker, a set of academics, or a philanthropist. The question is always: who is looking, from where, and what gets distorted in the process?”
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@bmj.com Please look at PubPeer comments on an article you published last week. pubpeer.com/publications...
I think your research integrity dept shld act swiftly on this one, given clinical significance.
I'm aware of even more evidence of problems so let me know if this is not sufficient.
I think your research integrity dept shld act swiftly on this one, given clinical significance.
I'm aware of even more evidence of problems so let me know if this is not sufficient.
PubPeer - Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart fail...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (P...
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November 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
@bmj.com Please look at PubPeer comments on an article you published last week. pubpeer.com/publications...
I think your research integrity dept shld act swiftly on this one, given clinical significance.
I'm aware of even more evidence of problems so let me know if this is not sufficient.
I think your research integrity dept shld act swiftly on this one, given clinical significance.
I'm aware of even more evidence of problems so let me know if this is not sufficient.
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PsyArXiv's amazing team of 100+ moderators has now approved all preprints that meet the requirements outlined in the updated PsyArXiv policies (is.gd/paxpolicy). Thank you to everyone who volunteered, this was a true community effort! #PsychSciSky
About PsyArXiv – PsyArXiv Blog
What is PsyArXiv? PsyArXiv (psychology archive) is an open preprint archive designed to facilitate rapid dissemination of psychological research. PsyArXiv is a creation of the Society for the…
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September 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
PsyArXiv's amazing team of 100+ moderators has now approved all preprints that meet the requirements outlined in the updated PsyArXiv policies (is.gd/paxpolicy). Thank you to everyone who volunteered, this was a true community effort! #PsychSciSky
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www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
INSPECT-SR: A tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials.
INSPECT-SR: A tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials.
INSPECT-SR: a tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials
The integrity of evidence synthesis is threatened by problematic randomised controlled trials (RCTs). These are RCTs where there are serious concerns about the trustworthiness of the data or findings....
www.medrxiv.org
September 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
INSPECT-SR: A tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials.
INSPECT-SR: A tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials.
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Join the Migration Museum team for a walking tour exploring the incredible stories of the generations of migrants who’ve lived, worked, and shaped the City of London.
🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025
🕜 1.30–3pm
📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL
🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...
🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025
🕜 1.30–3pm
📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL
🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...
Migration Museum Walking Tour
Discover 2000 years of migration history, following the stories of generations of migrants that have shaped the City of London.
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August 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Join the Migration Museum team for a walking tour exploring the incredible stories of the generations of migrants who’ve lived, worked, and shaped the City of London.
🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025
🕜 1.30–3pm
📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL
🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...
🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025
🕜 1.30–3pm
📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL
🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...
sign on the final year phd office door that says "please don't break the window. the A/C is on, they have water and are listening to Steely Dan"
August 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
sign on the final year phd office door that says "please don't break the window. the A/C is on, they have water and are listening to Steely Dan"
"accusations of gaming the validation process, by removing referrals from the waiting list inappropriately without treatment, are likely to persist in the absence of transparency"
The NHS waiting list - and whether it's going up or down - is viewed as a key indicator of whether the NHS is delivering for the public.
But our latest analysis from Georgia Watson and Liz Fisher suggests that there is more to the numbers than meets the eye.
#QualityWatch
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But our latest analysis from Georgia Watson and Liz Fisher suggests that there is more to the numbers than meets the eye.
#QualityWatch
buff.ly/lFMeEL2
Why is the planned care waiting list coming down and what does the data really tell us?
The waiting list for planned hospital care has plateaued and then come down over the past two years. In this QualityWatch analysis, Georgia Watson and Liz Fisher look at the factors affecting the…
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August 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"accusations of gaming the validation process, by removing referrals from the waiting list inappropriately without treatment, are likely to persist in the absence of transparency"
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"Preregistration" lumps three distinct practices into one:
- Study registration
- Protocol
- Analysis plans (SAPs)
To advance open science, it's critical that we distinguish them.
🌟 🌟 Now in-press paper from Evan Mayo-Wilson, @seangrant.bsky.social, David Moher, me: osf.io/preprints/me...
- Study registration
- Protocol
- Analysis plans (SAPs)
To advance open science, it's critical that we distinguish them.
🌟 🌟 Now in-press paper from Evan Mayo-Wilson, @seangrant.bsky.social, David Moher, me: osf.io/preprints/me...
OSF
osf.io
August 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Preregistration" lumps three distinct practices into one:
- Study registration
- Protocol
- Analysis plans (SAPs)
To advance open science, it's critical that we distinguish them.
🌟 🌟 Now in-press paper from Evan Mayo-Wilson, @seangrant.bsky.social, David Moher, me: osf.io/preprints/me...
- Study registration
- Protocol
- Analysis plans (SAPs)
To advance open science, it's critical that we distinguish them.
🌟 🌟 Now in-press paper from Evan Mayo-Wilson, @seangrant.bsky.social, David Moher, me: osf.io/preprints/me...
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This title!
“What happens to children’s mental health when we treat their parent’s depression? We have no idea. An empty systematic review.”
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“What happens to children’s mental health when we treat their parent’s depression? We have no idea. An empty systematic review.”
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What happens to children’s mental health when we treat their parent’s depression? We have no idea. An empty systematic review | Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy | Cambridge Core
What happens to children’s mental health when we treat their parent’s depression? We have no idea. An empty systematic review
www.cambridge.org
August 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This title!
“What happens to children’s mental health when we treat their parent’s depression? We have no idea. An empty systematic review.”
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“What happens to children’s mental health when we treat their parent’s depression? We have no idea. An empty systematic review.”
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Experienced, bothered by, or both: People differ in how they understand the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) items: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jcsq8_v1
July 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Experienced, bothered by, or both: People differ in how they understand the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) items: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jcsq8_v1
this morning! come and talk about the causes and consequences of miscommunicated research findings
Had a great first day at #SIPS2025! Don't miss our session tomorrow morning on the challenges of public engagement in a post-truth society 🗯️
(@sarahbakirci.bsky.social @zefreeman.com)
(@sarahbakirci.bsky.social @zefreeman.com)
June 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
this morning! come and talk about the causes and consequences of miscommunicated research findings