Anouk Bouma
@anoukbouma.bsky.social
PhD candidate studying Monte Carlo simulations in the social/behavioral sciences | Meta-Research Center, Tilburg University | Board member at the Platform for Young Meta-Scientists (PYMS)
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Anouk Bouma
@anoukbouma.bsky.social
· Jun 16
When Good Tools Fail: The Missing Step in Scientific Reform — Meta-Research Center
This blogpost was written by Anouk Bouma. Anouk her PhD project focuses on studying and enhancing various interventions for improving scientific robustness at journal level, supervised by Marcel van A...
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I wrote a blogpost on something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: how metascientists could (and should) think more about their users when designing tools and reforms.
Would love to hear any thoughts on this topic!
#metascience #usercentered
Would love to hear any thoughts on this topic!
#metascience #usercentered
Reposted by Anouk Bouma
There's got to be SOME hypothesis that makes our experiment useless. THINK!
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November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
There's got to be SOME hypothesis that makes our experiment useless. THINK!
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Opportunity for PhD's in the Netherlands (Dutch speaking): temporary job as research assistant on NWO's grant assessment system. This paid position would be a six-month break in your PhD after which you go back to finishing your PhD.
Very interesting opportunity!
More info: tinyurl.com/2fwz4xru
Very interesting opportunity!
More info: tinyurl.com/2fwz4xru
Promovendi als tijdelijke onderzoeksassistent beoordelingssystematiek | Werken bij NWO
Binnen het domein Sociale en Geesteswetenschappen (SGW) zijn we op zoek naar een tijdelijke onderzoeker die een belangrijke bijdrage levert aan onderzoek naar onze beoordelingssystematiek. Spreekt je dat aan, solliciteer dan nu.
www.werkenbijnwo.nl
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Opportunity for PhD's in the Netherlands (Dutch speaking): temporary job as research assistant on NWO's grant assessment system. This paid position would be a six-month break in your PhD after which you go back to finishing your PhD.
Very interesting opportunity!
More info: tinyurl.com/2fwz4xru
Very interesting opportunity!
More info: tinyurl.com/2fwz4xru
Are there studies on the relation between the replication crisis and the trust that (psychology) researchers have in their research and the research conducted in their field?
Most papers I find focus on the trust of laypeople, but I am wondering about researchers themselves in the crisis' context
Most papers I find focus on the trust of laypeople, but I am wondering about researchers themselves in the crisis' context
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Are there studies on the relation between the replication crisis and the trust that (psychology) researchers have in their research and the research conducted in their field?
Most papers I find focus on the trust of laypeople, but I am wondering about researchers themselves in the crisis' context
Most papers I find focus on the trust of laypeople, but I am wondering about researchers themselves in the crisis' context
Reposted by Anouk Bouma
New academic year, new online journal club! 📖
October 6th 12:00-14:00 (CEST). This time we will discuss the paper by Bright (2021): 'Why do scientists lie?'.
Are you an early-career academic, and want to join?
You can sign up here: forms.gle/32ZNxQDkY5vy...
October 6th 12:00-14:00 (CEST). This time we will discuss the paper by Bright (2021): 'Why do scientists lie?'.
Are you an early-career academic, and want to join?
You can sign up here: forms.gle/32ZNxQDkY5vy...
Journal club Sign-up
The next journal club will take place online on discord on October 6th 12:00 - 14:00 (CEST).
We will discuss the following paper:
Bright, L. K. (2021). Why do scientists lie?. Royal Institute of Ph...
forms.gle
September 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM
New academic year, new online journal club! 📖
October 6th 12:00-14:00 (CEST). This time we will discuss the paper by Bright (2021): 'Why do scientists lie?'.
Are you an early-career academic, and want to join?
You can sign up here: forms.gle/32ZNxQDkY5vy...
October 6th 12:00-14:00 (CEST). This time we will discuss the paper by Bright (2021): 'Why do scientists lie?'.
Are you an early-career academic, and want to join?
You can sign up here: forms.gle/32ZNxQDkY5vy...
Monday I sent a survey pre-notification to potential participants
I didn't expect so many to reply with interest to that email. Wishing me luck with my PhD and saying they will surely participate in my interesting study
Good reminder that people can be so nice
Hoping for a nice response rate too🤞
I didn't expect so many to reply with interest to that email. Wishing me luck with my PhD and saying they will surely participate in my interesting study
Good reminder that people can be so nice
Hoping for a nice response rate too🤞
September 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Monday I sent a survey pre-notification to potential participants
I didn't expect so many to reply with interest to that email. Wishing me luck with my PhD and saying they will surely participate in my interesting study
Good reminder that people can be so nice
Hoping for a nice response rate too🤞
I didn't expect so many to reply with interest to that email. Wishing me luck with my PhD and saying they will surely participate in my interesting study
Good reminder that people can be so nice
Hoping for a nice response rate too🤞
Reposted by Anouk Bouma
A new preregistration template for simulation studies is now live on OSF. Thanks to the creators and the preregistration template working group for proposing and shepherding this to make it available to users.
See the post if you would like to propose a new template.
www.cos.io/blog/introdu...
See the post if you would like to propose a new template.
www.cos.io/blog/introdu...
Introducing the Simulation Studies Preregistration Template: Q&A with Björn S. Siepe, František Bartoš, and Samuel Pawel
Initially submitted through COS’s open call for community-designed preregistration templates, the Simulation Studies Template is now part of the expanding collection of preregistration resources avail...
www.cos.io
July 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A new preregistration template for simulation studies is now live on OSF. Thanks to the creators and the preregistration template working group for proposing and shepherding this to make it available to users.
See the post if you would like to propose a new template.
www.cos.io/blog/introdu...
See the post if you would like to propose a new template.
www.cos.io/blog/introdu...
Reposted by Anouk Bouma
Join our online journal club meeting next Monday July 21st (12 - 14 CEST), and discuss a paper with fellow ECRs!
This time, we will discuss the following paper:
Romero, F. (2019). Philosophy of science and replicability crisis
Sign up using this link: forms.gle/gRWf6SEyf2ki...
See you there!
This time, we will discuss the following paper:
Romero, F. (2019). Philosophy of science and replicability crisis
Sign up using this link: forms.gle/gRWf6SEyf2ki...
See you there!
Journal club Sign-up
The first journal club will take place online on July 21st 12:00 - 14:00 (CEST). Bring your lunch, so we can have a fruitful online lunch together!
We will discuss the following paper:
Romero, F. (20...
forms.gle
July 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Join our online journal club meeting next Monday July 21st (12 - 14 CEST), and discuss a paper with fellow ECRs!
This time, we will discuss the following paper:
Romero, F. (2019). Philosophy of science and replicability crisis
Sign up using this link: forms.gle/gRWf6SEyf2ki...
See you there!
This time, we will discuss the following paper:
Romero, F. (2019). Philosophy of science and replicability crisis
Sign up using this link: forms.gle/gRWf6SEyf2ki...
See you there!
First time presenting at a big conference: check!
So happy to see how the community of PYMS is growing over the last couple of days, and how people are constantly finding each other to hang out at #metascience2025. This is what PYMS is all about!
So happy to see how the community of PYMS is growing over the last couple of days, and how people are constantly finding each other to hang out at #metascience2025. This is what PYMS is all about!
We had a great time at our session at #metascience2025 on Monday! We got a lot of new members and connections that joined our community over the last days.
Missed our talk, and want to join PYMS or learn more? Find one of our board members at the last day of the conference!
Missed our talk, and want to join PYMS or learn more? Find one of our board members at the last day of the conference!
July 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
First time presenting at a big conference: check!
So happy to see how the community of PYMS is growing over the last couple of days, and how people are constantly finding each other to hang out at #metascience2025. This is what PYMS is all about!
So happy to see how the community of PYMS is growing over the last couple of days, and how people are constantly finding each other to hang out at #metascience2025. This is what PYMS is all about!
Reposted by Anouk Bouma
I’ve been thinking a lot about the interaction yesterday at the #metascience2025 panel on AI and more generally how I’ve felt about the conference and how I fit into the metascience community, and here’s a potentially useful analogy… 🌈
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July 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I’ve been thinking a lot about the interaction yesterday at the #metascience2025 panel on AI and more generally how I’ve felt about the conference and how I fit into the metascience community, and here’s a potentially useful analogy… 🌈
thread👇
thread👇
I'll be presenting at the Metascience conference next week, who will I see there? 🙋♀️
We are looking forward to Metascience 2025 in London next week!
Especially to the panel where we will discuss PYMS! Come discuss career paths with us Monday 14:00 - 15:30:
Session 2, Panel T2.3; Snakes and ladders: mapping research careers
Especially to the panel where we will discuss PYMS! Come discuss career paths with us Monday 14:00 - 15:30:
Session 2, Panel T2.3; Snakes and ladders: mapping research careers
June 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I'll be presenting at the Metascience conference next week, who will I see there? 🙋♀️
Reposted by Anouk Bouma
What if you want to deviate from you preregistration but keep the label "confirmatory"? Cas Goos introduces multi-stage registration as a solution.
Read all about it in the semi-new (I somehow missed a month of blogging?) blog post from the Meta-Research Center:
metaresearch.nl/blog/2025/5/...
Read all about it in the semi-new (I somehow missed a month of blogging?) blog post from the Meta-Research Center:
metaresearch.nl/blog/2025/5/...
Multi-Stage Registration: A Better* Way to Pre-Register — Meta-Research Center
This blogpost was written by Cas Goos. Cas his PhD project focuses on studying and enhancing various interventions for improving scientific robustness at journal level, supervised by Michèle Nuijten a...
metaresearch.nl
June 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
What if you want to deviate from you preregistration but keep the label "confirmatory"? Cas Goos introduces multi-stage registration as a solution.
Read all about it in the semi-new (I somehow missed a month of blogging?) blog post from the Meta-Research Center:
metaresearch.nl/blog/2025/5/...
Read all about it in the semi-new (I somehow missed a month of blogging?) blog post from the Meta-Research Center:
metaresearch.nl/blog/2025/5/...
I wrote a blogpost on something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: how metascientists could (and should) think more about their users when designing tools and reforms.
Would love to hear any thoughts on this topic!
#metascience #usercentered
Would love to hear any thoughts on this topic!
#metascience #usercentered
When Good Tools Fail: The Missing Step in Scientific Reform — Meta-Research Center
This blogpost was written by Anouk Bouma. Anouk her PhD project focuses on studying and enhancing various interventions for improving scientific robustness at journal level, supervised by Marcel van A...
tinyurl.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I wrote a blogpost on something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: how metascientists could (and should) think more about their users when designing tools and reforms.
Would love to hear any thoughts on this topic!
#metascience #usercentered
Would love to hear any thoughts on this topic!
#metascience #usercentered
Yesterday was a great day! I met many new ECRs that love meta-research just as much as I do, and learned many new things
Days like these give me so much energy to do the research I am doing!
(Want to join PYMS? Hit me up!)
Days like these give me so much energy to do the research I am doing!
(Want to join PYMS? Hit me up!)
We had such a great time at our PYMS Summer Symposium in Tilburg yesterday! Great to meet so many new ECR meta-scientists from the Netherlands and abroad
Many thanks to everyone who was there to make this day so engaging and inspiring
Many thanks to everyone who was there to make this day so engaging and inspiring
June 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Yesterday was a great day! I met many new ECRs that love meta-research just as much as I do, and learned many new things
Days like these give me so much energy to do the research I am doing!
(Want to join PYMS? Hit me up!)
Days like these give me so much energy to do the research I am doing!
(Want to join PYMS? Hit me up!)
Reposted by Anouk Bouma
Today is the last day to sign up for the PYMS Summer Symposium!
We're looking forward to the great contributions we have in our program and the large group of ECRs meeting in Tilburg on June 5th.
Don't miss out! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/267b85mr
Check out the abstracts here: tinyurl.com/muaa5dbd
We're looking forward to the great contributions we have in our program and the large group of ECRs meeting in Tilburg on June 5th.
Don't miss out! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/267b85mr
Check out the abstracts here: tinyurl.com/muaa5dbd
May 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Today is the last day to sign up for the PYMS Summer Symposium!
We're looking forward to the great contributions we have in our program and the large group of ECRs meeting in Tilburg on June 5th.
Don't miss out! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/267b85mr
Check out the abstracts here: tinyurl.com/muaa5dbd
We're looking forward to the great contributions we have in our program and the large group of ECRs meeting in Tilburg on June 5th.
Don't miss out! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/267b85mr
Check out the abstracts here: tinyurl.com/muaa5dbd
Reposted by Anouk Bouma
🚨 Program Highlight!
We're thrilled to welcome @cjvanlissa.bsky.social as our keynote speaker on June 5th! He’ll present his work on FAIR theory—a framework to make theories Findable, Accessible, Interoperable & Reusable—and share his path as a meta-scientist. #openscience #FAIRtheory #metascience
We're thrilled to welcome @cjvanlissa.bsky.social as our keynote speaker on June 5th! He’ll present his work on FAIR theory—a framework to make theories Findable, Accessible, Interoperable & Reusable—and share his path as a meta-scientist. #openscience #FAIRtheory #metascience
May 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🚨 Program Highlight!
We're thrilled to welcome @cjvanlissa.bsky.social as our keynote speaker on June 5th! He’ll present his work on FAIR theory—a framework to make theories Findable, Accessible, Interoperable & Reusable—and share his path as a meta-scientist. #openscience #FAIRtheory #metascience
We're thrilled to welcome @cjvanlissa.bsky.social as our keynote speaker on June 5th! He’ll present his work on FAIR theory—a framework to make theories Findable, Accessible, Interoperable & Reusable—and share his path as a meta-scientist. #openscience #FAIRtheory #metascience
Reposted by Anouk Bouma
Program finalized!
We're very excited to announce our program for the PYMS Summer Symposium 2025.
Check out the abstracts here: tinyurl.com/muaa5dbd
Don't want to miss out? You can still sign up until the end of this week (23rd of May): forms.gle/yvgVBf8VKCFu...
We're very excited to announce our program for the PYMS Summer Symposium 2025.
Check out the abstracts here: tinyurl.com/muaa5dbd
Don't want to miss out? You can still sign up until the end of this week (23rd of May): forms.gle/yvgVBf8VKCFu...
May 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Program finalized!
We're very excited to announce our program for the PYMS Summer Symposium 2025.
Check out the abstracts here: tinyurl.com/muaa5dbd
Don't want to miss out? You can still sign up until the end of this week (23rd of May): forms.gle/yvgVBf8VKCFu...
We're very excited to announce our program for the PYMS Summer Symposium 2025.
Check out the abstracts here: tinyurl.com/muaa5dbd
Don't want to miss out? You can still sign up until the end of this week (23rd of May): forms.gle/yvgVBf8VKCFu...
Reposted by Anouk Bouma
An open letter supporting the international bachelor’s psychology programs threatened for cuts. Proceeding with these cuts would damage some of the most important and impactful psychology departments globally. #supportdutchpsychology
openletter.earth/against-lang...
openletter.earth/against-lang...
Against Language Barriers: A Call to Protect International Education in Dutch Academia
openletter.earth
April 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
An open letter supporting the international bachelor’s psychology programs threatened for cuts. Proceeding with these cuts would damage some of the most important and impactful psychology departments globally. #supportdutchpsychology
openletter.earth/against-lang...
openletter.earth/against-lang...
Interesting PhD vacancy at our department, which is a great place to work!
I'm hiring a PHD candidate in Machine Learning-Informed Formal Theory Construction. Please encourage talented students to apply, or reach out if you want to collaborate. Looking for machine learning, theory development, and programming skills, and interdisciplinary interests! See tiu.nu/22752
Job opening: PhD candidate in Machine Learning-Informed Formal Theory Construction (22752)
tiu.nu
April 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Interesting PhD vacancy at our department, which is a great place to work!
Excited for this meta-science filled day with fellow early-career researchers!
🚨 1 week left to sign up for the PYMS Summer Symposium (June 5 in Tilburg, the Netherlands)!
Join fellow early-career meta-scientists for talks, a hackathon, and free lunch(!!) Travel reimbursements available!
Sign up here 👉 forms.gle/2F8p1Q1AeRhR...
#metascience #ECR
Join fellow early-career meta-scientists for talks, a hackathon, and free lunch(!!) Travel reimbursements available!
Sign up here 👉 forms.gle/2F8p1Q1AeRhR...
#metascience #ECR
PYMS Meeting (Summer 2025)
June 5, 2025
09:30 - 17:00
Tilburg University, Academia building, AZ17
https://youngmetascientists.github.io/
forms.gle
April 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Excited for this meta-science filled day with fellow early-career researchers!
Can't wait for June 5th!
Spending an entire day talking about meta-science with fellow young researchers is one of my favorite things to do
Join us! The more the merrier 🚀
Spending an entire day talking about meta-science with fellow young researchers is one of my favorite things to do
Join us! The more the merrier 🚀
🚀 Registrations & submissions are open for the PYMS Summer Symposium 2025!
Join us June 5th at Tilburg University for talks, a hackathon, dinner, and networking.
Travel funds available!
Deadline: April 30th!
Sign up: forms.gle/wABucttrY8Ur...
Join us June 5th at Tilburg University for talks, a hackathon, dinner, and networking.
Travel funds available!
Deadline: April 30th!
Sign up: forms.gle/wABucttrY8Ur...
PYMS Meeting (Summer 2025)
June 5, 2025
09:30 - 17:00
Tilburg University, Academia building, AZ17
https://youngmetascientists.github.io/
forms.gle
April 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Can't wait for June 5th!
Spending an entire day talking about meta-science with fellow young researchers is one of my favorite things to do
Join us! The more the merrier 🚀
Spending an entire day talking about meta-science with fellow young researchers is one of my favorite things to do
Join us! The more the merrier 🚀
Reposted by Anouk Bouma
We had a great time discussing this paper in our journal club last Tuesday, thanks to everyone who attended!
Want to make sure to never miss one of our online or in-person meetings? Sign up for our mailing list to stay up to date and to receive the link to our Discord server: eepurl.com/i8xz7g
Want to make sure to never miss one of our online or in-person meetings? Sign up for our mailing list to stay up to date and to receive the link to our Discord server: eepurl.com/i8xz7g
April 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We had a great time discussing this paper in our journal club last Tuesday, thanks to everyone who attended!
Want to make sure to never miss one of our online or in-person meetings? Sign up for our mailing list to stay up to date and to receive the link to our Discord server: eepurl.com/i8xz7g
Want to make sure to never miss one of our online or in-person meetings? Sign up for our mailing list to stay up to date and to receive the link to our Discord server: eepurl.com/i8xz7g
Reposted by Anouk Bouma
Feeling up to sharing an online lunch with fellow young meta-science enthusiasts? And that while discussing an interesting paper? Sign up for our online journal club meeting!
April 1st 12:00 - 14:00 (CET)
See you there!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 1st 12:00 - 14:00 (CET)
See you there!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Journal club Sign-up
The first journal club will take place online on April 1st 12:00 - 14:00 (CET). Bring your lunch, so we can have a fruitful online lunch together!
We will discuss the following paper:
Hoekstra, R., V...
docs.google.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Feeling up to sharing an online lunch with fellow young meta-science enthusiasts? And that while discussing an interesting paper? Sign up for our online journal club meeting!
April 1st 12:00 - 14:00 (CET)
See you there!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 1st 12:00 - 14:00 (CET)
See you there!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Are you an early-career researcher interested in meta-science? Do you occasionally like to talk to people? Specifically about science?
Come discuss a paper with us!
Come discuss a paper with us!
The votes are in! Our members voted to discuss the paper:
"Aspiring to greater intellectual humility in science" by Hoekstra & Vazire (2021).
Online journal club: April 1st 12:00 - 14:00 CET
Are you an early-career researcher, and want to join the session? Sign up here: forms.gle/CDGL8n7hDGEy...
"Aspiring to greater intellectual humility in science" by Hoekstra & Vazire (2021).
Online journal club: April 1st 12:00 - 14:00 CET
Are you an early-career researcher, and want to join the session? Sign up here: forms.gle/CDGL8n7hDGEy...
Journal club Sign-up
The first journal club will take place online on April 1st 12:00 - 14:00 (CET). Bring your lunch, so we can have a fruitful online lunch together!
We will discuss the following paper:
Hoekstra, R., V...
forms.gle
March 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Are you an early-career researcher interested in meta-science? Do you occasionally like to talk to people? Specifically about science?
Come discuss a paper with us!
Come discuss a paper with us!