Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
Scientist, accounting, philosophy of science
Ik heb geen toegang tot Apache, maar we bespraken de opiniepaper van Guest et al. deze week in de leesgroep van onze faculteit. Dat leverde een boeiend gesprek op, maar we vonden toch allemaal dat het maar een zwakke paper was – ja, het is een opiniestuk, maar toch een wetenschappelijk.
Artikel is het lezen waard. De nodige nuance en realisme waar nodig. Niet dat ik het met iedere zin eens ben, maar dat hoeft ook niet.
> Among the signatories is Luc Steels, "the father of AI in Belgium." And he's not the only Belgian scientist supporting the resistance to "so-called 'AI' technologies." Apache spoke with Steels and co. "Universities encouraging students to use ChatGPT? I'm stunned"
apache.be/2025/10/23/a...
apache.be/2025/10/23/a...
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Ik heb geen toegang tot Apache, maar we bespraken de opiniepaper van Guest et al. deze week in de leesgroep van onze faculteit. Dat leverde een boeiend gesprek op, maar we vonden toch allemaal dat het maar een zwakke paper was – ja, het is een opiniestuk, maar toch een wetenschappelijk.
Looking for help from the #psychology #metascience communities!
This www.theoryfinder.com/theory-repos...
online repository lists more than 200 theories (*), mostly from psychology. The authors' goal is to foster the use of theory ... I'd like some vetting of these theories. How do we do this?
This www.theoryfinder.com/theory-repos...
online repository lists more than 200 theories (*), mostly from psychology. The authors' goal is to foster the use of theory ... I'd like some vetting of these theories. How do we do this?
Theories - Theory Repository
Disclaimer:
www.theoryfinder.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Looking for help from the #psychology #metascience communities!
This www.theoryfinder.com/theory-repos...
online repository lists more than 200 theories (*), mostly from psychology. The authors' goal is to foster the use of theory ... I'd like some vetting of these theories. How do we do this?
This www.theoryfinder.com/theory-repos...
online repository lists more than 200 theories (*), mostly from psychology. The authors' goal is to foster the use of theory ... I'd like some vetting of these theories. How do we do this?
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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A big moment for #Accounting Open!
🔓 Milestones unlocked:
🔥 My opening editorial is now out: "Shaping the Future of Accounting Research: Less, Better, More Interesting"
👉 lnkd.in/eyKr-T4K
#AccountingResearch #OpenAccess
#AccountingCommunity
🔓 Milestones unlocked:
🔥 My opening editorial is now out: "Shaping the Future of Accounting Research: Less, Better, More Interesting"
👉 lnkd.in/eyKr-T4K
#AccountingResearch #OpenAccess
#AccountingCommunity
LinkedIn
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October 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A big moment for #Accounting Open!
🔓 Milestones unlocked:
🔥 My opening editorial is now out: "Shaping the Future of Accounting Research: Less, Better, More Interesting"
👉 lnkd.in/eyKr-T4K
#AccountingResearch #OpenAccess
#AccountingCommunity
🔓 Milestones unlocked:
🔥 My opening editorial is now out: "Shaping the Future of Accounting Research: Less, Better, More Interesting"
👉 lnkd.in/eyKr-T4K
#AccountingResearch #OpenAccess
#AccountingCommunity
This is one of the things that really annoys me – already from when I was still a student myself.
Each year I teach test design I ask the master’s students how much R they’ve learned & there is a pleasant shift (lots of undergrad psych programs in Germany now teach R), but there’s always some variation—like one program relying on excel, and another that starts with R but then switches to SPSS?!
October 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This is one of the things that really annoys me – already from when I was still a student myself.
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Think of how much better off we'd be if every established researcher got in the habit of writing papers entitled "Second thoughts on [thing I'm famous for]"
October 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Think of how much better off we'd be if every established researcher got in the habit of writing papers entitled "Second thoughts on [thing I'm famous for]"
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I think Colin is 100% right here. Obviously, fake data, fake citations, etc. are a problem, but I see no reason why they'd be more problematic if authors used AI. Not only does that seem the only workable stance, I also think it's the only principled stance that makes sense.
August 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I think Colin is 100% right here. Obviously, fake data, fake citations, etc. are a problem, but I see no reason why they'd be more problematic if authors used AI. Not only does that seem the only workable stance, I also think it's the only principled stance that makes sense.
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Referees make the journal system work. They are selfless in volunteering their time to ensure that our science continues to progress.
All of the great referees out there please know that editors recognize your hard work and tireless effort. We do not always say it, but we do! Thank you.
All of the great referees out there please know that editors recognize your hard work and tireless effort. We do not always say it, but we do! Thank you.
August 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Referees make the journal system work. They are selfless in volunteering their time to ensure that our science continues to progress.
All of the great referees out there please know that editors recognize your hard work and tireless effort. We do not always say it, but we do! Thank you.
All of the great referees out there please know that editors recognize your hard work and tireless effort. We do not always say it, but we do! Thank you.
Reading this 2013 book – not much new at this point anymore – really makes me wonder which books I should be reading now rather than 10+ years from now ...
#science #books #causality
#science #books #causality
July 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Reading this 2013 book – not much new at this point anymore – really makes me wonder which books I should be reading now rather than 10+ years from now ...
#science #books #causality
#science #books #causality
Interesting paper on peer review bsky.app/profile/last... I think a variation is possible where a journal would actually experiment with such an approach to decide whether to publish a paper or not.
Focus is only on evaluation then but can be combined with improvement if we want that.
Focus is only on evaluation then but can be combined with improvement if we want that.
The interesting thing about the "crowd-sourced peer review" suggestion is that it seems a journal could implement this. Say you have 200 editorial board members. Instead of asking 2 to review as editorial input, give all of them access to the paper and decide accept/reject if you have 10 votes.
June 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interesting paper on peer review bsky.app/profile/last... I think a variation is possible where a journal would actually experiment with such an approach to decide whether to publish a paper or not.
Focus is only on evaluation then but can be combined with improvement if we want that.
Focus is only on evaluation then but can be combined with improvement if we want that.
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"Simpson's gender-equality paradox" surely deserve some award for best title 👑
The gender-equality paradox seems really central to some narrative people have constructed (and successfully sold). I absolutely wouldn't be surprised if it turned out 100% confounding.>
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The gender-equality paradox seems really central to some narrative people have constructed (and successfully sold). I absolutely wouldn't be surprised if it turned out 100% confounding.>
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
June 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"Simpson's gender-equality paradox" surely deserve some award for best title 👑
The gender-equality paradox seems really central to some narrative people have constructed (and successfully sold). I absolutely wouldn't be surprised if it turned out 100% confounding.>
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The gender-equality paradox seems really central to some narrative people have constructed (and successfully sold). I absolutely wouldn't be surprised if it turned out 100% confounding.>
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A bit sad to see an online meeting/training on ”How to make your research reproducible”, seeing canceled 'due to too few registrations.' :-\
June 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A bit sad to see an online meeting/training on ”How to make your research reproducible”, seeing canceled 'due to too few registrations.' :-\
As everyone is talking about this now, my 2cents: the development of these items is weird (resulting in issues as the one Eiko mentions here). Compare this with the recent work by @petervickers.bsky.social [statement: Science has put it beyond reasonable doubt that COVID-19 is caused by a virus].
Just to double check: you asked experts to agree with quadruple barreled items incl. numerous elements as well as “may be” constructions?
“4) Among girls, social media use may be associated with body dissatisfaction, perfectionism, exposure to mental disorders & risk of sexual harassment”
“4) Among girls, social media use may be associated with body dissatisfaction, perfectionism, exposure to mental disorders & risk of sexual harassment”
May 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
As everyone is talking about this now, my 2cents: the development of these items is weird (resulting in issues as the one Eiko mentions here). Compare this with the recent work by @petervickers.bsky.social [statement: Science has put it beyond reasonable doubt that COVID-19 is caused by a virus].
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10/ Please help share our extended replication to correct the record on this misleading policy evaluation!
Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...
Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...
Re-Analysis of Ciacci, R. (2024). Banning the purchase of sex increases cases of rape: evidence from Sweden.
EconStor is a publication server for scholarly economic literature, provided as a non-commercial public service by the ZBW.
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May 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
10/ Please help share our extended replication to correct the record on this misleading policy evaluation!
Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...
Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...
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Honest people don’t lie. Or do they? Liars aren’t honest. Or are they?
One puzzling conundrum in contemporary politics is that politicians who seem to be estranged from facts and evidence are nonetheless considered honest by their followers.
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One puzzling conundrum in contemporary politics is that politicians who seem to be estranged from facts and evidence are nonetheless considered honest by their followers.
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April 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Honest people don’t lie. Or do they? Liars aren’t honest. Or are they?
One puzzling conundrum in contemporary politics is that politicians who seem to be estranged from facts and evidence are nonetheless considered honest by their followers.
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One puzzling conundrum in contemporary politics is that politicians who seem to be estranged from facts and evidence are nonetheless considered honest by their followers.
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I think many of the many-analyst studies are rightly critisized for design issues - notably, participants lacking required domain knowlegde. However, I don't think that's all there is to it. I think much of the observed variability is also due to a lack of precise theory and measurement.
Great thread. I've come to view many-analyst study designs as crisis-mining. They're commonly interpreted in a way to cause alarm for a result they're designed to generate. Metascience needs to move beyond the crisis framing and stop stripping science from its context. Domain knowledge matters.
I spoke with @cathleenogrady.bsky.social for this story on the many analysts paper in ecology. To me the concerning thing is the interpretation, not the (expected) finding.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
March 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I think many of the many-analyst studies are rightly critisized for design issues - notably, participants lacking required domain knowlegde. However, I don't think that's all there is to it. I think much of the observed variability is also due to a lack of precise theory and measurement.
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We have an open call for #editors and #reviewers tiny.cc/9beb001
We need a diverse team of editors and reviewers. The broader our perspectives, the better our science! So please help spread the word—let’s build this together! 🔥
#AccountingResearch #OpenAccess #CallForEditors
#AccountingCommunity
We need a diverse team of editors and reviewers. The broader our perspectives, the better our science! So please help spread the word—let’s build this together! 🔥
#AccountingResearch #OpenAccess #CallForEditors
#AccountingCommunity
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February 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
We have an open call for #editors and #reviewers tiny.cc/9beb001
We need a diverse team of editors and reviewers. The broader our perspectives, the better our science! So please help spread the word—let’s build this together! 🔥
#AccountingResearch #OpenAccess #CallForEditors
#AccountingCommunity
We need a diverse team of editors and reviewers. The broader our perspectives, the better our science! So please help spread the word—let’s build this together! 🔥
#AccountingResearch #OpenAccess #CallForEditors
#AccountingCommunity
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Have a look at the mission and vision statement to see what we think is needed to better the field of #accounting #research and how we hope to contribute to that: tiny.cc/uy8b001
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Read the latest articles of Accounting Open at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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February 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Have a look at the mission and vision statement to see what we think is needed to better the field of #accounting #research and how we hope to contribute to that: tiny.cc/uy8b001
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🚀 Big news: #Accounting #Open is live! 🚀
I'm excited that Accounting Open, a new open-access journal dedicated to high-quality accounting research, has officially been launched by Elsevier! I've been appointed as the editor-in-chief.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/acco...
I'm excited that Accounting Open, a new open-access journal dedicated to high-quality accounting research, has officially been launched by Elsevier! I've been appointed as the editor-in-chief.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/acco...
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Read the latest articles of Accounting Open at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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February 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🚀 Big news: #Accounting #Open is live! 🚀
I'm excited that Accounting Open, a new open-access journal dedicated to high-quality accounting research, has officially been launched by Elsevier! I've been appointed as the editor-in-chief.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/acco...
I'm excited that Accounting Open, a new open-access journal dedicated to high-quality accounting research, has officially been launched by Elsevier! I've been appointed as the editor-in-chief.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/acco...
🚀 Big news: #Accounting #Open is live! 🚀
I'm excited that Accounting Open, a new open-access journal dedicated to high-quality accounting research, has officially been launched by Elsevier! I've been appointed as the editor-in-chief.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/acco...
I'm excited that Accounting Open, a new open-access journal dedicated to high-quality accounting research, has officially been launched by Elsevier! I've been appointed as the editor-in-chief.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/acco...
News - Accounting Open | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
Read the latest articles of Accounting Open at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
tiny.cc
February 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🚀 Big news: #Accounting #Open is live! 🚀
I'm excited that Accounting Open, a new open-access journal dedicated to high-quality accounting research, has officially been launched by Elsevier! I've been appointed as the editor-in-chief.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/acco...
I'm excited that Accounting Open, a new open-access journal dedicated to high-quality accounting research, has officially been launched by Elsevier! I've been appointed as the editor-in-chief.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/acco...
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I’m sorry but this is one of my biggest pet peeves. If you want academica to exist, academics CANNOT be held responsible for making sure every publication and talk is comprehensible to someone with a middle school education in their field. That is an impossible ask and you are blaming the victim
The failure of academia to explain things in layperson terms (up until some efforts recently) is one of the reasons for anti-intellectualism.
When you make science inaccessible, people will opt for those who sell easier solutions.
When you make science inaccessible, people will opt for those who sell easier solutions.
February 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I’m sorry but this is one of my biggest pet peeves. If you want academica to exist, academics CANNOT be held responsible for making sure every publication and talk is comprehensible to someone with a middle school education in their field. That is an impossible ask and you are blaming the victim
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “Race to the Bottom: Competition and Quality in Science” by Hill and Stein: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Race to the Bottom: Competition and Quality in Science*
Abstract. This paper investigates how competition to publish first and thereby establish priority impacts the quality of scientific research. We begin by d
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February 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Race to the Bottom: Competition and Quality in Science” by Hill and Stein: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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📣 New paper alert: An Alpha in Affordable Housing?
A collaboration with Matthijs Korevaar and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh.
We show that low-rent/low-income housing earns the highest returns for landlords in the US, Belgium and The Netherlands.
Please share to convince my coauthors to join Bluesky :-)
A collaboration with Matthijs Korevaar and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh.
We show that low-rent/low-income housing earns the highest returns for landlords in the US, Belgium and The Netherlands.
Please share to convince my coauthors to join Bluesky :-)
February 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
📣 New paper alert: An Alpha in Affordable Housing?
A collaboration with Matthijs Korevaar and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh.
We show that low-rent/low-income housing earns the highest returns for landlords in the US, Belgium and The Netherlands.
Please share to convince my coauthors to join Bluesky :-)
A collaboration with Matthijs Korevaar and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh.
We show that low-rent/low-income housing earns the highest returns for landlords in the US, Belgium and The Netherlands.
Please share to convince my coauthors to join Bluesky :-)
This interesting recent paper on Goodhart's law and related descriptions (unified by the authors as "proxy failures") seems to fit:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This interesting recent paper on Goodhart's law and related descriptions (unified by the authors as "proxy failures") seems to fit:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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We've had a paper reviewed by ERROR, which has concluded we had a "major error that affects a core conclusion"
Few comments on the conclusion and the process in general
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Few comments on the conclusion and the process in general
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New report! Hehman et al. (2018) "Disproportionate Use of Lethal Force in Policing Is Associated With Regional Racial Biases". Based on the review by @conjugateprior.org, we find a Major Error that affects a core conclusion. We recommend the authors seek a correction.
error.reviews/reviews/hehm...
error.reviews/reviews/hehm...
Hehman et al. (2018)
ERROR is a bug bounty program for science to systematically detect and report errors in academic publications
error.reviews
January 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We've had a paper reviewed by ERROR, which has concluded we had a "major error that affects a core conclusion"
Few comments on the conclusion and the process in general
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Few comments on the conclusion and the process in general
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