Sara Eftekhari
@sara-eftekhari.bsky.social
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Psychology Student at University of Glasgow (she/her)
Interested in Pedagogy and Metascience. Onwards to an Open Science future!
www.linkedin.com/in/sara-e-787112322
Psychology Student at University of Glasgow (she/her)
Interested in Pedagogy and Metascience. Onwards to an Open Science future!
www.linkedin.com/in/sara-e-787112322
I can feel myself unwind; By Chance has such a relaxing and comfortable atmosphere.
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I can feel myself unwind; By Chance has such a relaxing and comfortable atmosphere.
The process of "what am I supposed to be doing?" -> "gaining confidence as you gain traction in the task" ->"feeling of stifling claustrophobia as you near the deadline" -> "mad MasterChef dash of final touches to the dish" -> "relieved celebration of a job done"
October 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The process of "what am I supposed to be doing?" -> "gaining confidence as you gain traction in the task" ->"feeling of stifling claustrophobia as you near the deadline" -> "mad MasterChef dash of final touches to the dish" -> "relieved celebration of a job done"
Reposted by Sara Eftekhari
And yes, also strong theories will come with meta-data in the future that researcher can link to. See this paper bsky.app/profile/cjva...
To be FAIR: Theory specification needs an update! Theories that others can reuse and update help navigate the "theory crisis". The theorytools R-package now has tutorials showing how to make theories FAIR and use them to select covariates, simulate data, etc
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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osf.io
June 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
And yes, also strong theories will come with meta-data in the future that researcher can link to. See this paper bsky.app/profile/cjva...
Reposted by Sara Eftekhari
That is a lovely designed badge, but badges have been one of the clearer failures in science reform, so let's please not even joke about making more of them. Instead, let's follow Psychological Science and get rid of them all and replace them with clear meta-data (link to prereg, data, etc).
June 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
That is a lovely designed badge, but badges have been one of the clearer failures in science reform, so let's please not even joke about making more of them. Instead, let's follow Psychological Science and get rid of them all and replace them with clear meta-data (link to prereg, data, etc).
Reposted by Sara Eftekhari
What derails most researchers:
• Choosing problems too broad or too narrow
• Starting with personal curiosity alone
• Ignoring industry/funding realities
• Forgetting the "So, what?" test
• Stopping at gap identification
Avoid these traps.
• Choosing problems too broad or too narrow
• Starting with personal curiosity alone
• Ignoring industry/funding realities
• Forgetting the "So, what?" test
• Stopping at gap identification
Avoid these traps.
June 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
What derails most researchers:
• Choosing problems too broad or too narrow
• Starting with personal curiosity alone
• Ignoring industry/funding realities
• Forgetting the "So, what?" test
• Stopping at gap identification
Avoid these traps.
• Choosing problems too broad or too narrow
• Starting with personal curiosity alone
• Ignoring industry/funding realities
• Forgetting the "So, what?" test
• Stopping at gap identification
Avoid these traps.
Reposted by Sara Eftekhari
3 critical insights:
Industry pain + funding interest = sustainable research
Validate from the bottom up.
Real problems create friction people will pay to solve.
Focus on friction.
When theory meets reality, innovation happens.
Hunt contradictions.
Industry pain + funding interest = sustainable research
Validate from the bottom up.
Real problems create friction people will pay to solve.
Focus on friction.
When theory meets reality, innovation happens.
Hunt contradictions.
June 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
3 critical insights:
Industry pain + funding interest = sustainable research
Validate from the bottom up.
Real problems create friction people will pay to solve.
Focus on friction.
When theory meets reality, innovation happens.
Hunt contradictions.
Industry pain + funding interest = sustainable research
Validate from the bottom up.
Real problems create friction people will pay to solve.
Focus on friction.
When theory meets reality, innovation happens.
Hunt contradictions.
Reposted by Sara Eftekhari
Develop your research questions by finding the micro problem based on:
• Friction (what's not working?)
• Contradiction (what doesn't make sense?)
• Industry conviction (what needs solving?)
THIS is where innovation happens.
• Friction (what's not working?)
• Contradiction (what doesn't make sense?)
• Industry conviction (what needs solving?)
THIS is where innovation happens.
June 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Develop your research questions by finding the micro problem based on:
• Friction (what's not working?)
• Contradiction (what doesn't make sense?)
• Industry conviction (what needs solving?)
THIS is where innovation happens.
• Friction (what's not working?)
• Contradiction (what doesn't make sense?)
• Industry conviction (what needs solving?)
THIS is where innovation happens.
Reposted by Sara Eftekhari
Finding a gap in literature ≠ Finding a research problem
90% of identified "gaps" are worthless
Most gaps exist for good reasons
Industry doesn't care about academic gaps
Funders want solutions, not gap-filling
You need a better approach.
90% of identified "gaps" are worthless
Most gaps exist for good reasons
Industry doesn't care about academic gaps
Funders want solutions, not gap-filling
You need a better approach.
June 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Finding a gap in literature ≠ Finding a research problem
90% of identified "gaps" are worthless
Most gaps exist for good reasons
Industry doesn't care about academic gaps
Funders want solutions, not gap-filling
You need a better approach.
90% of identified "gaps" are worthless
Most gaps exist for good reasons
Industry doesn't care about academic gaps
Funders want solutions, not gap-filling
You need a better approach.
Sounds like we need structures, training, standardisation, etc. to be put in place to facilitate proper product design. It may be 'wild west' in Psychology academia, but we got good land to build on.
June 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Sounds like we need structures, training, standardisation, etc. to be put in place to facilitate proper product design. It may be 'wild west' in Psychology academia, but we got good land to build on.
Can confirm the hoodie is very comfortable 😆
June 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Can confirm the hoodie is very comfortable 😆
So excited for this!
June 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
So excited for this!
We did it! Shout-out to Heejung Choi & Rebecca Smith for being stalwart teammates in organising this event with me. Weldone team!
Also, massive thanks to our wonderful speakers, Dr James Bartlett, Dr Ashley Robertson, & Dr Dale Barr.
Also, massive thanks to our wonderful speakers, Dr James Bartlett, Dr Ashley Robertson, & Dr Dale Barr.
June 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We did it! Shout-out to Heejung Choi & Rebecca Smith for being stalwart teammates in organising this event with me. Weldone team!
Also, massive thanks to our wonderful speakers, Dr James Bartlett, Dr Ashley Robertson, & Dr Dale Barr.
Also, massive thanks to our wonderful speakers, Dr James Bartlett, Dr Ashley Robertson, & Dr Dale Barr.