Olmo van den Akker

@lakens So, which aspects can we automate?

Now Johanna Einsiedler who is reflecting on which aspects of systematic reviews we can automate, how we quantify uncertainty, and keep the human in the loop, at the Paul Meehl Graduate School Symposium.

@squazzoni @squazzoni, will you be at the Peer Review Congress? Would be great to connect there (and solve the peer review crisis)😄

@squazzoni I fully agree! Journals should take their responsibility to ensure the scientific process is as efficient and high-quality as possible. Meta-research on peer review could help a lot to find better ways of doing things.

Quite depressing to see that the debate on #peerreview #journals #research #funders is still mostly opinions, anecdotes, small-scale research, journal/funder- specific cases. How can we really pretend to fix something we barely know? 1/2 nature.com/articles/d4158…

Instead of stimulating mostly unproductive debate, #publishers should use their profits to create a data sharing infrastructure with peer review data available to the community for systematic and rigorours research. We suggested this five years ago here: nature.com/articles/d4158…

Great to see another preregistration template joining the OSF!

Our #preregistration template for simulation studies, spearheaded by Björn, is now available on OSF! See below for a brief interview with the @OSFramework about the template and why we created it... cos.io/blog/introduci…

I just became president of a scientific society and my first act was to disagree with one of my heroes...Arie Kruglanski gave a keynote arguing social psychology needs MORE Big Beautiful Theories. I think that's exactly backwards. Here's why...

New report on the first year of the UK's Metascience Unit - never more important given the contestable nature of science & innovation investment right now #Metascience2025 gov.uk/government/pub…

Excellent meta-research: A trial within a large trial shows that consent form length impacts recruitment. Please consider too much text can exclude vulnerable groups / We need to rethink consent forms, too much information may harm. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

@squazzoni @ISI_Fondazione Is this available online?

Super happy to give a talk on #peerreview #openscience at @ISI_Fondazione in #Torino tomorrow afternoon! isi.it/seminars/2025-…

@lakens Sure, but I think PVV's science skepticism plays a role as well

@DenOlmo The cuts are to pay for other things currently deemed more important - military expenses, paying back people for the toeslagenschandaal, etc.

Isn't it weird that different governments can take the exact same scientific knowledge about the state of science, and respond in completely opposite ways? This is what I see in The Netherlands vs the USA. Almost as if the problem is not the knowledge, but the government 🤷

Scientists: size (of your peer review) doesn't matter, it's about the *content* Also scientists:

Peer Review Week will be held from 15 to 19 September 2025. Cast your vote till May 31st on which of the below should be this year's theme. forms.gle/RJSWd78aK8xqo1…

There is still time to sign up for the last workshop of this academic year at PMGS, "Scientific Criticism and Peer Review," by @renebekkers Check out the details here: paulmeehlschool.github.io/workshops/crit…

Here's some good news! The file drawer problem may have diminished in recent years, at least in social science survey experiments "This suggests increased recognition of the importance of null results."

I am hiring a PhD student on the meaningful interpretation of effect sizes as part of my VICI funded project. This is a 4 year paid position in a welcoming and collaborative environment. Find out more or apply at tue.nl/werken-bij-tue…

Applications now open for our PhD course in Open Science and Reproducible Research at @karolinskainst. The course will be in English and fully online. Open to PhD students from anywhere, with no fee. Link follows.

@lakens Sieht gemutlich aus. Sorry I couldn't make it

Back from Berlin after our impromptu trip to meet up with metascientists and see the city. Had a blast!

Next week, the QUEST Center for Responsible Research in Berlin is organizing a week of tutorials about all kinds of scientific methods. I'll feature with a session on Friday about how to best preregister your research. More info: bihealth.org/de/aktuell/lov…