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Open Science Retreat 2026

7–11 Apr 2026
Machynlleth, Wales, UK
Europe/Dublin timezone

Digital Research Academy

Contribution List

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24. Welcome & Introductions
07/04/2026, 15:30
26. Retreat Overview & Information
07/04/2026, 15:45
25. Organizing Partner Presentations
07/04/2026, 16:05
22. Topic group formation
08/04/2026, 09:00

In this session we will see how many people are interested in which topic. Topic groups are usually comprised of 2-7 participants.

Topics that too few people are interested in will not be pursued further.
If groups get too big, we may split them into subtopics.

Choosing a topic can be difficult, yet you should choose one ;)
If you are unhappy with your choice, you can always switch....
23. Topic group finalization & room assignments
08/04/2026, 09:35
32. Mentoring and Coaching
08/04/2026, 14:30

Make appointments with mentors/coaches on Mattermost and on the main schedule display onsite.
37. Lunch
09/04/2026, 11:30
38. Announcements
09/04/2026, 12:30
39. Group Picture (Location TBD)
09/04/2026, 12:45
36. Choose your own adventure
09/04/2026, 13:00

Plan something on your own. Check out the Beatenberg tourism website for fun activities in the area: https://beatenberg.ch/tourismus/en/tourismus
34. Group Hike
Heidi Seibold (Digital Research Academy)
09/04/2026, 13:00

Planned hike led by retreat organizers. Be sure to have sturdy walking shoes and pack your water bottle!
40. Slide Karaoke
09/04/2026, 19:30

Submit a random presentation slide.
Watch other people pretend like they know what it means and present it.

Want to actively participate? Sign up to be a presenter to join the contest for a chance to become be the Slide Karaoke Champion!
41. Silent Disco
09/04/2026, 21:00
30. Mentoring & Coaching
10/04/2026, 13:15

Make appointments on Mattermost and also the main schedule display.
43. Board Game Night
10/04/2026, 19:00
42. Silent Disco
10/04/2026, 19:00
68. Change the system from within or from outside?
Heidi Seibold (Digital Research Academy)

Should we stay in academia to change the system from within or step outside and change the system from outside?
In this talk I will bring my personal persepective and ask you what you think.
74. Failures, Not Secrets: Documenting What Broke, What Worked, and Why We Should Care

For research to be effective, it must be both reproducible and replicable. Only then can false results be identified, existing findings built on and human error reduced. In short: meaningful and robust research can be done. However, research is often neither reproducible, nor replicable; this is often called a reproducibility crisis.
One factor contributing to the current state of research is...
81. Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)

The Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) is an open science institute based in Trier, Germany. Its mission is to encourage psychological researchers to adopt open science practices by offering tools such as the preregistration service PreReg (https://prereg-psych.org/) and the discipline-specific repository PsychArchives (https://psycharchives.org/). In my lightning talk, I will provide a...
75. Open Research Across Disciplines

"Open Research Across Disciplines" is a an interdisciplinary guide and collection of resources for engaging on open research across a range of academic disciplines. The format of the guide is a preprint, and the content from this preprint has also been adapted on the UK Reproducibility Network website (https://www.ukrn.org/disciplines/). The guide has existed for 5 years, and we run a yearly...
87. Participatory Action Research - a Perfect Match!

Research about transgender, intersex, and nonbinary (TIN) communities has historically further marginalised us (TIN people) as a group. As a PhD candidate who is also trans and nonbinary, this research feels particularly dehumanising. For the sake of TIN people including myself, I am committed to conducting research that is co-produced by academics and communities and offers some sort of...
90. Reducing Noise, Interrogating Bias: The Case for LLM Experimentation in Peer Review

Peer review has a noise problem. The "reviewer lottery" means a manuscript's fate often depends on who is assigned, their topical familiarity, their individual priorities, and how much time they have that week. This idiosyncratic variance treats similar work inconsistently: a clear source of unfairness.

Large Language Models (LLMs) can substantially reduce this noise. Even non-deterministic...
82. Research Software Sharing, Publication, & Distribution Checklists

These research software sharing, publication, and distribution checklists were inspired by similar checklists produced by the imaging community and are intended to address a niche not addressed by existing similar resources such as guidance for creating research software management plans. They provide a tiered approach to completing the checklists with each item able to be completed at a...
73. test
Danny Garside

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72. The ones who must be named: taxonomic research still lacks explicit species concepts
Matheus Maciel Alcantara Salles (Universidade Federal do Parana)

Taxonomy provides the foundation upon which most biological research is built, yet one of its most persistent obstacles lies in the lack of conceptual transparency regarding what, precisely, is meant by “species”. Although recent decades have seen advances in integrative approaches and molecular tools, many studies still fail to explicitly state the species concept guiding their analyses. This...
69. The QRP Bestiary Info Cards
Jane Hergert

Questionable research practices (QRPs) are well known and often discussed in meta-science circles—but how can we make them more memorable, understandable, and teachable beyond those? In this lightning talk, we present a set of 40 QRP Info Cards, each distilling one QRP into a compact, accessible format featuring a clear definition, examples, potential harms, preventive measures, and red flags...
88. Why do replications struggle to make an impact? Bibliometric study of the effect of replications on original claims

Replication is a cornerstone of cumulative science, providing essential insights into the reliability of research findings. Yet, despite an increasing number of published replications, they often fail to affect the belief in, and use of, the original conclusions. Replications are infrequently cited, usually disregarded in theoretical discussions, and—except for striking exceptions—fail to...
89. Why don't nutrition trialists preregister? A behavioural mystery

Randomised controlled trials are often seen as transparency role models, given their seemingly high adherence to practices such as registration, sharing of protocols and statistical analysis plans. With nutrition research, however, this is not often the case. In this lighting talk I will present preliminary results of the work being done as part of my PhD and invite the audience to help solve...
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