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SIPS brings together scholars working to improve methods and practices in psychological science. Join us!
https://improvingpsych.org/membership/

#PsychSciSky #OpenScience
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@simine.com co-founded @improvingpsych.org, driving reform in psychology, and the open-access journal @collabrapsychology.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social , prioritizing methodological rigor. Now Editor-in-Chief of Psychological Science, she champions transparency and rigor in research. (2/4)
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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🏆 Individual: @simine.com, psychologist at @unimelb.bsky.social & editor-in-chief of Psychological Science, is recognized for pioneering methodological rigor, reproducibility & collaborative research, driving initiatives such as @improvingpsych.org & the journal Collabra @ucpress.bsky.social. (2/5)
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Big congratulations to Simine Vazire @simine.com, 2025 individual winner of the @einsteinberlin.bsky.social Award for her work championing methodological reform in psychological science award.einsteinfoundation.de/award-winner...
Simine Vazire – Einstein Foundation Award
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November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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🔍 Who is transforming how research is done? @simine.com, psychologist at @psychunimelb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social and 2025 Individual #EinsteinFoundationAward winner, leads the reform movement in psychology.
award.einsteinfoundation.de/award-winner... (1/4)
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
👏Congratulations to all the winners, including SIPS co-founder Simine Vazire @simine.com , who was recognized for "pioneering methodological rigor, reproducibility, and collaborative research in psychology."🏆
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
PsyArXiv is pleased to welcome new member institutions!
✨Eindhoven University of Technology
✨New York University
✨Tilburg University
✨University College London

Member institutions are integral to helping PsyArXiv deliver preprint posting and reading to its users at no charge.
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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I'm so so happy to be part of the @improvingpsych.org executive committee! SIPS has been an anchor and inspiration for me for many years, and I'm excited to be able to contribute to its important work!✨ #OpenScience
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Join the virtual SIPS@SPSP 2026: Community Action Meeting — “Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology.”

💡 Topics: Registered reports, open data, replications, diversity & inclusion
🧠 Hands-on sessions + hackathons
🌍 All career stages welcome!
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Preconferences | SPSP
Explore SPSP Annual Convention preconferences—specialized sessions offering in-depth insights, networking, and collaboration in personality and social psychology.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Join the virtual SIPS@SPSP 2026: Community Action Meeting — “Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology.”

💡 Topics: Registered reports, open data, replications, diversity & inclusion
🧠 Hands-on sessions + hackathons
🌍 All career stages welcome!
🔗
Preconferences | SPSP
Explore SPSP Annual Convention preconferences—specialized sessions offering in-depth insights, networking, and collaboration in personality and social psychology.
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
❔ Are you looking for a home for your new manuscript?
💡 Submit to 'Collabra: Psychology', an official SIPS open access journal!

✨ We welcome submissions in several fields of psychology.
✨ Our primary evaluation criteria are rigor and integrity.

Learn more
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November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
👕 Wear your commitment to improving psychological science!

Whether presenting a talk, joining a conference, or enjoying a social event—do it in style! 🔥

You can purchase the official SIPS merch here 👉
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Check out SIPS on Bonfire and shop official merchandise today! Featuring limited edition custom apparel, printed with care in the USA just for you.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Issue 19 of RDM Weekly is out! 🎃

- Handbook for Reproduction and Replication Studies @forrt.bsky.social
- A Crowdsourced Effort to Develop a Lab Manual Template @improvingpsych.org
- So, What’s the Deal with rlang, Anyway? @veerle.hypebright.nl
and more!

rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
October 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
PsyArXiv can deliver preprint posting and reading services to its users at no charge thanks to the generous support of member institutions!

Let's give them a round of applause for their support and encourage others to follow suit!👏👏👏
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PsyArXiv Member Institutions – PsyArXiv Blog
The PsyArXiv Scientific Advisory Board would like to express deepest gratitude to all of our member institutions.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Are you interested in
✨ registered reports,
✨ open data,
✨ replications, and
✨ diversity science?

If the answer is yes, then you should join us for the online SIPS@SPSP Preconference on February 24, 2026!

The registration is open, and discount codes are available.
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Preconferences | SPSP
Explore SPSP Annual Convention preconferences—specialized sessions offering in-depth insights, networking, and collaboration in personality and social psychology.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Curious about becoming a PCI Psych recommender, but not sure if you should? Here's a short video with some reasons why it might be time to sign up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BDr... #PsychSciSky #SciPub
Why be a recommender for a PCI?
The project "Peer Community in (PCI)" (https://peercommunityin.org/) has been launched in January 2017 and now counts 11 communities: PCI Evolutionary Biology (https://evolbiol.peercommunityin.org/),…
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October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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New Open Research in Practice case study:

The Feminist WonderLab Collective: An ECR space to support feminist practices and Open Scholarship by Dr Zlatomira Ilchovska, Postdoctoral Research Associate
@yorkpsychology.bsky.social

Read about their work on our wiki 👇
York Wiki Service
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October 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
⏰⚠️Preconference Submission Portal closes today (October 23, 11:59pm PT)!
If you still haven't sent your poster or flash talk submission, don't wait any longer! We want to hear from you at SIPS@SPSP Community Action Meeting 2026: Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology!
October 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📅 Mark your calendars for SIPS 2026! 📅
The SIPS 2026 in-person conference will take place in Washington, DC, June 8-10, 2026.

The conference will be at the George Mason University Arlington, Virginia campus (thanks to @natonge.bsky.social, our 2026 local host!)
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
⏰ Only a few days left for the poster and flash talk submissions for the online preconference SIPS@SPSP.

✨We are particularly interested in replication research in social-personality psychology.

✨Submissions from students and other trainees are welcome.

Submit 👉 buff.ly/7pHjP1D
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October 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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SIPS@SPSP submission deadline is coming up! October 23! Submit your poster or flash talk about #metascience or #replication research in social-personality psychology soon! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... @improvingpsych.org @spspnews.bsky.social
2026 Preconference Submission Portal
Use this submission form for all preconference submissions. Select your preconference first as this may change submission fields. The submission guide can be found here . You may submit to multi...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Dear PsyArXiv users,
The moderation functions on the OSF platform, which hosts PsyArXiv, have been repaired. 🔧

We are working to moderate any submissions that have been delayed, and expect a return to normal moderation wait times (24-72hs) soon.

Thank you for your patience!
October 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Registration is open for the online preconference: SIPS@SPSP Community Action Meeting 2026: Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology!

We will touch on topics such as:
✨ registered reports,
✨ open data,
✨ replications, and
✨ diversity science.
spsp.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Metadata matters!
If you submit a preprint to PsyArXiv, to ensure smooth acceptance, don't forget to fill out the metadata correctly.

Below you will find a few tips, but detailed guidelines are at 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
October 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Submissions to the online preconference SIPS@SPSP Community Action Meeting 2026: Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology are now open!🚀

📅 Deadline October 23rd!
The preconference will be held on Zoom on February 24, 2026.

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October 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM