Collaborating for reproducibility: How can we work together better?

Abstract

To address growing concerns about research integrity and reproducibility, stakeholders across the research ecosystem—including institutions, publishers, funders, researchers, and others—must collaborate more effectively across disciplines, regions, and contexts. Urgent issues include lack of transparency in reporting/data/analysis, lack of replication studies, publication bias, and questionable research practices. These are collective problems, requiring concerted responses across the research system from a variety of actors. How can  institutions, publishers, funders, researchers and others collaborate better on these issues, across disciplines, regions and stakeholder contexts?

This workshop, inspired by ongoing collaborative efforts between Taylor & Francis and the EC-funded TIER2 project on reproducibility, seeks to stimulate open dialogue on cross-stakeholder action, individual roles and responsibilities, and current bottlenecks where further collaboration is needed. Attendees will gain insights into practical steps and collaborative strategies that can be implemented in funding, research and publishing workflows.

During the workshop, attendees will be invited to sit at one of 4 tables, each with a distinct thematic focus: (1) Infrastructure, tools and practices, (2) Awareness, training, and community-building, (3) Incentives, evaluation and assessment, (4) Policies and mandates.