[ecrea] MZES Open Social Science Conference 2019

The MZES Open Social Science Conference 2019 (OSSC19) is a 
transdisciplinary forum for practicing and discussing credibility, 
transparency, and replicability issues in all social sciences – 
emphatically including media and communication studies! This conference 
will bring together junior and senior social scientists to make a push 
for doing, debating, and advancing more openness in the social sciences. 
We would like to see many media and communications scholars join us!

The conference program is now available online. Note that participation 
in the conference and the following Research Transparency and 
Reproducibility Workshop, offered in collaboration with the Berkeley 
Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences, will be entirely 
free (no registration fees). Participation by media and communication 
scholars encouraged!

OSSC19: Practicing New Standards in Transparency and Reproducibility

About a decade ago, John Ioannidis claimed that “most published research 
findings are false”. While seeming outrageous at the time, a growing 
body of meta-scientific research in the behavioral and social sciences 
has since substantiated this claim, causing uncertainty about the 
trustworthiness of published scientific findings. We believe that 
threats to the validity of published findings in the social sciences are 
widespread and systemic. Therefore, this conference promotes 
introspection about the current state of social science research and 
exchange on the opportunities for institutional and methodological 
improvement in the future. It is interdisciplinary in nature. Scholars 
working in any branch and within any methodology of the social sciences 
are invited to attend. The conference is supported by the Berkeley 
Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) and will take 
place from 25-27 January 2019 at the Mannheim Centre for European Social 
Research (MZES) in Mannheim, Germany.

Keynote speakers:
Jeremy Freese (Stanford University)
Thomas König (Editor, American Political Science Review, University of 
Mannheim) Arthur Lupia (Open Science Framework, NSF, University of 
Michigan) Julia Rohrer (100% CI blog, University of Leipzig)

When & Where: 25-27 January 2019 in Mannheim, Germany.

As part of the MZES Open Social Science Conference 2019, the MZES and 
BITSS will hold a BITSS Research Transparency and Reproducibility 
Workshop in Mannheim, Germany on 27 January 2019 (Venue: to be confirmed).

The full-day workshop will provide participants with an overview of some 
of the most important and effective tools and best practices for 
transparent and reproducible social science research. The curriculum has 
been developed and will be delivered by academic leaders in the open 
science movement, with a focus on hands-on skills building. Topics 
covered in the workshop include: Pre-registration and pre-analysis 
plans, dynamic documents for research publication, reproducible 
workflows including data-coding strategies and version control as well 
as data management and de-identification for open data. Participants are 
encouraged to bring their own ideas for applications based on their own 
interests to seek support and feedback from instructors and other attendees.

Based at the University of California, Berkeley, the Berkeley Initiative 
for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) works to strengthen the 
integrity of social science research and evidence used for 
policy-making. The initiative aims to enhance the practices of 
economists, psychologists, political scientists, and other social 
scientists in ways that promote research transparency, reproducibility, 
and openness.

Who will be the instructors?

Roxanne Connelly (University of York), Shalini Kurapati (TU Delft), Eike 
Mark Rinke (University of Mannheim), and Alexander Wuttke (University of 
Mannheim).

Who is eligible to participate?

The workshop is designed for researchers across the social sciences 
spectrum, with particular emphasis on communication, political science, 
and sociology. We expect participants to be: (i) current Masters and PhD 
students, (ii) postdocs, (iii) junior faculty, (iv) research staff, (v) 
librarians and data stewards, or (vi) journal editors, research funders, 
and research managers in the social sciences curious about the 
implications of transparency and reproducibility for their work.

The workshop is targeted to participants who primarily use quantitative 
or mixed methods. Applicants should have proficiency in at least one 
statistical analysis software package. Proficiency with Stata or R is 
desirable, but not required.

How much does it cost to participate?

There is no tuition or attendance fee and participation is free for 
guests and participants of the MZES Open Social Science Conference 2019. 
Snacks will be provided during the day.

How can I register as a participant?

You can register as a guest of the MZES Open Social Science Conference 
2019 here. On the registration form, make sure to indicate registration 
for the workshop through the corresponding dropdown menu. The 
application includes questions regarding your motivation to participate 
in the MZES Open Social Science Conference. Admission to the workshop 
will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. There will be a 
waiting list and registered participants will be asked to confirm their 
participation in early December, after which participant spots will be 
made available again for registrants on the waiting list.

More information & registration: http://open-socsci.org




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