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Sample Data from Global Flourishing Study Released
August 16th, 2023
The sample dataset from the Global Flourishing Study (GFS) is here. Researchers can use this early data to plan and develop projects before the first full dataset release in the...
Tags: Preregistration, Research, Open Science, Registered Reports, Global Flourishing Study
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Watch Sessions from Metascience 2023
June 9th, 2023
The Metascience 2023 Conference, held May 9-10, 2023, at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC, brought together a diverse community of researchers,...
Tags: Research, Open Science, Metascience2023
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Improving the Research Culture: COS Celebrates 10 Years
May 25th, 2023
The Center for Open Science (COS) celebrated its 10th anniversary on Monday, May 8, 2023 at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC. This event featured a...
Tags: Open Science, Culture Change
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Call for Volunteers: TOP Guidelines Advisory Board and Preregistration Template Evaluation Working Group
April 19th, 2023
Are you passionate about promoting transparency and openness in scientific research? The Center for Open Science (COS) is currently seeking volunteers for two opportunities. We...
Tags: Preregistration, TOP Guidelines, Open Science, Volunteers
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Metascience 2023: Exploring the Methods and Practices of Scientific Research
March 23rd, 2023
Many scholarly fields conduct descriptive research about the research process. Advocates and reformers have prescriptive ideas about how the research process might be improved....
Tags: Reproducibility, Research, Open Science, metascience, Metascience2023
Watch the Data Sharing for Qualitative Research Webinar
February 3rd, 2023
Researchers in the U.S. and elsewhere are increasingly expected to have data management and sharing plans. Recently, the White House Office of Science Technology & Policy (OSTP) ...
Tags: Research, Open Science, Webinar
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Global Flourishing Study Promotes Open Access Data
November 18th, 2022
What does it mean to live well? What makes people happy? These are just a few of the questions the Global Flourishing Study plans to examine across 22 geographically and...
Tags: Preregistration, Research, Data, Community, Open Science
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Funding Consciousness Research with Registered Reports: Promoting Best Practices in Reproducible Research
October 19th, 2022
With funding from the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the Center for Open Science (COS) is leading an initiative in partnership with the Association for the Scientific Study...
Tags: Research, Community, Open Science, Registered Reports, Consciousness
Watch the Supporting Open Science in the Promotion & Tenure Process: Lessons from the University of Maryland Webinar
October 7th, 2022
The academic promotion and tenure process establishes the incentive structure for institutions of higher education. Open science champions have long advocated for the process to...
Tags: Community, Open Science, Culture Change, Education, Policy, Webinar
A Win for Open Science: White House OSTP’s Updated Guidance Advances Open Access and Data Sharing Across Federal Agencies
September 1st, 2022
The Center for Open Science (COS) supports the new policy update from the White House Office of Science Technology & Policy (OSTP) ensuring free, immediate, and equitable access...
Tags: Data, Community, Open Science, Culture Change, Open Access, Accessibility

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