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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Over the next several months, we will phase out some popular OSF features. These changes do not affect current public content, which remains safe and accessible. We have prepared support material to help users adapt. I am very sorry for the disruption to your work. Please read this post for details.
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OSF Changes | Center for Open Science
We are preparing substantial changes to OSF that will reduce its functionality, focus OSF on its unique strengths, and move toward an integrated model with complementary services. As part of that shif...
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DataCite @datacite.org · 30/06/2026
Research funders: help shape future support for open funding metadata. Share your organisation’s practices, readiness, and challenges in this questionnaire by 31 July 2026: opnform.com/forms/wg3-fu...
Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information graphic with a yellow horizontal band and the title “Open funding metadata – funder questionnaire.”
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
For the love of durable access, don't archive scholarly stuff on regular websites. I'm looking at you, www.sci-gaia.eu and www.openscienceofreligion.com, today's selection of things that now resolve to Indonesian gambling sites.
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Developmentalists: a new three-year fellowship (up to $300K) from LEGO Foundation and SSRC for "early- and mid-career researchers whose work can strengthen understanding of how children thrive across diverse contexts." Deadline July 31, 2026. www.ssrc.org/programs/the...
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The LEGO Foundation Fellowship
The LEGO Foundation Fellowship is a global initiative supporting researchers working to deepen our understanding of how children thrive. Spanning disciplines from education and psychology to public he...
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Melissa Kline Struhl @mekline.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Psych-DS is spellcheck for your datasets, and it has an R package now! Available in beta now, made by the excellent Brian Leonard, instructions here: psych-ds.github.io/psychds-r/
Screenshot of the "Create Dataset" page of the psych-DS Shiny app from the new R package psychds
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Funding opportunity: $10,000 seed grants from SSRC for 6-month research projects on "Innovation in Religion and Spirituality". Deadline July 1, 2026. www.ssrc.org/programs/rel...
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Innovation in Religion and Spirituality Seed Grants
The Religion and the Public Sphere program at the Social Science Research Council aims to foster research on the wider implications of new forms of religious and spiritual life. This program is offere...
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
$3K mini-grants available from Pew Research Center to prepare papers reusing their data on religion. Deadline to apply (not to write the paper) is March 2. www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/s...
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Seeking research using recent Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures datasets
To encourage reuse of our data, Pew Research Center, with support from the John Templeton Foundation, invites researchers to submit proposals for new
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
How can research funders ask their grantees to share their work for others to reuse and build upon? Funders interested in exploring an open science policy should check out this @cos.io webinar: cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Demystifying Open Science Policy: A Funder-Focused Discussion. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join the Center for Open Science (COS) for a deep dive into open science policymaking, featuring insights from research funders. We will be joined by representatives from two forward-thinking funding ...
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Funding opportunity: TWCF is requesting proposals for up to $100K to plan a larger empirical project (up to $2.5M, considered separately) on polarization between and within societies and cultures in a global context. Deadline is March 6, 2026. www.templetonworldcharity.org/our-prioriti...
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Listening and Learning in a Polarized World Global Request for Planning Grants
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Listening and Learning in a Polarized World Global Request for Planning Grants Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) is pleased…
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
Pew Research Center is seeking a Data Archivist to support our commitment to open science and data transparency. This newly created role will play a key part in enhancing the accessibility, usability, and reproducibility of our research data while continuing to protect the privacy and identity of our survey participants. 

As Data Archivist, you will lead efforts to create and implement best practices for preparing, documenting, and disseminating datasets. These best practices should maximize FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while minimizing disclosure risk. You will work across teams to ensure our data is well-organized and thoroughly documented. 

You will serve as an internal advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are not only accurate and comprehensive but also easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.   

This is a full-time, Pew Research Center position. The position is funded by an external grant and limited to a two-year term.   Primary Responsibilities 

Develop optimization procedures to improve discoverability of our datasets on internal and external platforms 

Develop and maintain standards to improve accessibility of our microdata and tab plans by changing/adding formats and/or adding documentation 

Identify metadata documentation best practices and a process to implement those best practices at the Center 

Work with Legal to evaluate most appropriate license to publicly share the Center's survey data, including Creative Common options

Identify and correct processing inefficiencies in our data publication process 

Sit on the internal Disclosure Risk Taskforce 

Document analytical decisions and code to support transparency and replicability, including the development of a RACI chart for publishing code to recreate derived variables that are used in reports but are not included in the microdata 

Manage/create merged time series datasets for select Center datasets 

Identify a process for internally archiving data and projects that are no longer in active use 

Identify and implement a process to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to microdata 

Prepare and upload public-facing datasets and restricted-use datasets for external sharing. 

Train staff on FAIR principles and best practices in data archiving. Education/Training/Experience 

Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in library sciences, organizational management, or a related field.  

5-7 years of experience with data archiving, database management, or survey research. This may include graduate training at the MA/PhD level or equivalent experience in an applied setting. 

At least 3-5 years of experience applying FAIR and open science principles. 

Background in social science research or data curation. 

Experience in data management, archiving, or research support. 

Familiarity with FAIR principles, Creative Common licensing, data privacy principles, and exposure risk.

Proficiency in metadata standards and documentation tools. 

Experience managing research projects, including working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. 

Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and reproducible research workflows. 

 

 

Knowledge, Skill and Workplace Requirements 

Strong organizational and communication skills. 

Detail oriented with exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products. 

Ability to work independently to carry out special projects from start to finish. 

Ability to balance numerous tasks simultaneously. 

Ability to work collaboratively and collegially with other team members, as well as with staff from other Pew Research Center teams. 

Ability to balance competing priorities and identify optimal solutions 

 

FLSA Status: Exempt  

Compensation: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $100,000 - $120,000. 

Hybrid Work Schedule: Pew Research Center staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).  Staff may work virtually from remote locations on other days in a typical work week.
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Funding opportunity for empirical ($250k) or philosophical/theological ($100k) research projects on the "virtues and vices of spiritual yearning". Deadline for LOIs is February 1, 2026. aarweb.org/award/virtue...
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“Virtues and Vices of Spiritual Yearning” Funded Research Grants – AAR
The Virtues and Vices of Spiritual Yearning initiative, funded by Hillsdale College, invites interdisciplinary research proposals that explore the dual aspects of spiritual yearning. As traditional re...
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
PSA: That thing you got your kid for Christmas: USB charger blocks not included.
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Dana Foundation @danafoundation.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The #CivicScienceFellows program is accepting applications for 2026-27 host partners! The new cohort of #CivicScience Fellows will focus on change: change rooted in science, change rooted in communications, and change rooted in policy. Applications are due December 15.
Promotional image for Civic Science Fellows inviting applications for Host Partner positions. Includes the text 'Build connections. Change systems. Become a Host Partner for Civic Science Fellows, apply by December 15, 2025,' and features the Civic Science Fellows logo.
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
$25K fellowships for early career researchers studying the intersection of psychotherapy and relational virtues (e.g., gratitude, humility, forgiveness). Deadline Dec 15, 2025. mstargsu.substack.com/p/rfp-flouri...
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RFP: Flourishing and Relational Virtues in Psychotherapy
Flourishing and Relational Virtues in Psychotherapy
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Musical serendipity: quoting Mike Tyson while writing a grant proposal while Charlie Hunter comes up on shuffle... www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5CA...
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Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched In The Mouth
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Grants available for department and institution leaders at U.S. institutions who are willing to reimagine hiring, promotion, and tenure practices in ways that reward open science, team science, and diverse contributions to knowledge. Deadline January 8, 2026. www.ma3challenge.org
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Modernizing Academic Appointment & Advancement
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
If you're a data scientist interested in a full-time or part-time role working with developmental psychologists on cross-cultural data from parents and children, check out this position with the Developing Belief Network. Application review begins October 15, 2025. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Position: Full-Time Data Scientist, Developing Belief Network
Position: Full-Time Data Scientist, Developing Belief Network Description: We are looking for a full-time data scientist to join the Developing Belief Network, a global team of psychologists studying...
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
In case anyone else is overdue on deleting your academia.edu account, here's how (and why):
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Academia.edu - Find Research Papers, Topics, Researchers
Academia.edu is the platform to share, find, and explore 50 Million research papers. Join us to accelerate your research needs & academic interests.
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Seemay Chou @seemaychou.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
We did something radical that shouldn’t feel radical: we stopped funding science built for journals so that we can reimagine scientific publishing. First @arcadiascience.com. Now at @asterainstitute.bsky.social.
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
What search terms do you use in interdisciplinary literature searches to narrow your scope to (a) empirical work (vs. literature reviews or theory, say) and/or (b) research involving religion? docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Add your terms or comment here. 1 / 2
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religion and/or empirical research search terms
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Vogon rest stop confirmed. doi.org/10.3847/2041...
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Four Sub-Earth Planets Orbiting Barnard's Star from MAROON-X and ESPRESSO - IOPscienceSearchopens in new tabopens in new tabopens in new tabopens in new tab
Four Sub-Earth Planets Orbiting Barnard’s Star from MAROON-X and ESPRESSO, Basant, Ritvik, Luque, Rafael, Bean, Jacob L., Seifahrt, Andreas, Brady, Madison, Zhao, Lily L., Brown, Nina, Das, Tanya, Stü...
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Journal of Robustness Reports @robustnessreports.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
We are live! Introducing the "Journal of Robustness Reports" – a Diamond Open-Access journal dedicated to publishing short reanalyses of empirical findings. Check out our website and blog post about the journal: 🌐 scipost.org/JRobustRep 📄 www.bayesianspectacles.org/introducing-...
[Editorial: Introducing the Journal of Robustness Reports]
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The Navigation Fund's open science funding portfolio is now up and running with two RFPs, one for OS meetings and one for OS and AI. (See onward links at the bottom of this call for more.) It's all looking encouragingly nimble, and with a substantial annual payout for OS. os.nav.fund/meeting-fund/
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Open Science Meeting Fund 2025
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Deadlines are May 30:
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics" www.nber.org/papers/w33729
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The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Rapid response grants for cancelled NSF education-related grantees. Great work Spencer Foundation!!
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Great to see senior academics in cognitive development calling out current threats to foundational scientific study of how children learn and think while also praising collaborative innovations like the Open Science Framework and the Developing Belief Network.
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The Future of Cognitive Development in Challenging Times
Published in Journal of Cognition and Development (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Center for Open Science @cos.io · 01/05/2025
🛠️ Calling all open source developers! COS is looking to fund small dev projects that help improve the Open Science Framework (OSF). Python, Django, Angular.js devs—this one’s for you. Proposals due: May 14th, 2025. 🔗 cos.io/pose #DevGrants #OpenSource #OpenScience
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Funding for Open-Source Development to Advance OSF Integrations
The Center for Open Science (COS) is seeking proposals for open-source development projects that will improve usability, interoperability, and research workflows on the Open Science Framework (OSF)—a free, open-source platform maintained by COS to support researchers throughout the entire research lifecycle.
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Post-doc opportunities in religious cognition don't come up too often these days, but here's a good one in the Czech Republic with @martinlangcz.bsky.social www.muni.cz/en/about-us/...
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Postdoctoral researcher in social cognition | Masaryk University
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
In full accordance with the liturgical calendar of no one, today was the day to take the outdoor Christmas lights down, partly but mainly so the lawn guy didn't cut the cable.
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Melissa Kline Struhl @mekline.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Psych-DS is (1) spellcheck for your datasets and (2) a pathway to standardizing data in our academic fields that *everyone* can learn. And it's live RIGHT NOW! psych-ds.github.io (This is the announcement post I've been leading up to)
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Psych-DS
A specification for psychological datasets. JSON metadata, predictable directory structure, and machine-readable specifications for tabular datasets.
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
No relationship observed between religious service attendance and measures of mental health in a longitudinal UK household panel survey (1991-2009). Seems like there must be similar data available from other countries. Curious why more doesn't get published. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Does Religious-Service Attendance Increase Mental Health? A Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis Across 18 Years - Gabriele Prati, 2025
The study aimed to investigate the within-person relationship between religious-service attendance and mental health using data from the British Household Panel...
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 16/01/2025
srsly if you hate that publishers charge your grant $5-10K for open access, there's a simple solution don't write for those journals don't review for those journals don't edit for those journals Scientific Reports, Nature Comms, Comms Psych, Frontiers <- I auto-delete all their emails. easy 👍🏻
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 25/03/2025
I asked DeepSeek to develop a scale to measure addiction to addiction scale development and of course it delivered.
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This is now editable by anyone (as had been my original intention)... 71 societies or networks so far, but I'm sure there are lots more.
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Academic and professional networks for the study of religion: there are a lot! And some overlapping networks that focus on applied settings. What's missing? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Science/health and religion/spirituality societies
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Researchers who study religion: which specialty journals do you publish in or cite? Here's a publicly editable/shareable list of (so far) 32 journals covering the disciplinary water front: what's missing? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Speciality journals for scientific study of religion, spirituality, or non-religion
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Religion data for reuse! Those stories about U.S. religion you're currently seeing in the news? They're from the Pew 2023-2024 Religious Landscape Study. While anyone can explore the data with their online tools, Pew has also shared the underlying dataset: doi.org/10.58094/3kw...
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2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS) Dataset Archives
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The ARDA is the world's largest online religion data archive, with a lot of really great resources that bring that data to life for those who are interested in their communities, states, our nation, and the world. Subscribing to our newsletter (2 emails a month) will keep you up to date!
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Opportunity for ECRs interested in patience (state, trait, or virtue conceptualizations thereof) to get in on the ground level of a big team science project on patience in adversity: brights.artsandsciences.baylor.edu/patience-adv...
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Request for Proposals for Psychology Early-Career Scholars
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
A variety of new funding opportunities here for global philosophy of religion, including empirical or theoretical research, public engagement, and training: globalphilosophyofreligion.com/grants/
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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Which is fine. Errors need to be corrected and the community should be alerted. Retraction is not a bad thing; it's useful and necessary.
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Good opportunity to collaborate with Dutch researchers on replication studies--and a good model for other national and private funders to follow.
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
All the nostalgia here. They really didn’t know what was coming… Also, bonus feature: pipe-smoking father who loves beef at $1.89/lb or a $59.99 recliner that suits “almost any room”.
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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Full scholarships for 5-day residential Duke University Spirituality and Health Research Workshop (August 11-15, 2025) available for promising graduate students in developing countries and economically disadvantaged areas of the world. Full details: spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu/index.php/5-...
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21st Annual Course on Religion, Spirituality and Health – Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health
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simine vazire @simine.com · 18/12/2024
Starting in 15 minutes! Still time to register (I think!)
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Our project on the evolutionary dynamics of religion, family size and child success is now on bluesky 👇 Follow for updates on our cross-cultural research, which is getting to a particularly exciting stage of paper-writing 😊 (after a long slog of data collection in 6 countries!)
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James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The call for proposals for Metascience 2025 is open! We’re after ideas for sessions, talks, posters & online symposia. Deadline 7 February metascience.info/call-for-pro... And if you haven’t already, save the date! 30 June to 2 July #Metascience25 @briannosek.bsky.social @rorinstitute.bsky.social
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