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Rrita Bajraktari

@rritabajraktari.bsky.social
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PhD student with Meta-science interest, and human being (not in that order) 📸Leap of faith

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
9 days left to submit an abstract to the 9th edition of the Perspectives on Scientific Error conference that will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, 27–29 January 2027, errorsin.science. It's my favorite conference combining philosophy of science, metascience, and statistics.
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Perspectives on Scientific Error 2027 · PSE9
Johanna Einsiedler, University of Copenhagen & University of Basel, johanna.einsiedler@sodas.ku.dk
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Sajedeh Rasti @sajedehra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We are excited to announce that we are going to broadcast the second day of Meta-Research Symposium 2026 (this Friday on October 9th) for those who were interested but unable to join in person. You can join the meeting using this link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"If persuasive devices cannot be clearly distinguished from QRPs, their use may undermine the integrity of scientific communication." New work by @rritabajraktari.bsky.social and Marcus Munafò doi.org/10.36850/b36...
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Scientific communication is often assumed to prioritize objectivity, yet persuasive strategies may subtly distort research interpretation. While the spread of errors in research is often attributed to methodological or statistical biases (Świątkowski & Dompnier, 2017), rhetorical strategies are less often considered questionable research practices, although they can be (Corneille et al., 2023). This study empirically investigates how authors and external readers perceive persuasiveness across different sections of scientific articles (Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion). Using a mixed-methods approach, we surveyed 15 authors of selected articles and 42 external researchers, asking them to rate paragraphs on persuasiveness and informativeness. No significant differences emerged between authors' and readers' perceptions (two-tailed t-tests), perhaps suggesting a shared awareness of persuasive strategies. However, significant section-based differences were observed: Abstracts and Introductions were rated as more persuasive than Methods, whereas Discussions were perceived as more persuasive than Results and Methods sections (p < .05). Participants also evaluated whether specific devices (e.g., spin, selective reporting, overgeneralization) constituted attempts to persuade. Six of the nine devices were identified as persuasive by over 80% of respondents (“Yes” or “Sometimes”). These findings, along with the overlap between persuasive devices and questionable research practices, raise questions about their ethical implications for research reliability and transparency.
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The program for the Perspectives on Scientific Error conference Februari 11 to 13 in Leiden is online! Registration is open! perspectivesonscientificerror2026.wordpress.com This is one of the most inspiring and fun metascience meetings around - lots of time to interact, great talks - so do come!
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Lisa Spitzer @lspitzer.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
@zpid.bsky.social is looking for a tenure track assistant professor for ✨Psychological Metascience✨! If you're passionate about #metascience & #openscience, consider applying!
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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Thrilled that @shreyadimri.bsky.social & I will be part of #LoveMethods26! We'll present on "How to avoid common problems in #SystematicReviews & #MetaAnalyses" 📅 Jan 19–23, 2026 | FREE | All online Everyone's invited to join the entire week of workshops! 🔗 excelscior.uc.pt/love-methods...
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Olivier Klein @olivierklein.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This post has not aged badly unfortunately.
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The 2024 edition was my favorite scientific meeting last year, lots of time to socialize, a nice dinner together, hearing about cutting-edge research from early career metascientists.
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 19/08/2025
Okay everyone, things are getting serious. I’m going to teach research methods again, 1st year psychology undergraduates. What would you cover with respects to philosophy of science, the research process etc.? I’m not very happy with the textbook stuff so I’m open to all ideas!
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Sajedeh Rasti @sajedehra.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Only a few days remained to submit your abstracts for presentation at PMGS Meta-Research Symposium 2025. Make sure to submit them before the end of July by filling the following form: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Sajedeh Rasti @sajedehra.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🚨 Registration is now open for the PMGS Meta-Research Symposium 2025! 📝 Abstract submissions are still welcome—deadline: July 31. Plus: join our mini-workshop on coordination using GitHub on the afternoon of October 16. Find all the details & sign up here: paulmeehlschool.github.io/2025-07-16-s...
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Registration Now Open: Meta-Research Symposium 2025 & Pre-Symposium Mini-Workshop | Paul Meehl Graduate School
We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the second round of the Paul Meehl Graduate School’s...
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Olivier Klein @olivierklein.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Very sad to learn that Helen De Cruz, who had been a constant online presence for me on Twitter and then here, passed away. Read her last blog post. A little gem on what we leave to others.
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Metascience 2025 is fully booked in London, but everyone can register for the 10 virtual symposia that will be held from June 16 through June 27. Register now! metascience.info/virtual-symp...
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Virtual pre-conference symposia - Metascience
In the two weeks leading up to the conference, Metascience 2025 will host a series of ten pre-conference virtual symposia. These sessions will be free to attend and held on Zoom.
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Rrita Bajraktari @rritabajraktari.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Thanks to *both* of my supervisors ! Presenting at the @bapsciences.bsky.social is even better with your supervisors looking at you like 'you can do it'! Thanks to them @olivierklein.bsky.social @paulbertin.bsky.social
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
A recent attempt by psychologists to create 'consensus' on smartphones and social media was a huge failure: www.newscientist.com/article/2480... The lesson here is that our field needs to learn how other disciplines actually reach consensus (much more slowly and inclusively!).
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Attempt to reach expert consensus on teens and phones ends in argument
There are a range of competing views on whether smartphones and social media are harmful to adolescents, and an attempt to settle the debate has instead sparked more disagreement
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Excellent presentation by @sajedehra.bsky.social today on the importance of more coordination in psychological science at the theory and open science meeting in Freiburg, which was so very lovely!
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
"Meta-science, in essence, involves the application of more rigorous methods than are presently used in the history and philosophy of science to answer questions about how science does and does not work best." Faust, 2005. doi.org/10.1002/jclp...
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Why Paul Meehl will revolutionize the philosophy of science and why it should matter to psychologists
Paul Meehl was a person of remarkable genius who made many seminal contributions to psychology and other fields. One of his most important, but less widely known potential contributions is the codeve....
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Rrita Bajraktari @rritabajraktari.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I just finished this incredible book and realized how little I truly understood about the replicability crisis and the story of priming. I think it is a must read for researchers. 📚 #replicabilitycrisis #ScienceBooks #Research #Meta-research #RuthLeys
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Caspar van Lissa 🟥 @cjvanlissa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I'm hiring a PHD candidate in Machine Learning-Informed Formal Theory Construction. Please encourage talented students to apply, or reach out if you want to collaborate. Looking for machine learning, theory development, and programming skills, and interdisciplinary interests! See tiu.nu/22752
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Job opening: PhD candidate in Machine Learning-Informed Formal Theory Construction (22752)
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The long awaited results of the Brazilian Reproducibility Network are in! Their final sample consists of 97 replications of 47 studies. The only coherent measure of replication, p<.05, shows a replication rate of 19%. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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UK Reproducibility Network @ukrepro.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Preprints are a form of research transparency; a way of uploading, describing and disseminating your scholarly article prior to peer review. What's your experience with preprints? What other transparent research practices do you do? #OpenResearch #Research #Preprints #Transparency
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Rrita Bajraktari @rritabajraktari.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Just found out about @archive.org ! I was looking for a book from 1990 for a research project, but couldn't find it... 🥁🥁🥁 #internetarchive Just had to log in, and I can now read it for free ❤️ Magic archive.org #academia
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Lisa Spitzer @lspitzer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Last call to all #psych researchers!📢 We’re conducting a quick survey on #preregistration and will use your feedback to improve @zpid.bsky.social's service PreReg! If you haven't participated yet, we'd greatly appreciate your input! Thanks!✨ Link: www.soscisurvey.de/zpid_prereg/ #OpenScience
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Rrita Bajraktari @rritabajraktari.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Indeed, it was a really nice week ! Thanks to everyone ✨
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Rrita Bajraktari @rritabajraktari.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I like the metaphor; Thank you to @deevybee.bsky.social for her presentation yesterday at the 4Ms Winter School! #InternationalWinterSchool #4Ms #Padova #Italia
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Lisa Spitzer @lspitzer.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Calling all #psych researchers!📢 We’re conducting a quick survey on #preregistration and will use your feedback to improve @zpid.bsky.social's service PreReg! If you haven't participated yet, we'd greatly appreciate your feedback! Thanks!✨ Link: www.soscisurvey.de/zpid_prereg/ #OpenScience
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UK Reproducibility Network @ukrepro.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
How do you make your work as widely accessible as possible? Watch our animated primer for an introduction to open access. www.ukrn.org/primers #AcademicSky #OpenResearch #Research #OpenAccess
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Open Access - a UKRN animated primer
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Platform for Young Meta-Scientists (PYMS) @youngmetascience.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Save the date! Our next in-person PYMS symposium will be held at Tilburg University on June 5th. Our event is made possible by an @opensciencenl.bsky.social meeting grant. Follow our page to be kept up to date, or join our mailing list: eepurl.com/i8xz7g
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Olivier Klein @olivierklein.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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DeepSeek’s Answers Include Chinese Propaganda, Researchers Say
Since the Chinese company’s chatbot surged in popularity, researchers have documented how its answers reflect China’s view of the world. Some of its responses amplify propaganda Beijing uses to discre...
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Tracey Weissgerber @tweissgerber.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
We're hiring an Assistant Researcher (R3, assistant prof level) in metaresearch to join the University of Coimbra EXCELScIOR project ERA-Chair metaresearch team (euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/311821, apply by Mar 4). Open to researchers from many fields working in metaresearch & research improvement.
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CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – Assistant Researcher in Meta-Research (reference: 101087416)
University of Coimbra opens a call for one Assistant Researcher Position, in the framework of the EXCELScIOR project “EXCELlent Science with Impact, Open and Reliable” (reference: 101087416), funded b...
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UK Reproducibility Network @ukrepro.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
UK Reproducibility Network has joined BlueSky! #AcademicSky #OpenResearch
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Lisa Spitzer @lspitzer.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Calling all #psych researchers!📢 We’re conducting a quick survey on #preregistration & would love your input on what features an ideal prereg platform should have. We will use your feedback to improve @zpid.bsky.social's service PreReg! Thanks!✨ Link: www.soscisurvey.de/zpid-prereg/ #OpenScience
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Rrita Bajraktari @rritabajraktari.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
We’re conducting a study on scientific writing and need your help! We are recruiting researchers in psychology or related fields. 🖊️ The survey takes 15 minutes and is completely anonymous. (Description below) Link: bristolexppsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Image: DALL-E (OpenAI)
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Rrita Bajraktari @rritabajraktari.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Amazing to see those kinds of posts ✨🎉
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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 23/10/2024
In celebration of SIPS's 10th annual meeting, please join us for a virtual warm-up event on December 18, 2024! Early reformers will discuss challenges and improvements in psychological science. Find out more and register: improvingpsych.org/sips-2025-pr...
A flyer for the event Early-reformers Discussion: Lessons From The Past Decade hosted online by SIPS, the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science. The event is on December 18, 2024. Duration 90 minutes. Starting time 11:30am Pacific, 2:30pm Eastern, 8:30pm Central Europe time zone. There are photos of the five speakers: Simine Vazire, Brian Nosek, Dorothy Bishop, Joe Simmons, and Leif Nelson, and the moderator, Balazs Aczel.
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 21/06/2024
“My hope for this is that it goes from something that was unimaginable until it happened, and then it was unthinkable not to do it,” says @ianhussey.bsky.social “You have to give people the permission, and incentive, to think in the first place that errors might exist.” www.wired.com/story/bounty...
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Science Is Full of Errors. Bounty Hunters Are Here to Find Them
A new project is paying researchers to find errors in other scientists’ work. The only problem? Even error hunters make mistakes.
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Rrita Bajraktari @rritabajraktari.bsky.social · 10/06/2024
Two interesting days ahead! #SwissRN #Reproducubility #Replicability #Zurichconference
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 13/05/2024
The Metascience conference is coming to London! June 30-July 2, 2025
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Rrita Bajraktari @rritabajraktari.bsky.social · 24/03/2024
I went to only 2 in person conferences in my life (yet), and the second was this one, at the Royal society, about Preregistration. Brilliant event!
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ERROR @error.reviews · 21/03/2024
We are currently looking for a reviewer with expertise in SAS. Domain knowledge in intergroup dynamics would be ideal, but is not a must. If you are interested or know someone who might fit this description, please let us know! Reply here or email: error.reviews/contact/
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CONTACT In case of any requests, queries, or questions, please email malte.elson@unibe.ch or ian.hussey@unibe.ch. Responsible for ERROR: Psychology of Digitalisation LabUniversity of Ber...
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