Our 2017 ASSA Session

Garret Christensen –BITSS Project Scientist BITSS organized a session on meta-analysis and reproducibility in economics for the recent Allied Social Sciences Associations (ASSA, but better known as the AEAs, the largest annual economics conference and job market for PhD economists) in Chicago. Chicago, as much of the country, was in the midst…

Recap of Research Integrity in Economics Session at ASSA 2015

By Garret Christensen (BITSS) BITSS just got back from the ASSA conference, the major annual gathering of economists. The conference largely serves to help new PhD economists find jobs, but there are of course sessions of research presentations, a media presence and sometimes big names like the Chair-of-the-Federal-Reserve in attendance. BITSS faculty…

Come Learn More About Research Transparency at ASSA/AEA

If you’re at the ASSA meetings in Boston this weekend, and you are interested in learning more about research transparency, then please stop by booth 127 in the exhibition hall to speak with BITSS and Center for Open Science representatives. Or you can attend our session Monday morning at 10:15am: “Promoting New…

This Monday at AEA2015: Transparency and Integrity in Economic Research Panel

This January 5th, 10.15am at the American Economic Association Annual Meeting in Boston, MA (Sheraton Hotel, Commonwealth Room). Session: Promoting New Norms for Transparency and Integrity in Economic Research Presiding: Edward Miguel (UC Berkeley) Panelists: Brian Nosek (University of Virginia): “Scientific Utopia: Improving Openness and Reproducibility in Scientific Research” Richard Ball (Haverford College): “Replicability…

AEA 2014: The Use of Pre-analysis Plans and Other Transparency Approaches in Economics

By Guillaume Kroll (CEGA) BITSS held a session on research transparency at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association on January 5 in Philadelphia. UC Berkeley economist Ted Miguel, who was presiding over the session, kicked off the discussion by highlighting the growing interest in transparency across social science disciplines.…

BITSS Affiliates Advocate for Higher Transparency Standards in Science Magazine

In the January 3, 2014 edition of Science Magazine, an interdisciplinary group of 19 BITSS affiliates reviews recent efforts to promote transparency in the social sciences and make the case for more stringent norms and practices to help boost the quality and credibility of research findings. The authors, led by UC Berkeley…