Research transparency is an approach that promotes open practices including registering studies, sharing study data, and publicly reporting research findings. By pre-registering research methodology and intended analyses, researchers tend to be more accountable by ensuring that they report the actual findings of the research, which in turn increases research credibility. By openly sharing data, it is possible to replicate studies, which allows the extension of research work.

This project builds on a previous project in 2018 whose objective was to share knowledge of research transparency techniques and their role in addressing the file drawer problem and publication bias. The project was implemented in a series of four workshops in two leading universities in Rwanda. The current study seeks to extend this study to Mount Kenya University in Kenya and incorporate the research transparency and ethics into an existing staff development program currently being rolled out at the university.

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