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FORWARD (FORRT for World Development):
Fostering Open Research & Reproducibility Worldwide for Accessible Research & Development FORRT is launching FORWARD, a global programme aligned with UNESCO’s International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (2024–2033). FORWARD strengthens science as a public good by tackling inequities in access, representation, and research integrity, especially affecting scholars in the Global South and marginalized communities.
The programme is built around three pillars:
📚 an Open Science Curriculum Hub with multilingual, reusable teaching materials;
🔁 a Replication & Reproducibility Hub to improve research reliability;
⚖️ RESOLVE, which develops tools to diagnose and address inequities in participation and recognition. All outputs are openly licensed and locally adaptable, enabling educators, researchers, NGOs, and policymakers to embed open science in practice. Backed by FORRT’s 1,500+ member global community across 50 countries, FORWARD scales a proven, justice-centered model for inclusive, reproducible, and sustainable science - so no knowledge, and no researcher, is left behind. |
Join the Programme Committee:
FORRT AI for Meta-Science Workshop FORRT is preparing an online workshop on AI for Meta-Science in Spring 2026 — and we’re assembling a Programme Committee! We’re seeking volunteers to help shape the workshop’s themes, craft the call for submissions, and organise sessions. Possible focus areas include: AI-assisted data extraction Error and anomaly detection Automating systematic reviews Generative tools for reproduction/replication Bias and ethical issues in AI-driven meta-science
➡️ Interested? Contact Lukas Wallrich.
Let’s build something exciting together! ✨ |
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Launching the Open Research Games Portal!
FORRT’s new, crowdsourced hub gathers games and activities that teach open and reproducible research — from quick icebreakers to deeper learning tools.
🌍 Explore & Discover
Search by topic, FORRT Cluster, gameplay style, and more. Each entry includes gameplay info, teaching tips, and links to access the game. 📖 Contribute
Add missing details or submit new games through our simple forms — no need to have played them yourself! |
New Journal Launch: Replication Research (R2)
Why R2 matters
Reproducibility and replicability are essential but still undervalued. R2 aims to shift research culture by championing rigor, transparency, open peer review, and social responsibility. The journal supports authors with clear standards and practical guidance. 📖 What we publish
High-quality replications, reproductions (using original data), and methodological or conceptual contributions on repetitive research across disciplines. We invite you to read the editorial, explore the journal, and consider R2 for your future work. |
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Love Replications Week | March 2–6 | 🔍 What is Love Replications Week? Love Replications Week is an open, community-driven initiative where you can: Learn how to do reproduction and replication studies Join or submit local or virtual events Celebrate the role of repeatability in trustworthy science
Replication (new data) and reproduction (same data) are core to research integrity - yet they’re still too rare. This week highlights why they matter across disciplines. Each day, there will be a 15 minutes online presentation on a specific topic, followed by 15 minutes for Q&A. Let’s strengthen science together—one replication at a time. 💙 |
Making Replications Count Hackathon
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Three days.
Four open tools.
One goal: make replication studies impossible to ignore.
Travel & accommodation covered (UKRI-funded).
We’ll build: Looking for coders, data wranglers, UX folks & open science enthusiasts.
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Interdisciplinary Minds, Collective Impact
Big ideas, shared values, collective impact. ✨ |
FORRT Outreach - New members!
Help shape how we share FORRT’s mission. We’re recruiting new Team Outreach members to craft our monthly newsletter, create social media content, and dream up fresh ways to spread the word (bring your ideas!). Great fit if you: enjoy creative science communication want to make a real impact in open scholarship are open to learning — no prior experience required
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Find out about ongoing projects you can get involved with, and where to contact to find out more. |
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Learn how to join our efforts toward advancing research transparency, reproducibility, rigor, and ethics through pedagogical reform. |
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Many FORRT project teams meet regularly, and anyone is welcome to join. |
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We ask everyone at FORRT to read our CoC and abide by it in all FORRT-related interactions and spaces. |
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Selection of previous FORRT publications you might have missed: Azevedo, F., Parsons, S., Micheli, L., Strand, J., Rinke, E., … & FORRT. (2019). Introducing a Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT). Röseler, L., Kaiser, L., Doetsch, C. A., Klett, N., Seida, C., Schütz, A., … Zhang, Y., Mr. (2024). The Replication Database: Documenting the Replicability of Psychological Science. Pownall, M., Ghai, S., Fassi, L., Hayes, G., Schaaf, M., Chin, C., … Orben, A. (2024). What does Open Science mean for Educational Technology Research? Challenges, Opportunities, and a Call for Research.
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