Workshop: Introduction to Open Science and Pre-Registration
Open Science is becoming increasingly important across scientific disciplines. This two-part workshop introduces participants to the core principles of Open Science and preregistration, including reproducibility, questionable research practices, and transparent research methods. In a practical hands-on session, participants will also learn how to create a preregistration using the Open Science Framework (OSF).
- https://www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties/ggn/events/workshops/opensci_prereg_engl
- Workshop: Introduction to Open Science and Pre-Registration
- 2026-09-10T14:00:00+02:00
- 2026-09-10T15:30:00+02:00
- Open Science is becoming increasingly important across scientific disciplines. This two-part workshop introduces participants to the core principles of Open Science and preregistration, including reproducibility, questionable research practices, and transparent research methods. In a practical hands-on session, participants will also learn how to create a preregistration using the Open Science Framework (OSF).
Sep 10, 2026 from 02:00 to 03:30 (Europe/Berlin / UTC200)
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At a Glance
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Abstract
Open Science has become increasingly important across many scientific disciplines. In some academic appointment procedures, a strong orientation toward Open Science is now even considered a desirable qualification for professorships. But what exactly does Open Science mean, and what are its core principles? What are questionable research practices, and how can preregistration help to document transparent and methodologically sound research?
These questions will be addressed during the first session of this two-part workshop. The second session focuses on different forms and structures of preregistration as well as a hands-on preregistration exercise using the Open Science Framework (OSF). Finally, participants will discuss the opportunities and limitations of preregistration. This workshop is intended for students and researchers from all disciplines who would like to learn more about Open Science and establish preregistration as a natural part of their research process.
Itinerary
Thursday, 10.09.2026, 14:00 – 15:30
Introduction to Open Science and questionable research practices:
- Reproducibility and the replication crisis
- Publication bias and p-hacking
- HARKing and selective reporting
- Core principles of Open Science:
- Open Access
- Open Data
- Open Materials
- Open Code
- Preregistration
- Registered Reports
- Introduction to Open Science infrastructures such as OSF and the Center for Open Science
- Logic and structure of preregistration
- Practical group exercise: hypothesis-driven vs. exploratory analyses
Tuesday, 15.09.2026, 14:00 – 15:30
Practical workshop on preregistration:
- Types of preregistration and Registered Reports
- Structure of a high-quality preregistration
- Common mistakes and challenges
- Practical group exercise: drafting a mini-preregistration in OSF
- Discussion of opportunities and limitations of preregistration
The Instructor
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gisch is Professor of Nutritional Psychology at JLU Giessen. She works in a research field in which transparent, traceable, and reproducible research is becoming increasingly important. Through her academic experience, she is highly familiar with the challenges of modern research practice, including issues related to bias, reproducibility, and methodological quality.
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