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Love Replications Week

Love Replications Week, will take place online from 2 to 6 March 2026. You may already be familair with similar events, such as Love Data Week and Love Methods Week, and now the newly launched Love Replications Week aims to promote awareness of the importance of replication studies for reliable science and to impart practical knowledge on how to conduct them. Love Replications Week is organised by GRN members the Münster Centre for Open Science and FORRT. We are delighted to be a cooperation partner of the event and will also be represented with our own contributions (indicated by the corresponding symbol in the programme). Click here for a complete overview of the programme and links for free registration.

DGPA joins the German Reproducibility Network

We are very pleased to announce that the the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychophysiologie und ihre Anwendung (DGPA) has joined the German Reproducibility Network (GRN) as an academic society member. By joining the network, the DGPA supports the goals of the GRN and contributes to the broader effort to promote open and robust research practices.

We look forward to working with the DGPA to advance our shared goals!

GRN Election: New and Re-elected Steering Committee Members

As the year comes to a close in 2025, we are delighted to announce that three seats of the GRN Steering Committee were newly elected and we welcome on board now: Athar Khodabakhsh representing the Network of Open Science Initiatives (NOSI), Sebastian Ocklenburg representing the Interest Group for Open and Reproducible Science (IGOR) and, Ruth von Brachel representing the Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum für psychische Gesundheit (FBZ).

We are also very pleased to announce that two of our incumbent Steering Committee members, Gordon Feld and Maximillian Frank, have also been reelected. The Steering Committee is looking forward to the fresh contributions that our new members will make in the years ahead!

Open Science Interest Group (OSIG) at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg joins the German Reproducibility Network

Congratulations to the Open Science Interest Group (OSIG) based at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg on their first OpenScience Conference and for joining the GRN!

You can check out their great work here

It was also a pleasure to attend, support OSIG, and present the GRN!

Upcoming

OSPARK Bootcamp · April 22, 2026

we are very pleased to cooperate with the Digital Research Academy and its partners in order to bring the following project to your attention. The OSPARK Bootcamp is a free training program aimed at improving marketing and outreach, specifically for initiatives from the Open Science community.

The program includes a 6-week online course (starting June 10, 2026) as well as a 2-day onsite workshop in Munich (July 23–25, 2026). Participants will gain practical communication skills, benefit from peer exchange, and work directly on improving the visibility of their own initiatives.

Participation is free of charge, as the project is funded by the European Union. Further information and the opportunity to apply (deadline: May 10, 2026) can be found here

We encourage all interested members to apply and take advantage of this opportunity.