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Join us for the

10th BITSS Annual Meeting

Online, February 10-11, 2022
The BITSS Annual Meeting brings together actors from academia and research, scholarly publishing, and policy to share knowledge and discuss efforts to advance transparency, reproducibility, credibility, ethics, and inclusion in science. This will be a fully virtual event and will run 8 am - 12:30 pm PT on February 10th and 11th.

This year’s keynote address will be given by 2021 Nobel Laureate David Card (UC Berkeley), who will discuss the credibility (r)evolution in economics. Learn more about some of our sessions below and stay tuned for the full program agenda on our event page.
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This year’s keynote address will be delivered by 2021 Nobel Laureate David Card (UC Berkeley), who will discuss the credibility revolution in empirical research.
Panel: Transparency in Policy Analysis
 
This panel will highlight new initiatives that aim to introduce the principles of open science into policy analysis. Fernando Hoces de la Guardia (UC Berkeley) will demonstrate how the Open Policy Analysis (OPA) framework has been used to evaluate the impact of deworming interventions. Jason DeBacker (University of South Carolina) will discuss the policy simulation library, an open-source software library for public policy decision making. Max Ghenis (PolicyEngine) will introduce PolicyEngine UK, an open source app for tax and benefit microsimulation.
Updates: Social Science Prediction Platform and Social Science Reproduction Platform

BITSS developed two digital platforms that aim to democratize access to scientific knowledge. Join to learn what's new and contribute feedback on the future development of each platform.
About BITSS

The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) works to strengthen research integrity by promoting transparency, reproducibility, and openness across the social sciences. BITSS is an initiative of the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), headquartered at UC Berkeley.

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