Hello there,
We hope this email finds you well. This is FORRT's first-ever newsletter and with it, we hope to inform the larger community about our activities since we understand that many of you are extremely busy and may not be able to keep up with ongoing projects and conversations on Slack. This digest is intended to help you cut through the noise and stay involved. While trialing, we intend to send one digest every 4 to 8 weeks. We'd love to hear your feedback, email info@forrt.org if you have thoughts or questions.
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A highlight of the quarter
We are delighted to announce that our Glossary paper was published in Nature Human Behavior! A big thank you to the 112 collaborators who contributed to this amazing project! Check out the paper here! Here's the postprint, the open-access version at the publisher's website, and the full glossary on FORRT!
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Slack Roundup
- Our community has grown to 350+ folks! Welcome to all new members - we are so glad to have you here!
- FORRT presented its Open Educational Resources at ReproducibiliTea Groningen on January 17th, 2022, at the OpenAire on the 8th of February 2022, and multiple presentations at the Center of Open Science Unconference, which took place on February 24th/25th.
- We are submitting an application for the Einstein's Award. Keep your fingers crossed for us! If you know about Open Science/Scholarship awards that we should be applying for, let us know!
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Upcoming Meetings & Events
- We are hosting our very first virtual Open Day to introduce FORRT's ongoing projects to new members plus a Q&A with project leaders. Join us on 4th May at 18:00 CEST (17:00 UK, 12:00 EST). Register here: tinyurl.com/FORRTOpenDay.
- FORRT has multiple accepted presentation slots at the upcoming SIPS, OER22, and Edinburgh Open Research conferences!
- The #team-neurodiversity is meeting every other week, it meets every other Monday, from 17:00 to 18:00 CET (16:00 UK, 12:00 AM EST).
- The #team-outreach also has a jour fixe, it meets every other Tuesday, from 17:00 to 18:00 CET (16:00 UK, 12:00 AM EST).
- The #team-reversals is meeting every Wednesday, from 16:00 to 17:00 CEST (15:00 UK, 10:00 AM EST).
- Check out all these dates at our online FORRT Calendar.
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Project Updates
- FORRT's Glossary is entering phase 2. Check the project's page for more updates.
- FORRT's Impact of Open Scholarship on Students is ready to be submitted! Thank you to the 73 collaborators who made this review possible!
- FORRT's Reversals & Replications project just updated its list which now counts with 160+ entries across several disciplines.
- We are at the latest writing stages of our (somewhat ad hoc) project on "From replicability crisis to credibility revolution: Ways forward in psychological research". Stay tuned!
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Ongoing Conversations
- On #team-ideas, we are discussing a newly minted FORRT project which aims to provide an overview of Open Scholarship across social science disciplines.
- The #team-neurodiversity is currently working on finishing the writing of their manifesto aiming to give visibility to neuroatypical academics. In the meantime: check out their first blog post on "Navigating open scholarship for neurodivergent researchers".
- The #team-outreach is planning a lot of new content for you on our social media outlets!
- We have recently updated our code of conduct to reflect an open, welcoming, diverse, and inclusive community mission. We ask everyone at FORRT to read our CoC and abide by it in all FORRT-related interactions and spaces.
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Get Involved
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Join the Discussion
The majority of FORRT’s operations go through our Slack channel. We use it to keep everyone up-to-date, coordinate teams, and provide a platform for ongoing discussions on our projects. You can join us here. If you want to keep it more low-key for now, follow us on one (or all) or our other platforms below!
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