The overarching theme of this conference is to position the challenge of reproducibility and replicability as a behaviour-change problem that when addressed can lead to culture change within research. The participation of early career researchers will be a will be a strong and prominent thread throughout the conference.
The programme will focus on the following areas:
- Infrastructure and tools that make behaviour change possible or easier, led, for example, by service providers of open data infrastructure or publishing mechanisms
- Normative changes, for example, led by peer-led/grassroots groups who are trying to establish new norms in their communities
- Incentives and research assessment, for example, led by funders, research institutions, and publishing platforms/journals
- Policies, for example, set by funders, research institutions, journals and research infrastructures