Didn't read yet but sounds like valuable work (curious how hypothesis/model generation based on qual findings fits there)

moin syed@syeducation.bsky.social · 7d ago

New paper! Despite qualitative researchers claiming that generalizability is not a goal, their published work does indeed contain generalizable claims. We document this and provide recommendations for how all researchers can better calibrate their generalizability claims. doi.org/10.1177/2515...

Back of the envelope calculations: 3600 years of research time went into the collective application process. The research will fund 3200 years of research. We are 400 research years poorer as a result of this. 1/2

Anna Neumaier@annaneumaier.bsky.social · last wk.

Alter. 21627 Einreichungen auf ein Fellowship-Programm. Wer soll das alles begutachten? 😶‍🌫️ Wer jetzt nicht für mehr Grundförderung und weniger Drittmittel argumentiert, der ist doch nicht gescheit.

Not too long ago applied for a couple of psych positions & was rejected bc didn't have formal psych degree (wasn't in requirements)-- last year applied one again, emailed to ensure a degree wasn't required and when not invited to interview they said they nonetheless "strongly prefer" psych degrees

Veli-Matti Karhulahti@mkarhulahti.bsky.social · last wk.

When anyone is hiring & getting 100-300 full applications they're totally failing the recruitment job-- one should either know what they want (= requirements that few meet) or cast a broader net but ask only 1 short doc for screening

Let's talk about the bristlemouths, 13 species of bioluminescent deep-dwelling ocean fish in genus Cyclothone. There are a lot of them. Like, a lot. Specifically, our best guess is there are a million billion (1E15) bristlemouths on Earth. Making them the most populous vertebrate on the planet.

When anyone is hiring & getting 100-300 full applications they're totally failing the recruitment job-- one should either know what they want (= requirements that few meet) or cast a broader net but ask only 1 short doc for screening

Joe Bak-Coleman@jbakcoleman.bsky.social · last wk.

There’s of course the annoying part of this but there’s also the interesting Metascience. If you’re consuming the time it takes for 100-300 postdocs to apply, perhaps a half day or day per application, you’re consuming upwards of a year of postdoc funding just to run the search.

For too long, researchers have donated their reviewer labor to large corporations whose interests don't align with scholarly values. They have done this partly because diamond open access journals have seemed marginal in some fields,

If there's something positive in the ai/science discourse it has made more ppl reflect on why humanity keeps doing science beyond instrumental accounts-- for some, not only is the pursuit of knowledge inherently valuable but also defines collective curiosity & shapes our other values

New research adds to the small number of first-person or qualitative accounts of the experiences of adults with Developmental Language Disorder. From @tkalan.bsky.social, @mkarhulahti.bsky.social, and @karlamcgregor.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1525/coll...

Excellent summary & reminds me of what @togelius.bsky.social wrote some time ago (link in reply)

Joanna Bryson@j2bryson.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is outstanding. It's also long so my "tl;dr it all" recs are: 1) Para 5 IMO the key diagnosis on #genAI and human (esp. academic) labour that not enough people are saying. 2) P17 is what I myself tell people worried about the #futureOfWork. 3) P18 develops from 17. #AIEthics #mathematics 1/2

Incredibly important work surfacing the risks and needs for improving processes for responsible data sharing.

Institute for Replication@i4replication.bsky.social · 3w ago

1/ What is the prevalence of personally identifiable information (PII) in author-collected data publicly shared in the social sciences? We audited 327 replication packages from 11 leading journals in economics, political science, and psychology Answer: surprisingly high 🧵

Well now

China launches largest-ever academic misconduct crackdown after PhD dropout blogger’s exposés - VnExpress International

China's top basic-research funder has disclosed its largest-ever batch of academic misconduct cases, including prominent scientists investigated after allegations by a PhD dropout went viral.

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Finland also cancelled the planned law for banning social media for under 15 yesterday (but here due to disagreement on how to effectively implement it)

Eiko Fried@eikofried.bsky.social · 2mo ago

French court blocks social media ban, arguing it infringes upon freedom of expression and privacy. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

@smbccomics.bsky.social makes relatable content again

Didn't read but the topic deserves frequent attention-- not surprising anymore that game companies can simply break & ignore consumer law but decision-making ppl should reflect on this seriously

Leon Xiao@leonxiao.com · 4w ago

The European Commission requires companies to disclose the presence of loot boxes in video game advertising. However, we found that only 2.4% of Irish social media ads for popular games containing loot boxes were compliant with EU consumer law: doi.org/10.1080/1360....

Ten days ago we criticised psych science for having published just 1 qual paper & not expressing interest in qual work, now they explicitly welcome descriptive qual papers-- this is exactly the kind of action and progress needed! bsky.app/profile/mkar...

Julia M. Rohrer@dingdingpeng.the100.ci · last mo.

Psychological Science special issue call 📣 Ever had your research denigrated bc it's "only descriptive", "what's the mechanism though?" and "but what are the theoretical implications?" Now has come your time to shine. Send your best descriptive work! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

A personal essay about how I’ve been feeling and thinking about this new technology that I’m contributing to and what it might to do to us all. togelius.blogspot.com/2026/08/losi...

new short paper "High-Impact Psychology Journals Fail to Publish Qualitative Studies"-- there's been a lot of discussion about possible bias against qual work in psychology & related fields but limited evidence, so we took a closer look at what's out there 1/ swisspsychologyopen.com/articles/10....

This needs frequent visibility, as many ppl still don't know-- also saying this from a place where I've both published & reviewed there in the past but it's 2026 now and winds have changed

Eiko Fried@eikofried.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Been saying this for years: Don't submit to Frontiers. Don't peer-review for Frontiers. It's long been considered a predatory publisher by many in the field, including many who have worked as editor there.

Tässä sama ongelma kuin ERCn aiemmin ilmoittamassa muutoksessa, joka peruutettiin kun huomattiin ongelma: karenssi tulee pisteistä 1-4, jonka asettaa ilmeisesti edelleen paneeli (eli edustaja joka lukee hakemuksen)-- rangaistukset eivät tule ammattiarvion perusteella vaan panelistin mutu-tuntumalla

Vera Mikkilä@veramikkila.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Suomen Akatemian akatemiahankehakua uudistetaan. Niin tavoitteiden kunnianhimon kuin hankkeiden rahoituksen tasoa nostetaan. Samalla mukaan astuu vuoden hakukarenssi hakijoille, jotka saavat arvosanan 1-4 (asteikolla 1-6). Ensimmäiset karenssit tulevat voimaan 2027 avautuvassa haussa. Lue lisää:

Those working in the UK: is it normal to collect data there without a privacy and research notification for consenting participants?

British Psychological Society@bpsofficial.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What should the minimum age be for social media access? This is one of the key questions in the government’s consultation on children’s online experiences, including how we support safer & healthier digital environments. Help shape our response: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

The process has taken almost 3 years now & the paper remains published in NHB without an expression of concern-- the main design flaw we outline is retraction-size and so simple that it can be understood with primary school math, curious if/when Nature ever finds the time to correct the literature

Nick Huntington-Klein@nickchk.com · 5mo ago

From @mkarhulahti.bsky.social, me, @nballou.bsky.social, and Ivan Ropovik, newly accepted at Collabra: Psychology. This concerns a Nature: Human Behavior publication on the impacts of a Chinese anti-gaming policy. The paper has serious flaws making its results unsupportable. osf.io/preprints/ps...

I sympathise with review pressures but cannot believe this is anywhere near an optimal solution: the ERC panel review is the weakest part of the process, based on short summaries & non-topic experts-- punishments will be given unfairly, not even based on the actual B2 applications

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · 6mo ago

The number of grant applications is rising sharply. Our capacity for their evaluation isn’t. ERC President Maria Leptin explains why stricter resubmission limits are being introduced for 2027 calls and what they mean for applicants. 🔗 link.europa.eu/xF7kjc

how I feel when open science initiatives choose to publish in Nature

Finally here! i've got super high hopes for this new platform especially after earlier T&F experiences-- will keep submitting & others should too, all fingers cross for its success

Katie Corker@katiecorker.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Open Research Europe is re-launching with a new platform, and broader set of supporters, this fall. It uses the publish-review-curate model. "Publishing will remain completely free for both European Commission-funded researchers and authors from participating countries." home.cern/news/news/ce...

The @ec.europa.eu journal Open Research Europe has been a total mess every time we submit: undisclosed AI proofreading, AI reviewers & AI editors-- now a colleague getting a rejection without any information. Why @erc.europa.eu accepts this as paid service from F1000 (by Taylor & Francis)? 🧵

Once again, a long post with strong opinions. It's probably twice as long as it should be, it's also repetitive and written in affect. And you probably disagree with my argument. So maybe you shouldn't read it. On the other hand, most things worth reading are written in affect.

The nonprofit journal classification JUFO needs your input. Starting 2026, journals are ranked from "none" to Levels 1 and 2-- here you can directly influence scientific assessment. Leave positive notes for journals that deserve it, negative for crappy venues julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/prop...

Propose changes to the level classifications of publication channels

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Null results as such isn't the problem, sometimes null is surprising itself (something that should work *doesn't* after all)-- this is rather an epistemic problem where ppl feel the need to claim meaning for their work via binary significance rhetoric that's simple enough for the internet

Ryan Briggs@ryancbriggs.net · 8mo ago

I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.

European Commission's formal analysis of TikTok has concluded today & finds it to represent 'addictive design' --great that someone is doing this work but would really appreciate some transparency in the process so that experts (like myself) could understand ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

First post of the year, new paper out today: we present possibly the biggest case of systematic Measurement Schmeasurement in tech use. It seems that most studies on gaming (videogame) addiction/disorder haven't measured gaming after all. This research took years, so long 🧵 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

Confusion in gaming disorder measurement

Abstract. Measurement is important for the scientific programmes of addictive behaviours. In the present study, we investigated the measurement of gaming d

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