Congratulations to the project “Core principles of responsible generative AI usage in research,” which received🏆2026 SIPS commendation! This is an expert-consensus framework that helps assess, document, and report whether the use of GenAI aligns with enduring principles of responsible GenAI use.

I'm very much calling out my own field here, psychology, more than any other field. We've largely ignored social and environmental determinants of mental health in our theories, models, prevention, and intervention efforts.

The 2026 Big Team Science Conference #BTSCON2026 will be held October 6-8, live (and recorded) on Zoom. Submissions and registration are OPEN NOW! bigteamscienceconference.github.io

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The goal of the Big Team Science Conference is to bring together a multidisciplinary group of researchers, funders, and stakeholders to discuss advancements, challenges, and future opportunities relat...

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🏆We are very pleased to announce the 2026 Awards Winners and Commendations recipients for the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science! 👏Join us in celebrating the exceptional projects that have revolutionized the field of psychological science. buff.ly/2lUKGFd

SIPS 2026 Awards Announced!

We are very pleased to announce the 2026 Awards Winners for the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science! Join us in celebrating the exceptional projects that have revolutionized the fi…

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Check out the new pop-up events by @improvingpsych.org ! ⭐You can now also submit under the ECR Pop-up category, introduced to provide a platform for ECRs, including grad students, to host events that further SIPS' mission. Excited to get to help with this as part of the outreach committee :)

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS)@improvingpsych.org · 2w ago

SIPS meetings happen once a year, but improving psychological science is a year-round endeavor! Because of this, SIPS is launching a Pop-Up Event series, where SIPS members can propose monthly unconferences, hackathons & workshops, open to everyone!💪 buff.ly/OFgUncY #OpenScience

To celebrate the openESM paper release, I wrote a brief blog post summarizing recent developments: openesmdata.org/blog/2026-07... We: 💠added more data 💠provided descriptive visualizations for each item 💠created a semantic similarity mapping for items, making it easier to find related items

Daniel Heck@danielheck.bsky.social · 3w ago

Our article introducing the #openESM database for experience samling data, led by @bsiepe.bsky.social, has now been published 🎉 Paper: link.springer.com/article/10.3... openESM interactive website: openesmdata.org GitHub repository: github.com/openesm-proj...

As a PhD student in Germany, I have been privileged to have opportunities to attend international conferences and events happening in Europe. While I feel very grateful to have this access now, and while I appreciate all the hardwork and countless hours that go into organizing these events...

How can AI & LLMs improve how science works? FORRT is delighted to host the AI in Metascience online conference. Please join us! 🗓️ 28–30 Sep 2026 · online · free Talks, workshops & hackathons — all career stages welcome. 👉 Submit by 31 Jul: forrt.org/ai-metascience #Metascience #OpenScience

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Call for submissions — FORRT AI in Metascience Online Conference, 28–30 September 2026, online. Deadline 31 July 2026.

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And so after a very brief hiatus, version 0.7.0 of "learning statistics with R" exists. Full rebuild in quarto, stylistic fixes, "epilogues from 2026" to comment on how the world changed since original publication, and as an added bonus, no longer misgenders the author learningstatisticswithr.com

Learning Statistics with R

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Grateful to have had the opportunity to attend the very first edition of the theory building summer school organised by the theory methods society at university of Amsterdam! It was an inspiring week full of exciting approaches to building and improving theories in psychology.

Excellent news! Nature is expanding Registered Reports to all the fields in which they publish! A great result by all those proposing this strong solution to publication bias and selective reporting (and getting expert feedback before data collection)! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Wonderful work, talk, and database by Björn. Highly recommended.

Psych #rstats Club @psychrstats.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🔊 ❗We are excited to be collaborating with Björn Siepe @bsiepe.bsky.social for a new free upcoming talk on openESM! The talk will be “Introducing openESM: A Database of Openly Available Experience Sampling Datasets.” Check out the flyer for more details. ✨Register now: forms.gle/2W2Mhh5V2vvY...

We had the privilege of hosting @bsiepe.bsky.social for this talk on the openESM database! 🎉✨ If you couldn't make it to the talk, you can now view the recording on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HPn... #ESM #openscience #rstats #intensivelongitudinaldata

Introducing openESM: A database of openly available experience sampling datasets by Björn Siepe

YouTube video by Psych #rstats Club

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Psych #rstats Club @psychrstats.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🔊 ❗We are excited to be collaborating with Björn Siepe @bsiepe.bsky.social for a new free upcoming talk on openESM! The talk will be “Introducing openESM: A Database of Openly Available Experience Sampling Datasets.” Check out the flyer for more details. ✨Register now: forms.gle/2W2Mhh5V2vvY...

This afternoon I took part in a demo of the 'openESM' initiative by @bsiepe.bsky.social hosted by @psychrstats.bsky.social. What a fantastic opportunity for those who are looking to explore or expand their research background with ESM data.

There is a position for a Postdoc (3+3 years) in my lab. If you are interested in studying goals, self-regulation, self-control, motivation, personality, well-being, personality development, and/or intra-individual variability with me, here is more information jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/0...

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x; as "Akad. Rat/Rätin auf Zeit": 3-year contract with a possible 3-year extension)

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Join @improvingpsych.org at #APS26BCN this month! Learn about recent advances in peer review & scholarly publishing, review current APS journal policies, & create an action plan to increase transparency & openness at APS journals #ScholarlyPublishing @priyasilverstein.com shares more ⬇️

Planning to attend the meeting for the Association for Psychological Science (APS) happening in Barcelona, Spain, on May 28-30, 2026? Join us for a series of SIPS-hosted sessions, SIPS at APS: Advances in Peer Review and Scholarly Publishing! #APS26BCN buff.ly/AZBTpM6

Participating Organizations

2026 APS Annual Convention Participating Organizations.

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I'm excited to co-host these sessions with @priyasilverstein.com! Come say hi and work together with APS attendees and editors to propose publishing innovations at APS journals! #PsychSciSky #SciPub

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS)@improvingpsych.org · 3mo ago

Planning to attend the meeting for the Association for Psychological Science (APS) happening in Barcelona, Spain, on May 28-30, 2026? Join us for a series of SIPS-hosted sessions, SIPS at APS: Advances in Peer Review and Scholarly Publishing! #APS26BCN buff.ly/AZBTpM6

🚨JOB ALERT! 🚨 PLEASE RT! 🚨 7 four-year PhD positions (75%) in DFG-funded Research Training Group “Flexibility and Balance as Characteristics of Adaptive Self-Regulation” in Saarbrucken, Germany. Starting date October 01, 2026. Official job ad: tinyurl.com/3v8b4chm (1/3)

🔊 ❗We are excited to be collaborating with Björn Siepe @bsiepe.bsky.social for a new free upcoming talk on openESM! The talk will be “Introducing openESM: A Database of Openly Available Experience Sampling Datasets.” Check out the flyer for more details. ✨Register now: forms.gle/2W2Mhh5V2vvY...

We're back with an exciting new talk on openESM (openesmdata.org) by @bsiepe.bsky.social !! Register now! ✨ #rstats #openscience

Psych #rstats Club @psychrstats.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🔊 ❗We are excited to be collaborating with Björn Siepe @bsiepe.bsky.social for a new free upcoming talk on openESM! The talk will be “Introducing openESM: A Database of Openly Available Experience Sampling Datasets.” Check out the flyer for more details. ✨Register now: forms.gle/2W2Mhh5V2vvY...

Preprint just accepted by Motivation Science! osf.io/preprints/ps... Despite decades of research, we do not have a clear or unitary definition of self-control! In this article, I discuss: • Is self-control an ability or a personality trait? • Should habits count as self-control? [...]

📅 Mark your calendars for #SIPS2027! The 2027 SIPS conference, organized in collaboration with the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science @aimosinc.bsky.social, will be held in November at the University of Melbourne, Australia. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Did you miss the Early Bird Registration Deadline for the virtual SIPS@SPSP 2026: “Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology?” Don't worry, you can still register at the normal rate! Don't miss the opportunity to join an exciting online meeting! buff.ly/kCs7HiI

Don't let the lack of funding stop you from attending #SIPS2026! SIPS has made a limited number of grants available to support SIPS members to attend the SIPS 2026 Meeting: 💸Student and postdoc travel support 💸Diversity travel support 💸Internet/technology funds (online SIPS) Apply by Feb 6!

SIPS 2026 Funding Opportunities

Please read the information below about each funding opportunity before applying. If you have any questions, you can reach out to sips@improvingpsych.org

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Link to read in full for free: rdcu.be/dI6BS

Rebecca Sear@rebeccasear.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"Behavioural scientists are increasingly calling for context as a key to addressing pressing problems caused by human behaviour. However, despite its powerful ability to generate contextual hypotheses on the basis of relatively simple rules, ecological thinking is rarely applied to human behaviour"

The first SORTEE (@sortee.bsky.social)–SIPS Leadership Meeting brought a vibrant discussion on how the two organizations, which share a similar mission but operate in different fields, can learn from and support one another. 🤝 Learn about the details from our blog post. 👇

Strengthening Open Science Across Disciplines: Highlights from the First SORTEE–SIPS Leadership Meeting

Blog post by Priya Silverstein and Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar On November 19th, 2025, members of the Executive Boards from the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biolog…

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📣We are excited to announce that FORRT is one of the few initiatives worldwide to be formally endorsed as a Programme of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (IDSSD, 2024–2033)! 🎉

I'd love to see more news like this. Two societies with overlapping goals coming together to share challenges and opportunities. That's how progress happens. 🤩

SORTEE@sortee.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Check the latest blog post about SORTEE's first joint meeting with @improvingpsych.org ✨ Board members from both societies met to explore shared challenges and opportunities for collaborations to strengthen open and rigorous science across fields. Read more here: sortee.org/blog/2025/12...

Join the virtual SIPS@SPSP 2026: Community Action Meeting — “Improving Open Science Resources for Social-Personality Psychology.” 💡 Topics: Registered reports, open data, replications, diversity & inclusion 🧠 Hands-on sessions + hackathons 🌍 All career stages welcome! 🔗

Preconferences | SPSP

Explore SPSP Annual Convention preconferences—specialized sessions offering in-depth insights, networking, and collaboration in personality and social psychology.

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