Help us shape hands-on guidance that improves research reproducibility. At the end of this month, OSIRIS will host two small, online co-creation workshops (each with 8–10 participants) to refine practical resources currently under development. We warmly invite colleagues from scholarly journals and funding organisations to join, share experiences, and co-design tools that make reproducible practices easier to implement in day-to-day workflows.

WORKSHOP 1: For Journals (Editors & Reviewers)

Theme: Good-practice guidance for editors/peer reviewers to encourage and embed reproducible research
When: Friday, 24 October, 11:00–13:00 (Central European time, Prague)
Format: Interactive small-group discussion (8–10 participants)

You will:

  • Review and give feedback on draft OSIRIS resources for editors and reviewers
  • Share approaches to common reproducibility challenges in peer review and editorial decision-making
  • Co-create practical guidance and checklists that can be adopted by journals of different sizes and scopes

WORKSHOP 2: For Funders

Theme: Guidance to embed reproducibility into funding design, assessment, and monitoring
When: Friday, 31 October, 11:00–13:00 (Central European time, Prague)
Format: Interactive small-group discussion (8–10 participants)

You will:

  • Provide feedback on draft OSIRIS resources tailored for program officers and funding schemes
  • Exchange practices on incentivising transparency, sharing, and verification across the grant lifecycle
  • Co-design actionable guidance and review prompts aligned with funder processes

Who should attend

  • Journal editors, associate editors, section editors, and peer reviewers
  • Funder program officers, panel/board members, policy leads, and monitoring & evaluation specialists

Why participate

  • Direct impact: Your insights will directly shape openly available OSIRIS teaching modules and practical tools
  • Community learning: Compare real-world approaches with peers facing similar challenges
  • Actionable outputs: Co-create guidance you can immediately adapt within your journal or funding programme

How to join / Express interest

  • Capacity is limited to keep discussions focused. To express interest or ask questions, please contact:
    Stefan Wouters – OSIRIS via email at: S.Wouters@umcutrecht.nl
  • When writing, please indicate which workshop (Journals or Funders) you’d like to join. Feel free to suggest additional colleagues who would bring valuable perspectives.

Help us spread the word

  • If you work with editors, reviewers, or funders who care about robust, reproducible science, please share this invitation with them. Thank you for helping us build practical, community-driven guidance!

About OSIRIS (Open Science to increase Reproducibility in Science): OSIRIS develops training and tools that make open and reproducible research practices easier to adopt across the research ecosystem.

OSIRIS “Creating Trust in Open Science & Reproducibility through Accessibility and Transparency!”