Scientific Reform

Renovating the Theatre of Persuasion. ManyLabs as Collaborative Prototypes for the Production of Credible Knowledge

In response to various perceived crises in science, changes to the organization, conduct and publication of science have been proposed and implemented under the label of ‘reform’. This paper dives into the new collaborative form of the ManyX study …

Scandal in scientific reform: the breaking and remaking of science

This perspective explores the Scientific Reform Movement and its links to scandalized claims, such as ‘science is broken’. It delves into the pivotal role of scandal in shaping and sustaining this movement, both rhetorically and politically and …

Tension Between Theory and Practice of Replication

A core problem that has been addressed in the scientific reform movement so far is the low rates of reproducibility of research results. Mainstream reform literature has aimed at increasing reproducibility rates by implementing procedural changes in …

The case for formal methodology in scientific reform

Current attempts at methodological reform in sciences come in response to an overall lack of rigor in methodological and scientific practices in experimental sciences. However, most methodological reform attempts suffer from similar mistakes and …