ABRIRABRIR (Advancing Big-team Reproducible Science through Increased Representation) began as an initiative to identify the unique challenges faced by social science researchers from developing countries. In this endeavour, we have come across partner organizations that do brilliant work!
Hello from ABRIR!
We are excited to share a new update regarding our upcoming workshop series titled Increased Representation: A Vision for Inclusive Big-team Science to be held from Sept 22-24th 11AM – 7PM Eastern time, hosted by the Universidad de Sonora.
The Event:
The Increased Representation: A Vision for Inclusive Big Team Science workshop series is a SIPS Grants in Aid funded event that aims to build the gap towards inclusion for researchers from low to middle income countries. Towards that end, we have confirmed 23 speakers from about 15 countries to come and share their expertise around doing and leading big team science. Please find our program schedule below with details regarding the dates & times and panels for each session.
The Format:
Hosted by the Universidad de Sonora, Mexico, the workshop series will follow a hybrid format. This means that panels & workshop sessions from Day 1 & 2 will be pre-recorded and shared BEFORE the workshop dates from 22-24th Sept. These pre-recorded talks will also be supported by translated transcripts in different languages ( including Hindi, Portuguese, Bosnian/Serbian, and Spanish). The panels & workshops will have corresponding 40-minute Q&A sessions which will happen live in the first 40mins of the session.
Day 3, Hackathons, will be conducted live from 11AM – 6PM Eastern Time.
Recorded videos of all sessions (pre-recorded panels & live hackathons) will later be uploaded onto Youtube so that they can be freely accessible post the event. Please note that this will be done on a case-by-case basis as per speaker & participant consent. Non-video materials such as handouts or documents generated during the hackathon will be stored on an openly accessible OSF page.
Find our program at the link below!
We will reach out soon with more details about registering as attendees to our workshop. Please keep a close eye on our socials below. We are very excited to meet you at the workshop series!
ABRIR,
In 2021, three researchers came together to reflect on how psychological scientists from developing nations conducted research in academic infrastructure different from the Global North.
We hosted an un-conference at PSACON21, proposing a consortium of researchers from developing nations. While existing networks such as the Psychological Science Accelerator & ManyLabs have provided evidence regarding the collaborative research in non-WEIRD populations, that does not solve a greater challenge of inclusion. Psychological scientists and researchers from academically peripheral countries (predominantly in developing nations) face unique challenges pertaining to systemic structures, funding challenges, differences in the zeitgeist of psychological research, and pace of scientific advancement that may be different from scientists from academically strong countries. (Silan et al., 2021). A consortium of psychological scientists and researchers from developing nations would provide an opportunity to build mutually beneficial networks that could accelerate the pace of scientific advancement (with accelerated pipelines for conducting and disseminating scientific research) for such academics.
The un-conference at PSACON21 gave us the opportunity to get in touch with like-minded researchers from across the globe. Soon, a working group came together to devise early mission statements of what would eventually become – ABRIR.
Jan 2021, we won The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science’s Grants-In-Aid to Reduce Barriers to Improving Psychological Science. We extend our gratitude to a whole host of researchers who came together to extend their expertise: Hans Ijzerman, Miguel Silan, Christopher Chartier, Alma Jeftic, Nadia Corral-Frias, Neha Parashar, Natalia Dutra & Aishwarya Iyer.
This grant will be used towards our upcoming workshop series titled, Increased Representation: A Vision for Inclusive Big Team Science.
Our lofty goal: to reach 75-100 researchers from low-to-middle income countries to bridge the knowledge gap on improving participation & leadership in big team/open science organizations.
Check our Events page for more updated information regarding the upcoming workshop series, Increased Representation: A Vision for Inclusive Big Team Science.