Development of Open Science at the Institute of Psychology
Here we show how Open Science was gradually introduced at the Department of Psychology
Open Science in published articles
Via the "Forschungsportal", our member Hilmar Brohmer has analyzed the open science practices (open data and materials, preregistration) used in published articles of the Department of Psychology over time. This analysis is updated on an ongoing basis.
A chronology of milestones
Since most GOSI members are recruited from the Department of Psychology at the University of Graz, we would like to give a brief overview of the establishment of Open Science at the Department of Psychology.
- WS 2014/15: Florian Schöngaßner and other technical assistants at the Institute establish PsychoPy as an open source alternative to commercial experimental programs
- SS 2015: Dr. Clemens Brunner offers master exercises on R (as an alternative to SPSS) and Python.
- WS 2016/17: Social Psychology under Prof. Katja Corcoran is the first section at the department to implement Open Science practices
- SS 2017 and WS 2017/18: Preregistration becomes mandatory for Master's students in Social Psychology; other departments will follow suit in the coming years
- SS 2018: The Spring Doctoral Congress, organized by the Social Psychology Section, has a keynote speech for the first time: Rima-Maria Rahal talks about the importance of open science in research
- WS 2018/19: PhD students Gabriela Hofer and Hilmar Brohmer, as well as Tony Ross-Hellauer from TU Graz, found the Graz Open Science Initiative, which from then on organizes journal clubs and events on the topic of Open Science
- WS 2018/19: Prof. Norbert Tanzer is the first researcher at the Institute to publish an article with accessible materials, data and a preregistration (as part of a multi-lab study, Klein et al., 2018, https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918810225)
- WS 2019/20: Dr. Karl Koschutnig establishes the BIDS format as the default output format for MRI data.
- WS 2020/21: The Graz Open Science Initiative organizes the first Open Science Day with workshops for young scientists
- SS 2021: Establishment of an Open Science exercise in the Master's program of Prof. Katja Corcoran and Hilmar Brohmer
- WS 2021/22: Christoph Anzengruber and Florian Schöngaßner develop the BIDS for PsychoPy add-on, for which they receive the Anton Schelnast Prize for Achievement and Innovation
- SS 2023: The Docotoral School Psychology (led by Prof. Stephan Vogel and Prof. Katja Corocran) is the first doctoral school at the University of Graz to introduce explicit Open Science recommendations
- WS 2023/24: The University of Graz's Development Plan 2025 includes a stronger emphasis on open science practices