Events
Good Research Practice Course
In October we offer once again our Good Research Practice course for early career researchers.
October 17 and 24, 2025, 9:00-17:00h, presence course
Find more information here.
Open Science Retreat 2025
The Open Science Retreat 2025 takes place from 13 to 17 April 2025 in Beatenberg is co-organised by the CRS, Open Innovation in Life Science and Digital Research Academy. The retreat is a week full of scientific discussions and reflections, getting work done, making new friends and resetting. It follows an unconference model, where participants will propose and vote on session topics at the beginning of the retreat. Like this, the content is highly relevant and tailored to the participants’ interests and current challenges in open science. They will then work in self-selected topic groups throughout the retreat. The two previous editions of the Open Science Retreat produced a high number of tangible output (more than 6 deliverables in 2023 and 13 in 2024) which ranged from a survey on the uses of large language models in open science to an open science course syllabus template including a collection of relevant resources and exercises. The course syllabus, for example, was since used in the EU Commission funded, EUniWell, project in developing training. Additionally, the Open Science Retreat offers two workshops, one on well-being and career development and one on open science in grant writing.
The retreat is financially supported by SNSF Scientific Exchanges (Grant number: 232539), Swiss National Open Research Data Strategy Council, Wikimedia Foundation and HANELA Foundation.
Contact: Rachel Heyard (rachel.heyard@uzh.ch)
UZH Reproducibility Day 2023
February 9, 2023
A day devoted to transparent and reproducible research practices.
For more information and detailed program, see here reprozurich.org
Find all presentations and downloads of the Reproducibility Day 2023 on OSF.
Open by Default? Open Science in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften
Offene Diskussion mit Expert:inneninput von
- Ulrike Wuttke, Digital Humanities, Fachhochschule Potsdam
- Beat Immenhauser, Delegierter für Open Science, Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften
- Tobias Hodel, Digital Humanities, Universität Bern
- Jenny Hahs, Qualitative Sozialwissenschaften, Qualiservice, Universität Bremen
und anschliessendem Apéro am 19. September, 2022, 16:30 Uhr, DSI-Eventraum SOC-E-010, Rämistrasse 69, 8001 Zürich.
Scientifica 2021: Covid-19 vaccines – from laboratory to regulatory approval
Science Café ETH, Polyterasse, Bar bQm. 4. September, 2021, 13:30 - 14:30
The development of mRNA vaccines is perhaps one of the greatest medical research success stories of the last decade. It has led to the use of very effective vaccines against covid-19 and has thus been instrumental in shortening the pandemic. RNA vaccines, unlike traditional vaccines, contain only the genetic information of the virus. The cells of the vaccinated individuals use this artificially produced genetic information to produce the specific antigen themselves and can thus naturally target the infectious disease in the event of subsequent contact with the virus. Join experts from a variety of disciplines to discuss the translational steps from basic science to large-scale clinical trials to regulatory approval. This Science Café is organized by the Center for Reproducible Science at the University of Zurich.
Panelists:
- PD Dr. Steve Pascolo, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich
- Professor Stephen Senn, PhD, Statistical Consultant
- Dr. Cristina de Min, MD, Drug Development Senior Expert
- Anna-Katharina Ehlert, Moderation
Scientifica 2021: Synthetic naturally
Scientifica 2021: “Open up Your Research“: A game about conventional or Open Science!
Workshop (German) Center. 5. September, 2021, 11:30 - 12:30
Workshop (English) Center. 5. September, 2021, 14:30 - 15:30
Play the new game “Open up Your Research” at the Open Science Workshop. We will follow the researcher Emma on her way to a PhD. You get to decide at each stage whether Emma should practice an open science approach or go the conventional route. The majority decides what Emma’s research process should look like. What will await Emma at the end?
With an interactive presentation, you will be guided through the game, which is currently being developed. You will find out about the advantages and disadvantages of both paths in a playful way. Is the conventional science practice restrictive and Open Science the more efficient approach? What difference does it make for you and me?
This Workshop is organized together with the Open Science Office and the main library.
Scientifica 2021: Synthetic naturally
Workshop 2020: Design and Analysis of Replication Studies
Tutorial: January 22 at Hirschengraben 82, HIT E-03, Workshop: Jan 23-24, 2020 at Rämistrasse 71, KOL F-104
Registration and up-to-date information are available on www.reprozurich.org
The goal of this international workshop is a thorough methodological discussion regarding the design and the analysis of replication studies including specialists from different fields such as clinical research, psychology, economics and others.
Please find all slides for the Tutorial and the Workshop here.
Confirmed speakers are: Guido Consonni(Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano), Anna Dreber(Stockholm School of Economics), Leonhard Held(Director CRS), Robert Matthews(Aston University), Don van Ravenzwaaij (University of Groningen), Felix Schönbrodt(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Stephen Senn (Edinburgh), E.J. Wagenmakers (University of Amsterdam) and E.W. van Zwet (Leiden University Medical Center).
Please find the detailed program here (PDF, 56 KB):
Half-day workshop 2019: Incorporation of historical data in clinical trials
December 13, 2019, 13:00 - 18:00h at Hirschengraben 82, HIT E-03
The goal of this half-day workshop is to discuss recent methodological developments in the incorporation of historical data in clinical trials. The workshop is jointly organized by the Department of Biostatistics at the EBPI, the Center for Reproducible Science at the University of Zurich and the ETH/UZH ZüKoSt Seminar on Applied Statistics.
Please find the detailed program here (PDF, 39 KB):
Confirmed speakers are: Silvia Calderazzo (DKFZ Heidelberg), Natalia Popova (University of Zurich), Leonhard Held (University of Zurich), Annette Kopp-Schneider (DKFZ Heidelberg), Joost van Rosmalen (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Manuel Wiesenfarth (DKFZ Heidelberg)
Scientifica 2019: More facts, less fiction.
Ausstellung UZH, Obere Mensa. Sonntag, 1. September 13–14Uhr
Wissenschaft beruht auf nachprüfbaren Fakten. Doch so einfach ist die Sache nicht. Das Center for Reproducible Science zeigt auf, wie Statistik benutzt werden kann, um zu Fakten zu kommen und wie wir uns vor fiktiven Schlüssen hüten.
Statistikerinnen und Statistiker des Centers for Reproducible Science bieten an ihrem Stand unterhaltsame elektronische und praktische Gedankenspiele an. Erfahren Sie aus erster Hand, wie Statistik dazu benutzt wird, zu zuverlässigen Forschungsergebnissen zu kommen – more facts – oder wie man sie nicht benutzen sollte, wenn man nicht voreilige oder gar falsche Schlüsse ziehen will – less fiction.
Auch nach der Scientifica kann man die elektronischen Spiele benutzen, mit diesen Anleitungen (PDF, 1 MB) wurde gespielt. Auch Hintergrundwissen (PDF, 6 MB) über jedes Spiel steht zur Verfügung.
Scientifica 2019: Science Fiction - Science Facts
Scientifica 2019: Fakten statt Fiktion. Wie werden Tierversuche an der UZH durchgeführt?
Science CaféUZH, Obere Mensa. Sonntag, 1. September 13–14Uhr
Vor 60 Jahren haben William Russell und Rex Burch das 3R Prinzip entwickelt, welches zum Ziel hat, Tierversuche vollständig zu vermeiden. Trotzdem gibt es noch immer Forschungsprojekte, bei denen Tierversuche unverzichtbar sind. Wie geht die UZH damit um? Was sind Qualitätsmerkmale guter Forschung - besonders wenn dabei Tiere eingesetzt werden? Und wie werden Forschende bei der Umsetzung unterstützt? Diesen und weiteren Fragen widmen sich drei Inputreferate von der Abteilung Tierschutz, von einem Forscher und von Frau Dr. Eva Furrer vom CRS.
Scientifica 2019: Science Fiction - Science Facts
Scientifica 2019: Therapien für die krankende Wissenschaft.
Science CaféUZH, Obere Mensa. Samstag, 31. August 16.30–17.30Uhr
Die Reproduzierbarkeit wissenschaftlicher Studien wird gegenwärtig auch in der breiten Öffentlichkeit intensiv diskutiert. Prof. Leo Held vom CRS diskutiert mit einer Wissenschaftsjournalistin, einem Forscher aus der Industrie und einem Vertreter des Nationalfonds die Stadien der sogenannten Reproduzierbarkeitskrise der Wissenschaft. In der Veranstaltung wird erörtert, welche Schritte nötig sind, um aus der Krise eine Innovationschance zu machen.
Scientifica 2019: Science Fiction - Science Facts
UZH Reproducibility Day 2019
February 5, 2019
A day devoted to transparent and reproducible research practices.
For more information and detailed program, see here reprozurich.org
Find all presentations and downloads of the Reproducibility Day 2019 on OSF.
Find videos of the program talks here:
9:00 - 9:30 |
9:30 - 10:00 |
10:30 - 10:45 Replication Studies and the International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics Martina Grunow, managing editor of The International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics |
10:45 - 11:00 |
11:00 - 11:15 Reproducibility Matters Lawrence Rajendran, Science Matters, (CRS), King's College |
11:15 - 11:30 |
11:30 - 12:00 |
13:15 - 13:45 |
13:45 - 14:00 |
14:00 - 14:15 |
14:15 - 14:45 The Digitalization of Science — Opportunities and Challenges for Reproducibility |
15:15 - 15:30 |
15:30 - 16:05 |
The videos titled “Publishing Panel” and “The Digitalization of Science — Opportunities and Challenges for Reproducibility” are no longer available.
Satellite workshop: Software Carpentry 2019
Teaching basic lab skills for research computing.
Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
When: Feb 7-8, 2019
For Software Carpentry workshops worldwide click here
Kickoff workshop 2018: Reproducibility and Replication.
September 3-4, 2018
Download the final program here PDF (PDF, 63 KB)
Slides of talks in program order:
| Day 1 | Benjamin (PDF, 5 MB) | Dreber (PDF, 4 MB) | Bakker (PDF, 5 MB) | Leek (PDF, 8 MB) | Gharib (PDF, 12 MB) |
| Day 2 | Dirnagl (PDF, 3 MB) | Heise (PDF, 4 MB) | McLeod (PDF, 15 MB) | Matthews (PDF, 1 MB) |