ReproducibiliTea Online Conference

Spilling the
ReproducibiliTea

A decade on & decades ahead

25 September 2026 10:00 – 18:45 UTC+1 Online via Zoom

An online conference on reproducibility in research: open discussions, fresh perspectives, and community building with researchers worldwide.

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A grassroots movement for open research

ReproducibiliTea is a journal club initiative that helps researchers create local Open Research clubs at their universities, discussing diverse papers, ideas, and issues around improving research, reproducibility, and the Open Research movement.

Started in 2018 at the University of Oxford, ReproducibiliTea is now completely volunteer-run and offers a unique, supportive community, predominantly for Early Career Researchers.

128
Institutions
31
Countries
~8 yrs
of community

Reflecting on a decade and looking ahead

This one-day online conference marks ten years of momentum behind the push for reproducibility in research. The programme covers the problems the field still faces, how the community has been tackling them, and the grassroots efforts that keep driving change. Researchers, practitioners, and advocates from around the world will come together to share what's been achieved and imagine what the next decade could look like.

Programme

⏰ All times in UTC+1 (British Summer Time) · 25 September 2026 · Programme is tentative

Opening
10:00
Opening Words
Keynote
10:10
Keynote · 40 min
Reproducibility Manifesto Speaker TBC
Session 1 · Big Problems in Reproducibility
10:50
Talk · 15 min
Tom Hardwicke
Analytic reproducibility
11:05
Talk · 15 min
Lonni Besançon · Linköping University, Sweden
Paper mills, exposing fake AI-generated publications, forensic scientometrics
11:20
Talk · 15 min
Raphael Merz · Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Misuse of statistics and statistical interpretations
11:35
Talk · 15 min
Manuela Marescotti · Brain Communications, Nature · UK
Editors and journals perspective on reproducibility
11:50
Panel Discussion · 40 min
Panel Discussion
Session 2 · Grassroots Initiatives
12:30
Talk · 15 min
African Reproducibility Network
Engaging and empowering ECRs to lead positive changes in reproducibility
12:45
Talk · 15 min
Sophia Crüwell · ReproducibiliTea
ReproducibiliTea — journal clubs for open and reproducible research
13:00
Talk · 15 min
FORRT Speaker TBC
Teaching and mentoring as a way to improve research and educate about open science
13:15
Talk · 15 min
Octopus Publishing
Barriers and solutions for ECRs to tackle reproducibility issues
13:30
Panel Discussion · 40 min
Panel Discussion
Lunch Break & Journal Club
14:10
🍵 Lunch Break · 60 min
15:10
Journal Club · 60 min
StatsTea & ReproducibiliTea
Paper TBD · 10 simple rules to run a ReproducibiliTea club
Session 3 · Solutions to the Reproducibility Crisis
16:15
Talk · 15 min
Carolyn Capelouto · Berlin Institute of Health at Charité / QUEST Center, Germany
Systemic changes in research institutions to support open science and reproducible research
16:30
Talk · 15 min
Ivan Oransky · Retraction Watch
An alternative model of scientific publishing built around reproducibility
16:45
Talk · 15 min
Beyond Bad Apples Speaker TBC
Communicating reproducibility issues and solutions to policy makers
17:00
Talk · 15 min
TBD
17:15
Panel Discussion · 40 min
Panel Discussion
Closing Keynote
17:55
Keynote · 40 min
Monya Baker · Issues in Science and Technology, US
Reflecting on her landmark 2016 article “1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility”
18:35
Closing Words

Ready to join us?

Free to attend · Online via Zoom · 25 September 2026

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Meet the organisers

AL
Abigail Licata
University of Geneva, Switzerland
AA
Arina Aladysheva
University of Cambridge, UK
HS
Hemani Sharma
Jaipur National University, India
LW
Lianne Wolsink
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
AM
Anastasiia Marmyleva
University of Helsinki, Finland
PM
Paulina Manduch
Poland
ZF
Ze Freeman
King’s College London, UK

Questions?

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reproducibilitea@gmail.com