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

Select a session header to see full speaker bios and talk abstracts.

Opening
10:00
Opening Words
Opening KeynoteSpeakers & bios →
10:10
Keynote · 40 min
Community Efforts Enable Reproducibility
Session 1 · Big Problems in ReproducibilitySpeakers & bios →
10:50
Talk · 15 min
Computational reproducibility: essential, neglected, & achievable
11:05
Talk · 15 min
Open Science: Cure, Symptom, or Crime Scene?
11:20
Talk · 15 min
Statistical Misinterpretations and How To Avoid Them
11:35
Talk · 15 min
Behind the editorial curtain
11:50
Panel Discussion · 40 min
Panel Discussion
Session 2 · Grassroots InitiativesSpeakers & bios →
12:30
Talk · 15 min
Engaging and empowering ECRs to lead positive changes in reproducibility
12:45
Talk · 15 min
ReproducibiliTea — journal clubs for open and reproducible research Title TBC
13:00
Talk · 15 min
Teaching and mentoring as a way to improve research and educate about open science
13:15
Talk · 15 min
Octopus.ac — rethinking academic publishing for a more open research culture
13:30
Panel Discussion · 40 min
Panel Discussion
Lunch Break & Journal ClubsSpeakers & bios →
14:10
🍵 Lunch Break · 60 min
⇆ Both journal clubs run at the same time in separate rooms — you are free to hop between them.
15:10
Journal Club A · 60 min · in parallel
Good Science Is More Than Reproducible: Methods, Statistics, and Responsible Interpretation
15:10
Journal Club B · 60 min · in parallel
Journal club & experience-sharing session: Ten simple rules for running a ReproducibiliTea journal club
Session 3 · Solutions to the Reproducibility CrisisSpeakers & bios →
16:15
Talk · 15 min
Lessons from the MERIT Portal: The Journey to Institutionalizing Responsible Research Assessment
16:30
Talk · 15 min
Why Retractions Are On The Rise, and Why That’s Good News
16:45
Talk · 15 min
Beyond Bad Apples Speaker TBC
Communicating reproducibility issues and solutions to policy makers
17:00
Talk · 15 min
Unpacking the suitcase: What does reproducibility even mean?
17:15
Panel Discussion · 40 min
Panel Discussion
Closing KeynoteSpeakers & bios →
17:55
Keynote · 40 min
Everything old is new again: the deepened importance of reproducibility in the age of AI
18:35
Closing Words

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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
University of Bern, Switzerland

Questions?

We’d love to hear from you. Reach out by email or find us on social media.

reproducibilitea@gmail.com