ABRIR is a place where we talk openly about important but very neglected topics in psychological science. We are grateful to Adeyemi Adetula for sharing his knowledge on generalisation of science from LMICs. #ABRIR_psy2022

Listen to me discuss African psychology, the ManyLabs Africa initiative, and many more exciting stories about my life events and passions. My first Podcast @BjksPodcast and it was fun. Thanks, Ben, for the opportunity to share my research.

In press: "The Benefits, Barriers, and Risks of Big Team Science" Link: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36190899/ Ungated: psyarxiv.com/2mdxh/ We argue the challenges in psych have a common cause, insufficient investment of resources, & argue "big team science" can solve these challenges 🧵

Please help ICIS diversify our invited program for #ICIS2024! Seeking nominations (including self-noms) of speakers from under-represented world regions such as the Global South. Please submit your suggestions by October 30, 2022! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

⚠️New paper at Nature Human Behaviour⚠️ Can posed smiles make people feel happier? In a global adversarial collaboration, we found overwhelming support for this controversial hypothesis. But we couldnt resolve one thing: concerns about a popular pen-in-mouth smiling task. 🧵

We're hiring: TENET is looking for a Chief Network Operations Officer to provide technology leadership within the SA #NREN's network engineering & operations. Details @ tenet.ac.za/news/2022-vaca… / closing 22 Nov UbuntuNet Alliance ISPA (South Africa) SAFNOG AfricaConnect3

In a keynote for #AIMOS2022, Joel Wambua and I discussed the "generalizability problem" in the behavioral sciences. osf.io/b9gk4 We made the following arguments:

Last month, Joel Wambua and I gave a plenary at #AIMOS2022 that outlines our view of the "generalizability problem" in the behavioral sciences (slides: osf.io/b9gk4) youtube.com/watch?v=ySB4Ej… (1/n)

In case you missed it: Busara Center will be hosting the #SIPS2024 conference with SIPS (Account Archived - See Bio) in Nairobi! busaracenter.org/press-releases… This is personally very exciting for me, as I see a lot of potential for cross-pollination across the development and meta-research worlds

We just submitted the Stage 2 Registered Report of our meta-analysis on the effects of nature or emotional social support on stress regulation. Here’s the link to the preprint: psyarxiv.com/a4zmj!

ARE YOU A RESEARCHER STUDYING ANYTHING AFRICAN - culture, language, animal or plant species? Anything relevant to an African society, its people and territory? Make your work accessible to African scholars. Submit here: info.africarxiv.org/how-to-submit/ #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Research

AfricArxiv is a free, open source and community-led digital archive for African research. We provide a non-profit platform for African scientists to upload their works. Read more here: info.africarxiv.org/about #OpenAccess #OpenScience #ResearchinAfrica #GlobalResearchEquity

France-BioImaging is pleased to announce the first open calls for projects to support collaborative initiatives between African and French scientists from all fields where #biologicalimaging became essential! Applications have to be submitted here: bit.ly/3jAvT5j

New publication! We argue for an overhaul of academic systems to improve research quality: short-term employment, biased selection procedures + misaligned incentives hinder progress & rigor in research. #OpenScience #AcademicTwitter #IchBinHanna rdcu.be/c5brE

"African researchers must be full participants in behavioural science research" rdcu.be/c5brA Winnie Mughogho, Jen Adhiambo, and I argue that behavioral science will fail in its aims if it does not include African researchers

Our latest Member Spotlight is now live! This month, get to know Adeyemi Adetula - a doctoral student at Université Grenoble Alpes who is working on increasing the generalizability of psychology with a focus on Africa. 🔗: ow.ly/m9NU50NEazh

"Our research should truly answer questions about what motivates humans across the world, not just undergraduate students at Stanford." - In our latest Member Spotlight, Adeyemi Adetula discusses the importance of diversity in psychology. Read more: ow.ly/a4g450NH4Sz

There are racial, gender, and geographical disparities for editors-in-chief in psychology. It is time for the field to implement suitable measures to make change happen. Dr. Ana Bridges @IvanVargasPHD Dr. Jena Doom 森口佑介『つくられる子どもの性差: 「女脳」「男脳」は存在しない』(光文社新書 ） Adeyemi Adetula Zhicheng Lin nature.com/articles/s4427…

From our #OpenScience webinar series; watch the recording "Figshare - Enabling global reach & discoverability of African research data." >> africarxiv.pubpub.org/pub/t2prp15g/ The slides are available at africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/1033 ORCID Organization Access 2 Perspectives UbuntuNet Alliance Figshare #OpenAccess

Read more of this important work from @AlisonLedg, Michael W. Kraus, Johanna Ray Vollhardt (jrvollhardt.bsky.social), @jdremedios, Dulce Wilkinson Westberg, Ayşe Üskül, Adeyemi Adetula, Prof. Colin Wayne Leach, Laura Naumann, Ph.D., Erin Westgate, linda zou (and more) here 👇 doi.org/10.1525/collab…