<p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Dear colleague,</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (</span><a style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://ucbitssberkeleyedu-dot-mmanalytics.appspot.com/em_KszgaxasoHHso552xwYD?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bitss.org%2F&key=008449c4569c7e24cfab543441499b4cce6c7d0c"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">BITSS</span></a><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">) has recently opened the </span><strong style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Call for Papers for the </strong><a style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://ucbitssberkeleyedu-dot-mmanalytics.appspot.com/em_KszgaxasoHHso552xwYD?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bitss.org%2Fevents%2F10th-bitss-annual-meeting%2F&key=1406b73dba2c3e32ba3bbf5c6a6ba299b30d2fbd"><strong style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">10th BITSS Annual Meeting</strong></a><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, which will take place at </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">UC Berkeley on</span><strong style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> Feb. 10-11, 2022 </strong><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">and </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">will </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">feature a keynote address by Nobel Laureate David Card</span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">. Would you be able to forward the CFP to faculty and researchers at your department?</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Papers can be submitted </strong><a style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://ucbitssberkeleyedu-dot-mmanalytics.appspot.com/em_KszgaxasoHHso552xwYD?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcega.submittable.com%2Fsubmit%2F207828%2Fcall-for-papers-for-the-10th-bitss-annual-meeting&key=398d5b0a6f370f20626b1f65639bd27f13f10d44"><strong style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">here</strong></a><strong style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> by Sunday, December 5. </strong><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We invite full papers or long abstracts (500-1000 words) in all aspects of meta-science, including but not limited to work that assesses the credibility of bodies of social science literature, presents new tools or strategies to improve research transparency and reproducibility, or evaluates the effectiveness of existing tools. Eligible projects include completed works, work in progress, and prospective work.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Feel free to share the message below, </span><a style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://ucbitssberkeleyedu-dot-mmanalytics.appspot.com/em_KszgaxasoHHso552xwYD?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bitss.org%2Fevents%2F10th-bitss-annual-meeting%2F&key=1406b73dba2c3e32ba3bbf5c6a6ba299b30d2fbd"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">this event page</span></a><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, or </span><a style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://ucbitssberkeleyedu-dot-mmanalytics.appspot.com/em_KszgaxasoHHso552xwYD?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FUCBITSS%2Fstatus%2F1457773657762107393&key=a2481e12fea2d59bd17cea4db710be44142468f2"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">this tweet</span></a><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">. Also, let me know if you have any questions, and thanks in advance for your help!</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Best regards,</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Aleks</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">--</span></p><p style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#0e101a"><i><a href="https://ucbitssberkeleyedu-dot-mmanalytics.appspot.com/em_KszgaxasoHHso552xwYD?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bitss.org%2F&key=008449c4569c7e24cfab543441499b4cce6c7d0c">Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences</a></i></font></p><p style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><a href="https://ucbitssberkeleyedu-dot-mmanalytics.appspot.com/em_KszgaxasoHHso552xwYD?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcega.submittable.com%2Fsubmit%2F207828%2Fcall-for-papers-for-the-10th-bitss-annual-meeting&key=398d5b0a6f370f20626b1f65639bd27f13f10d44"><font color="#0e101a">Call for Papers for the </font><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26)">10th Annual Meeting</span></a></b></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">BITSS will hold its 10th Annual Meeting at UC Berkeley on February 10-11, 2022. The BITSS Annual Meeting brings together actors from academia, scholarly publishing, and policy to share novel research and discuss efforts to improve the credibility of social science by advancing research transparency, reproducibility, rigor, and ethics. The event will provide an option for virtual participation. </p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We invite papers or long abstracts (500-1000 words) in all aspects of meta-science, including but not limited to work that assesses scientific practice, evaluates the credibility of bodies of social science literature, presents new tools or strategies to improve research transparency and reproducibility, or evaluates the effectiveness of existing tools. Topics may include, but are not limited to:</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Pre-registration and the use of pre-analysis plans;</span></li><li style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Disclosure and transparent reporting;</span></li><li style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Research ethics;</span></li><li style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Replicability and reproducibility;</span></li><li style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Peer review;</span></li><li style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Methods for detecting and reducing publication bias or data mining;</span></li><li style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">The intersection of openness and inclusion in science;</span></li><li style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Assessment of the validity or reproducibility of literature;</span></li><li style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Meta-analysis and evidence synthesis;</span></li><li style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Open policy analysis;</span></li><li style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Transparency and reproducibility in COVID-19 or other policy-relevant research.</span></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Eligible projects include completed works, work in progress, and prospective work. </span><strong style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">All submissions should be filed using </strong><a 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style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by December 15. We encourage all authors to submit their work to </span><a style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://ucbitssberkeleyedu-dot-mmanalytics.appspot.com/em_KszgaxasoHHso552xwYD?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmetaarxiv.org%2F&key=691b732a10a1503a1eb62832981e9cd506d520c1"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">MetaArXiv</span></a><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, an open-access archive for works in research transparency.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Contact BITSS Project Manager Aleksandar Bogdanoski (<a href="mailto:abogdanoski@berkeley.edu">abogdanoski@berkeley.edu</a>) with any questions.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Submission portal:</strong><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> <a href="https://cega.submittable.com/submit/207828/call-for-papers-for-the-10th-bitss-annual-meeting">https://cega.submittable.com/submit/207828/call-for-papers-for-the-10th-bitss-annual-meeting</a></span></p><img src="https://ucbitssberkeleyedu-dot-mmanalytics.appspot.com/em_KszgaxasoHHso552xwYD/asteroid.gif" style="display:none !important;">