Project Details
Projekt
Coordination Funds
Applicant
Professor Dr. Mario Gollwitzer
Subject Area
General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
Social Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology
Social Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology
Term
since 2021
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 467852570
Meta-scientific research on the replicability, the reproducibility, and the generalizability of empirical findings has been – and continues to be – a “hot topic” in the social, cognitive, and behavioral sciences. New journals on meta-science have been launched; established journals are devoting “special issues” to replication projects; new scientific communities, institutes, and initiatives have been established; and many journals and funding agencies have changed their policies in order to increase the visibility and the relevance of replicability, reproducibility, and generalizability. The DFG-funded Priority Program “META-REP” (SPP 2317) is contributing visibly to these developments by addressing three overarching questions using (meta-)scientific methods and approaches: (1) What do we mean when we talk about “replicability”? (the “WHAT” question); (2) Why are replication rates so low and variable? (the “WHY” question); and (3) What can we do to increase replication rates? (the “HOW” question). In the first funding phase of META-REP (2021-2024), the 15 funded projects have contributed significantly to answering these questions, and the coordination project has done its best to coordinate, support, and incentivize these efforts, for instance, by (1) installing four work groups (“task forces”) dealing with overarching meta-scientific questions, (2) funding cross-project research endeavors (“treasure box projects”), (3) organizing events within the program (retreats, lecture series, program-specific workshops), (4) organizing an international meta-science conference in 2024, (5) providing IT services to projects and PIs, (6) collaborating with meta-scientific initiatives beyond META-REP, and (7) conducting meta-scientific research itself. The coordination project aims to continue and intensify these activities in the second funding phase. More specifically, we aim to make META-REP even more visible in the international (meta-)scientific community, strengthen collaborative ties with partners around the world, and providing platforms for scientific exchange about meta-science in the social, cognitive, and behavioral sciences.
DFG Programme
Priority Programmes
