Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Will peer review collapse in the coming years?

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  I generally roll my eyes whenever someone prophesises an upcoming apocalypse. I’ve heard enough promises of fire and bri...
Friday, July 25, 2025

What can we learn from unsuccessful theories?

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We still have a long way to go when it comes to designing good theories, at least in psychological science. On the topic of 'we have a l...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Redefining Reproducibility

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       A lot of good things start with “r”: Replicability, reproducibility, robustness, reading, running, relaxing, and if you include Germa...
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

On ghost writing in academia

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  LinkedIn suggested a job as a perfect match for my skills: Being a ghost writer. Curious, I clicked on the job descripti...
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Conducting cross-linguistic research on reading: First lessons learned from my experience with recruiting international collaborators

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  Admittedly, I have yet to publish any large-scale cross-linguistic study. Actually, I have not even completed data colle...
Friday, April 19, 2024

Is Open Science passé?

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I recently got a grant rejection - but I swear this blog post won't be whinging about rejections. Rather, I'd like to start by shari...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Why working as a postdoc under WissZeitVG is not compatible with family: An experience report

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I had to force my hand to sign my last work contract. A work contract for 12 more month, plus an additional document with a justification th...