Making Replication Count: Spring Hackathon

Join us for a three-day-hackathon to create a Zotero plug-in and a preprint bot to boost the visibility of replication studies!

Background

In the social, behavioral, and cognitive sciences, replications are rarely conducted, difficult to publish, and hard to find. With over 200 contributors, we have created the FORRT Replication Hub to solve these problems. The purpose of this hackathon is to create tools that increase the findability and visilbity of replications.

What will you work on?

Participants will work in teams on developing following tools:

• Automated data extraction from published replication studies that will be used to enhance the FORRT Library of Replication Attempts (FLoRA).  See details here.
• Post-publication peer-review comments automatically created on the pubpeer.com platform containing information on replication attempts. See details here.
• Users of the chromium plug-in would be notified of relevant replication studies when reading an original study online. See details here.
• Working on the development of FORRT Lighthouse, an interactive evidence dashboard enabling interaction with different sources of data on replications and reversals. See details here.

Who should apply?

We're looking for coders and programmers, as well as anyone interested in making replications count.

Why join?

The hackathon gives you a chance to collaborate with an international team of open science advocates, build impactful tools for your portfolio and GitHub profile and earn credit on publications, project pages, and the FORRT Contributors page.

Process

After application, we will get in touch to schedule an informal meetup to discuss your goals and skills and preview our hackathon plans. It's a great chance to connect, discuss expectations, and see how we can collaborate for an awesome event!

Limited number of travel grants

This project is funded by UKRI, which allows us to pay travel and accommodation for participants.

Future Events

This event is part of a series. The Autumn Hackathon (#1) took place in October 2025 and the Summer Hackathon (#3) will take place in July 2026. Participation in the other events is not necessary.

Applications are open until March 16th! Please contact l.wallrich@bbk.ac.uk with any questions.

Please note that this hackathon is primarily in-person; if you would prefer to join remotely, email l.wallrich@bbk.ac.uk to explore options.