Priya Silverstein
I am currently an Assistant Researcher on the EXCELScIOR project at the University of Coimbra. My work falls into two main themes: 1. replicability and generalisability, and 2. uptake of open science practices by students, researchers, and journal editors. I am also currently Associate Director of the Journal Editors Discussion Interface.
University of Coimbra, Portugal
@priyasilverstein.com on Bluesky; https://www.linkedin.com/in/priya-silverstein/
Sessions
In the 2025 In-person SIPS, we introduced the concept of "Radical Transparency" (RT), a practice consisting of making public the whole process of developing a research process, instead of just its outcomes.
To carry out research in this manner, we may leverage existing technologies (e.g., version control systems).
However, there are still many unknowns yet to be uncovered.
In this hackathon, we will focus on trying to make progress towards the following objectives:
To define the scope and constraints of the RT approach.
To determine the ability of existing technologies to meet the requirements of RT.
To uncover the risks and unintended consequences of RT, and propose safeguards to mitigate them.
We will split into groups to draft ideas on these objectives.
At the end of the session, we will gather the results, discuss them, and decide on the next steps towards a publication.
Research projects often require collaboration between researchers with diverse experiences and expectations, yet early planning for how the collaboration will work is often absent. As strategic decisions emerge over time, collaborators may discover misalignment regarding authorship, research approach, openness, or publication plans, increasing the risk of conflict and inefficiency. Making project plans transparent from the outset can help potential collaborators assess their fit, support clearer decision-making, and promote equitable collaboration.
We have developed a checklist tool where project initiators can indicate their plan for choices typically made during a collaborative research project. This covers decisions around authorship, type of collaboration, research approach, open science, writing, and publication. In this hackathon, participants will receive a brief introduction to the tool and apply it to a current or upcoming project. We will discuss how the checklist can be used across the project lifecycle and invite feedback to inform further development.
Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) are “ways of producing, maintaining, sharing, analyzing, or interpreting data that are likely to produce misleading conclusions, typically in the interest of the researcher” (Nagy et al., 2025, page 8). The aim of this hackathon is to refine the methodology for a project “ManyQRPs”, which will systematically investigate QRPs across disciplines by having research teams analyse the same datasets under two conditions: once following their own preregistered, transparent protocol, and once deliberately using QRPs to construct a compelling narrative. In this hackathon, we will collaboratively refine the protocol for this planned project. The protocol will include instructions on how teams or individuals should construct their “twin” manuscripts. Time allowing, the hackathon may include applying (or making a plan for applying) the protocol to (a) pilot dataset(s), helping identify obstacles and further refine the protocol.