2026-06-09 –, AUDITORIUM
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.
David Vaidis, Sarah Kucker, Mahmoud Elsherif, Malgorzata (Losia) Lagisz, Jane Hergert and Drew Altschul
Please classify your session as the theme it fits best in:: Logistics/Tools - Content related to creation or refinement of new tools, databases, and methods What is your end product?:By the end of the session, participants will have completed (or partially completed) a structured collaboration-planning checklist for one of their current or upcoming research projects. In addition, the session will generate concrete feedback and use-case examples to inform the next iteration of the checklist tool, including suggestions for missing domains, unclear items, and alternative workflows. Aggregated insights from the hackathon will be documented to guide future development and dissemination of the tool.
How will the session's content foster diversity & inclusion (e.g., who will present, who will it serve), and how will it improve psychological science?:This session is led by two early-career researchers (ECRs) and is open to researchers at all career stages, across methods, subfields, and institutional contexts. By centering transparency in collaboration planning, the session is designed to particularly benefit researchers who are often excluded from early-stage decision-making, including junior scholars, collaborators outside the lead laboratory, and researchers from under-resourced or nontraditional academic environments. By lowering barriers to informed participation and making project expectations explicit, the session promotes more equitable collaborations and contributes to more efficient, transparent, and trustworthy psychological science.
Please note any pre-requisite knowledge/expertise you will expect from attendees (i.e., is the session most appropriate for someone who already has experience with a topic?).:No prior experience is needed.
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.