Enhancing research through reproducibility and openness

Have you ever tried to repeat an experiment from the literature only to find that it just won’t work? It turns out, you are not alone!

Over the last few years, a variety of research disciplines have identified issues with reproducibility. One survey showed that 70% of researchers have tried to reproduce research in the literature without success. And more than half of researchers have struggled to reproduce their own data!

Improving the reproducibility of our own work will enhance the impact of that work and benefit the wider progression of research in a variety of research fields.

How can open research facilitate research reproducibility? What can researchers do to make their own research reproducible? How can transparency improve impact?

This session will facilitate a discussion between University of Liverpool researchers on how to make progress in research reproducibility and transparency.

Session outline/ plan

By the end of this session, participants will:

• Know about reproducibility in research
• Know about open and transparent research practices
• Know about opportunities available to researchers through the University of Liverpool and the UK Reproducibility Network

Presenter information:

Dr Alice Howarth (she/her) completed her PhD in cellular and molecular physiology in 2016 before working in several postdoc posts at the University of Liverpool. Now she works with the UK Reproducibility Network at the University of Liverpool to improve research culture and open and transparent research practices.