Charlotte Pennington 🌻
@drcpennington.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Psychology @ Aston University 🧠 ; UKRN Local Network Lead 📊; AE of #RegisteredReports for PCI & Addiction Research & Theory 👩🔬. Author of: "A Student's Guide to Open Science: Using the Replication Crisis to Reform Psychology".
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🔖 Now up on MetaROR: a full evaluation of the Handbook for Reproduction and Replication Studies, which enables researchers to conduct high-quality reproductions & replications across social science disciplines.
Reviewers praised it as timely & useful while providing recommendations.
Read it now 👇
Reviewers praised it as timely & useful while providing recommendations.
Read it now 👇
Handbook for Reproduction and Replication Studies - MetaROR
metaror.org
May 6, 2026 at 8:04 AM
🔖 Now up on MetaROR: a full evaluation of the Handbook for Reproduction and Replication Studies, which enables researchers to conduct high-quality reproductions & replications across social science disciplines.
Reviewers praised it as timely & useful while providing recommendations.
Read it now 👇
Reviewers praised it as timely & useful while providing recommendations.
Read it now 👇
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Available now: Teaching Open Science, edited by Charlotte R. Pennington (@drcpennington.bsky.social) and Madeleine Pownall (@maddipow.bsky.social)
Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Read a free sample chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Read a free sample chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
June 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Available now: Teaching Open Science, edited by Charlotte R. Pennington (@drcpennington.bsky.social) and Madeleine Pownall (@maddipow.bsky.social)
Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Read a free sample chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Read a free sample chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
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"Scientific literacy has long been a cornerstone of higher education but the open research movement has redefined what it means to be literate as a researcher" with @flavioazevedo.bsky.social & @drcpennington.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/if-p...
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/if-p...
If progress is not to falter, students must be trained in open research, say Madeleine Pownall, Charlotte Pennington and Flavio Azevedo
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/if-progress-not-falter-students-must-be-trained-open-research
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/if-progress-not-falter-students-must-be-trained-open-research
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 AM
"Scientific literacy has long been a cornerstone of higher education but the open research movement has redefined what it means to be literate as a researcher" with @flavioazevedo.bsky.social & @drcpennington.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/if-p...
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/if-p...
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
The UKRN Conference 2026 is open for registration!
Join us in Manchester, 8–9 July, for keynotes from Stian Westlake & Charlotte Pennington, sessions from UKRN groups, and contributions from the community.
Early Bird fees close 15 May. Register: www.conference.ukrn.org
Join us in Manchester, 8–9 July, for keynotes from Stian Westlake & Charlotte Pennington, sessions from UKRN groups, and contributions from the community.
Early Bird fees close 15 May. Register: www.conference.ukrn.org
March 19, 2026 at 10:37 AM
The UKRN Conference 2026 is open for registration!
Join us in Manchester, 8–9 July, for keynotes from Stian Westlake & Charlotte Pennington, sessions from UKRN groups, and contributions from the community.
Early Bird fees close 15 May. Register: www.conference.ukrn.org
Join us in Manchester, 8–9 July, for keynotes from Stian Westlake & Charlotte Pennington, sessions from UKRN groups, and contributions from the community.
Early Bird fees close 15 May. Register: www.conference.ukrn.org
✨️Preprint: Awareness & Use of Open Research Practices: An International Survey of Researchers Across Disciplines
📝We surveyed >3,000 researchers (45 countries; 24 disciplines)
📌We show variation in open research adoption across regions, disciplines, methodology, & career level🌎
lnkd.in/e6Ddw-UT
📝We surveyed >3,000 researchers (45 countries; 24 disciplines)
📌We show variation in open research adoption across regions, disciplines, methodology, & career level🌎
lnkd.in/e6Ddw-UT
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March 9, 2026 at 8:29 AM
✨️Preprint: Awareness & Use of Open Research Practices: An International Survey of Researchers Across Disciplines
📝We surveyed >3,000 researchers (45 countries; 24 disciplines)
📌We show variation in open research adoption across regions, disciplines, methodology, & career level🌎
lnkd.in/e6Ddw-UT
📝We surveyed >3,000 researchers (45 countries; 24 disciplines)
📌We show variation in open research adoption across regions, disciplines, methodology, & career level🌎
lnkd.in/e6Ddw-UT
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“Open research is about more than the tightening of analytical and methodological standards. The movement also invites us to reconsider how, and by whom, knowledge is created, shared and evaluated”
By @maddipow.bsky.social, @drcpennington.bsky.social, & @flavioazevedo.bsky.social
#MetaSci #OpenSci
By @maddipow.bsky.social, @drcpennington.bsky.social, & @flavioazevedo.bsky.social
#MetaSci #OpenSci
If progress is not to falter, students must be trained in open research
The how and why of conducting transparent, rigorous, ethical research must be explicitly taught, say Madeleine Pownall, Charlotte Pennington and Flavio Azevedo
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
“Open research is about more than the tightening of analytical and methodological standards. The movement also invites us to reconsider how, and by whom, knowledge is created, shared and evaluated”
By @maddipow.bsky.social, @drcpennington.bsky.social, & @flavioazevedo.bsky.social
#MetaSci #OpenSci
By @maddipow.bsky.social, @drcpennington.bsky.social, & @flavioazevedo.bsky.social
#MetaSci #OpenSci
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We're pleased to announce Dr Charlotte Pennington @drcpennington.bsky.social, author of "A Student’s Guide to Open Science: Using the Replication Crisis to Reform Psychology", will be a keynote speaker at the UKRN conference in July 2026!
#ukrn2026joinus #OpenResearch #Research
#ukrn2026joinus #OpenResearch #Research
Dr Charlotte Pennington – Keynote speaker at UKRN conference | UK Reproducibility Network
www.ukrn.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM
We're pleased to announce Dr Charlotte Pennington @drcpennington.bsky.social, author of "A Student’s Guide to Open Science: Using the Replication Crisis to Reform Psychology", will be a keynote speaker at the UKRN conference in July 2026!
#ukrn2026joinus #OpenResearch #Research
#ukrn2026joinus #OpenResearch #Research
Thrilled to announce that @maddipow.bsky.social and I have just submitted our edited book, Teaching Open Science to the publisher! ✨️ 📖 🌎
It comprises 12 beautiful chapters on topics such as teaching #ReproducibleResearch, developing #OpenEducationalResources, & #DecolonisingTheCurriculum
It comprises 12 beautiful chapters on topics such as teaching #ReproducibleResearch, developing #OpenEducationalResources, & #DecolonisingTheCurriculum
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Thrilled to announce that @maddipow.bsky.social and I have just submitted our edited book, Teaching Open Science to the publisher! ✨️ 📖 🌎
It comprises 12 beautiful chapters on topics such as teaching #ReproducibleResearch, developing #OpenEducationalResources, & #DecolonisingTheCurriculum
It comprises 12 beautiful chapters on topics such as teaching #ReproducibleResearch, developing #OpenEducationalResources, & #DecolonisingTheCurriculum
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Looking for a PhD in Psychology? Look ⬇️ and apply to join our school at Aston!
Do you have an interest in social cognition and skills in neuroscience? Come and do a fully-funded(!) PhD with Dr Daniel Shaw, Dr Enrico Amico, and me! 🧠 📚
"Social brain fingerprints: using network science to extract neural correlates of interpersonal (dys)function"
Apply here: lnkd.in/eNRZxbf5
"Social brain fingerprints: using network science to extract neural correlates of interpersonal (dys)function"
Apply here: lnkd.in/eNRZxbf5
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Looking for a PhD in Psychology? Look ⬇️ and apply to join our school at Aston!
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
Do you have an interest in social cognition and skills in neuroscience? Come and do a fully-funded(!) PhD with Dr Daniel Shaw, Dr Enrico Amico, and me! 🧠 📚
"Social brain fingerprints: using network science to extract neural correlates of interpersonal (dys)function"
Apply here: lnkd.in/eNRZxbf5
"Social brain fingerprints: using network science to extract neural correlates of interpersonal (dys)function"
Apply here: lnkd.in/eNRZxbf5
October 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Do you have an interest in social cognition and skills in neuroscience? Come and do a fully-funded(!) PhD with Dr Daniel Shaw, Dr Enrico Amico, and me! 🧠 📚
"Social brain fingerprints: using network science to extract neural correlates of interpersonal (dys)function"
Apply here: lnkd.in/eNRZxbf5
"Social brain fingerprints: using network science to extract neural correlates of interpersonal (dys)function"
Apply here: lnkd.in/eNRZxbf5
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
This just published. Great work by Michelle Oxtoby. Full article: Lower caution, not inhibitory control, predicts gambling severity – a Registered Report www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Lower caution, not inhibitory control, predicts gambling severity – a Registered Report
Models of gambling disorder, along with other addiction-related conditions, identify impulsive traits as a key component to developing challenging behaviors. This is supported by empirical findings...
www.tandfonline.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This just published. Great work by Michelle Oxtoby. Full article: Lower caution, not inhibitory control, predicts gambling severity – a Registered Report www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Naturally, this is an open educational resource: It is free and will forever stay free. We are also considering making it a living book: There are a few areas that we think deserve more attention. If you are an expert on something that you think is missing from this work, please get in touch!
September 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Naturally, this is an open educational resource: It is free and will forever stay free. We are also considering making it a living book: There are a few areas that we think deserve more attention. If you are an expert on something that you think is missing from this work, please get in touch!
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
At the FORRT Replication Hub, our mission is to support researchers who want to replicate previous findings. We have now published a big new component with which we want to fulfill this mission: An open access handbook for reproduction and replication studies: forrt.org/replication_...
September 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
At the FORRT Replication Hub, our mission is to support researchers who want to replicate previous findings. We have now published a big new component with which we want to fulfill this mission: An open access handbook for reproduction and replication studies: forrt.org/replication_...
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
“Lower Caution, not Inhibitory Control, predicts Gambling Severity - A Registered Report” by Michelle C. Oxtoby, @drcpennington.bsky.social, Richard J. Tunney, & Craig Hedge #accepted
August 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
“Lower Caution, not Inhibitory Control, predicts Gambling Severity - A Registered Report” by Michelle C. Oxtoby, @drcpennington.bsky.social, Richard J. Tunney, & Craig Hedge #accepted
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
#OpenScience principles help students gain lots of useful skills that are an advantage on the job market in and beyond academia. Read our latest book chapter where we provide tips for educators to bolster employability through open science: doi.org/10.31219/osf...
July 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
#OpenScience principles help students gain lots of useful skills that are an advantage on the job market in and beyond academia. Read our latest book chapter where we provide tips for educators to bolster employability through open science: doi.org/10.31219/osf...
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Thoroughly enjoyed presenting a 3-minute Rapid Talk at #CAGR2025, about our cognitive psychology study. We found that Lower Caution, not Inhibitory Control, predicts Higher Gambling Severity.
Thank you to the best supervisors:
Dr Craig Hedge
@richardtunney.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
Thank you to the best supervisors:
Dr Craig Hedge
@richardtunney.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed presenting a 3-minute Rapid Talk at #CAGR2025, about our cognitive psychology study. We found that Lower Caution, not Inhibitory Control, predicts Higher Gambling Severity.
Thank you to the best supervisors:
Dr Craig Hedge
@richardtunney.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
Thank you to the best supervisors:
Dr Craig Hedge
@richardtunney.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
PCI Psychology is here!! 🎉🥳
After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org
#PsychSciSky #scipub
After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org
#PsychSciSky #scipub
June 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
PCI Psychology is here!! 🎉🥳
After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org
#PsychSciSky #scipub
After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org
#PsychSciSky #scipub
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Reviewing chapters for our "Teaching Open Science" book with @drcpennington.bsky.social! 12 fab chapters including..
👥Maximising student research
📝Open qualitative research
🔬Promoting responsible research practices
📖Developing Open Educational Resources
🔐Preregistering with students (& a LOT more)
👥Maximising student research
📝Open qualitative research
🔬Promoting responsible research practices
📖Developing Open Educational Resources
🔐Preregistering with students (& a LOT more)
May 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Reviewing chapters for our "Teaching Open Science" book with @drcpennington.bsky.social! 12 fab chapters including..
👥Maximising student research
📝Open qualitative research
🔬Promoting responsible research practices
📖Developing Open Educational Resources
🔐Preregistering with students (& a LOT more)
👥Maximising student research
📝Open qualitative research
🔬Promoting responsible research practices
📖Developing Open Educational Resources
🔐Preregistering with students (& a LOT more)
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
The Struggle to Make Transparency Mainstream - Initial Evidence for a Slow Uptake of Open Science Practices in PhD Theses: https://osf.io/kq9zd
April 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The Struggle to Make Transparency Mainstream - Initial Evidence for a Slow Uptake of Open Science Practices in PhD Theses: https://osf.io/kq9zd
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
I’ve just submitted my first PhD study for publication — and it's officially up as a preprint!
"Exploring Public perceptions of Social media: A preregistered Mixed-Methods Study” --> osf.io/preprints/ps... 📱🥳💜(1/5)
"Exploring Public perceptions of Social media: A preregistered Mixed-Methods Study” --> osf.io/preprints/ps... 📱🥳💜(1/5)
April 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I’ve just submitted my first PhD study for publication — and it's officially up as a preprint!
"Exploring Public perceptions of Social media: A preregistered Mixed-Methods Study” --> osf.io/preprints/ps... 📱🥳💜(1/5)
"Exploring Public perceptions of Social media: A preregistered Mixed-Methods Study” --> osf.io/preprints/ps... 📱🥳💜(1/5)
Join us for Midlands Innovation Open Research Week, 6th–9th May
The theme for this year’s event is “Just fOR the love of it”, where we aim to spotlight open research beyond compliance— focusing on the principles, values, & innovations that drive researchers to embrace openness as a way of working
The theme for this year’s event is “Just fOR the love of it”, where we aim to spotlight open research beyond compliance— focusing on the principles, values, & innovations that drive researchers to embrace openness as a way of working
April 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Join us for Midlands Innovation Open Research Week, 6th–9th May
The theme for this year’s event is “Just fOR the love of it”, where we aim to spotlight open research beyond compliance— focusing on the principles, values, & innovations that drive researchers to embrace openness as a way of working
The theme for this year’s event is “Just fOR the love of it”, where we aim to spotlight open research beyond compliance— focusing on the principles, values, & innovations that drive researchers to embrace openness as a way of working
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Midlands Innovation #OpenResearch Week 2025! Here's the lineup for Tuesday. Signups are open: midlandsinnovation.org.uk/latest/event...
@lborouniversity.bsky.social @krzysztofcipora.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
@lborouniversity.bsky.social @krzysztofcipora.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Midlands Innovation #OpenResearch Week 2025! Here's the lineup for Tuesday. Signups are open: midlandsinnovation.org.uk/latest/event...
@lborouniversity.bsky.social @krzysztofcipora.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
@lborouniversity.bsky.social @krzysztofcipora.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @drcpennington.bsky.social
Reposted by Charlotte Pennington 🌻
Congratulations to #Springboard25 awardee @drcpennington.bsky.social 🎉
Her research explores how brain development affects teen drinking, aiming to reduce alcohol harms among young people 🧠
👉 bit.ly/44irB7l
#TeenHealth #PublicHealth #Psychology
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social
Her research explores how brain development affects teen drinking, aiming to reduce alcohol harms among young people 🧠
👉 bit.ly/44irB7l
#TeenHealth #PublicHealth #Psychology
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Congratulations to #Springboard25 awardee @drcpennington.bsky.social 🎉
Her research explores how brain development affects teen drinking, aiming to reduce alcohol harms among young people 🧠
👉 bit.ly/44irB7l
#TeenHealth #PublicHealth #Psychology
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social
Her research explores how brain development affects teen drinking, aiming to reduce alcohol harms among young people 🧠
👉 bit.ly/44irB7l
#TeenHealth #PublicHealth #Psychology
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social