Ze Freeman
@zefreeman.bsky.social
(he/they) psychology metascience postdoc @unibe.ch looking at measurement, mental health, credibility of research
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I’m hiring a PhD student to work with me on metascience in psychology at @zpid.bsky.social! The position is very open - could cover a wide range of topics/themes 🤸🏻♀️✨
If you have questions, please reach out! Applications are open until October 1st.
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If you have questions, please reach out! Applications are open until October 1st.
leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/en/job/fyjwt...
PhD in Psychological Meta-Science (m/f/d)
Become part of the open science movement The Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID) in Trier (Germany) is an internationally recognized research-based psychology service center located in...
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August 21, 2026 at 10:20 AM
I’m hiring a PhD student to work with me on metascience in psychology at @zpid.bsky.social! The position is very open - could cover a wide range of topics/themes 🤸🏻♀️✨
If you have questions, please reach out! Applications are open until October 1st.
leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/en/job/fyjwt...
If you have questions, please reach out! Applications are open until October 1st.
leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/en/job/fyjwt...
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Are you interested in smartphone interventions?📱
We are too. Specifically we were interested in increasing retention in a digital friction intervention. Let me tell you about our new preprint (1/n)
with @dgruning.bsky.social @frederik.riedel.wtf @malte.the100.ci using one sec
We are too. Specifically we were interested in increasing retention in a digital friction intervention. Let me tell you about our new preprint (1/n)
with @dgruning.bsky.social @frederik.riedel.wtf @malte.the100.ci using one sec
August 5, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Are you interested in smartphone interventions?📱
We are too. Specifically we were interested in increasing retention in a digital friction intervention. Let me tell you about our new preprint (1/n)
with @dgruning.bsky.social @frederik.riedel.wtf @malte.the100.ci using one sec
We are too. Specifically we were interested in increasing retention in a digital friction intervention. Let me tell you about our new preprint (1/n)
with @dgruning.bsky.social @frederik.riedel.wtf @malte.the100.ci using one sec
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For those looking for alternatives to OSF, I recommend two resources comparing features of other Generalist Repositories. Resources are from GREI, an NIH funded initiative.
Comparison tool to help you pick which one you like best:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Decision tree:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Comparison tool to help you pick which one you like best:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Decision tree:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
August 12, 2026 at 1:56 PM
For those looking for alternatives to OSF, I recommend two resources comparing features of other Generalist Repositories. Resources are from GREI, an NIH funded initiative.
Comparison tool to help you pick which one you like best:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Decision tree:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Comparison tool to help you pick which one you like best:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Decision tree:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
The new UK bathroom ban is many things, but it does not apply to workplaces and trans people are not criminalised for using any toilet in the UK. Trans people do not need to provide 'proof' to use services, and services can choose to be inclusive. More here: transactual.org.uk/know-your-ri...
August 6, 2026 at 8:54 AM
The new UK bathroom ban is many things, but it does not apply to workplaces and trans people are not criminalised for using any toilet in the UK. Trans people do not need to provide 'proof' to use services, and services can choose to be inclusive. More here: transactual.org.uk/know-your-ri...
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99 Pubpeer comments are ready, with another 2,3K well on their way.
By @josefinaw.bsky.social, Prasad Chandrashekar, @zefreeman.bsky.social, and @lukaswallrich.bsky.social, @forrt.bsky.social
By @josefinaw.bsky.social, Prasad Chandrashekar, @zefreeman.bsky.social, and @lukaswallrich.bsky.social, @forrt.bsky.social
NEW: @pubpeer.com to host thousands of replication studies in a bid to make them more visible.
My latest for @nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@aufdroeseler.bsky.social, @forrt.bsky.social, @josefinaw.bsky.social
My latest for @nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@aufdroeseler.bsky.social, @forrt.bsky.social, @josefinaw.bsky.social
July 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
99 Pubpeer comments are ready, with another 2,3K well on their way.
By @josefinaw.bsky.social, Prasad Chandrashekar, @zefreeman.bsky.social, and @lukaswallrich.bsky.social, @forrt.bsky.social
By @josefinaw.bsky.social, Prasad Chandrashekar, @zefreeman.bsky.social, and @lukaswallrich.bsky.social, @forrt.bsky.social
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Research on cognitive offloading × AI is booming and getting lots of public attention. Unfortunately, some (or even many) of it raises serious credibility concerns. Like this paper, which others and I recently commented on via @pubpeer.com:
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
PubPeer - AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking (2025)
pubpeer.com
July 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Research on cognitive offloading × AI is booming and getting lots of public attention. Unfortunately, some (or even many) of it raises serious credibility concerns. Like this paper, which others and I recently commented on via @pubpeer.com:
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
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📢 SPILLING THE REPRODUCIBILITEA: A DECADE ON & DECADES AHEAD
🗓️ Sept. 25, 2026
💻 Online via Zoom | Free
Register here 👇
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#OpenScience #ReproducibiliTea #ResearchIntegrity #Reproducibility
🗓️ Sept. 25, 2026
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#OpenScience #ReproducibiliTea #ResearchIntegrity #Reproducibility
July 7, 2026 at 5:38 AM
📢 SPILLING THE REPRODUCIBILITEA: A DECADE ON & DECADES AHEAD
🗓️ Sept. 25, 2026
💻 Online via Zoom | Free
Register here 👇
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#OpenScience #ReproducibiliTea #ResearchIntegrity #Reproducibility
🗓️ Sept. 25, 2026
💻 Online via Zoom | Free
Register here 👇
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#OpenScience #ReproducibiliTea #ResearchIntegrity #Reproducibility
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The good news is that someone else now gets to join this amazing team! If you're keen to help develop RegCheck, I'd strongly encourage you to apply. Working with @jamiecummins.bsky.social and @malte.the100.ci is reason enough to apply! jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...
PhD Student/ Postdoc Position in Meta-Science - Universität Bern
Universität Bern is looking for PhD Student/ Postdoc Position in Meta-Science
jobs.unibe.ch
July 3, 2026 at 7:44 AM
The good news is that someone else now gets to join this amazing team! If you're keen to help develop RegCheck, I'd strongly encourage you to apply. Working with @jamiecummins.bsky.social and @malte.the100.ci is reason enough to apply! jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...
Any one of these actions could be helpful:
If you live in the UK, write to your MP, asking them to reject the EHRC code of practice: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode.
Write to your line manager and ask what action they will be taking to protect women and trans staff...
If you live in the UK, write to your MP, asking them to reject the EHRC code of practice: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode.
Write to your line manager and ask what action they will be taking to protect women and trans staff...
June 2, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Any one of these actions could be helpful:
If you live in the UK, write to your MP, asking them to reject the EHRC code of practice: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode.
Write to your line manager and ask what action they will be taking to protect women and trans staff...
If you live in the UK, write to your MP, asking them to reject the EHRC code of practice: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode.
Write to your line manager and ask what action they will be taking to protect women and trans staff...
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Happy Pride Month from Labour!
June 1, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Happy Pride Month from Labour!
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📚 New Reading Lists
◾ Post-Publication Reviewing and Post-Publication Culture osf.io/3ed8x/files/...
◾ Error and Error Correction osf.io/3ed8x/files/...
Also available via app: rpt-rl.netlify.app
#ReproducibiliTea #OpenResearch #OpenScience #peerreview #metasci #academicsky
◾ Post-Publication Reviewing and Post-Publication Culture osf.io/3ed8x/files/...
◾ Error and Error Correction osf.io/3ed8x/files/...
Also available via app: rpt-rl.netlify.app
#ReproducibiliTea #OpenResearch #OpenScience #peerreview #metasci #academicsky
May 15, 2026 at 8:17 AM
📚 New Reading Lists
◾ Post-Publication Reviewing and Post-Publication Culture osf.io/3ed8x/files/...
◾ Error and Error Correction osf.io/3ed8x/files/...
Also available via app: rpt-rl.netlify.app
#ReproducibiliTea #OpenResearch #OpenScience #peerreview #metasci #academicsky
◾ Post-Publication Reviewing and Post-Publication Culture osf.io/3ed8x/files/...
◾ Error and Error Correction osf.io/3ed8x/files/...
Also available via app: rpt-rl.netlify.app
#ReproducibiliTea #OpenResearch #OpenScience #peerreview #metasci #academicsky
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Does anyone know of a tidy dataset with a large number of common multi-item self-report psychology scales? Ideally clinical.
The data does not have to be within-subject, just a variety of common scales with decent N.
I have:
- Bainbridge et al
- AIID dataset
- Ideologies 2.0 dataset
The data does not have to be within-subject, just a variety of common scales with decent N.
I have:
- Bainbridge et al
- AIID dataset
- Ideologies 2.0 dataset
May 4, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Does anyone know of a tidy dataset with a large number of common multi-item self-report psychology scales? Ideally clinical.
The data does not have to be within-subject, just a variety of common scales with decent N.
I have:
- Bainbridge et al
- AIID dataset
- Ideologies 2.0 dataset
The data does not have to be within-subject, just a variety of common scales with decent N.
I have:
- Bainbridge et al
- AIID dataset
- Ideologies 2.0 dataset
"1. Those who resist epistemological norms are often accused of being unscientific or unrigorous.
2. Resisting epistemological norms can be done in an unrigorous way.
3. Resistance does not exist outside of social influence. In resisting some norms, we can recreate other norms."
2. Resisting epistemological norms can be done in an unrigorous way.
3. Resistance does not exist outside of social influence. In resisting some norms, we can recreate other norms."
Proud to share my article for the inaugural issue of re:wave! In it, I discuss how tempting it is to present 'marginalised' knowledge as a solution to the flaws of the academic status quo, but how we nevertheless should resist this temptation towards simplicity 📚
rewave.press/eating-epist...
rewave.press/eating-epist...
Eating epistemologies and tending to tension: against the romance of intellectual ease - Pippa Sterk — re:wave press
re:wave press' main website.
rewave.press
April 27, 2026 at 10:31 AM
"1. Those who resist epistemological norms are often accused of being unscientific or unrigorous.
2. Resisting epistemological norms can be done in an unrigorous way.
3. Resistance does not exist outside of social influence. In resisting some norms, we can recreate other norms."
2. Resisting epistemological norms can be done in an unrigorous way.
3. Resistance does not exist outside of social influence. In resisting some norms, we can recreate other norms."
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This is why we (@jamiecummins.bsky.social @bethclarke.bsky.social and I) have developed RegCheck, a tool that automatically checks for potential deviations. regcheck.app
RegCheck
RegCheck is an AI tool to compare preregistrations with papers instantly.
regcheck.app
April 24, 2026 at 10:16 AM
This is why we (@jamiecummins.bsky.social @bethclarke.bsky.social and I) have developed RegCheck, a tool that automatically checks for potential deviations. regcheck.app
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Level B/C (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) continuing position, open area, available at our School of Psychology at the University of Sydney 🐨
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
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Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Psychology
1 full-time continuing position available, located on the Camperdown Campus at the School of Psychology Opportunity to contribute to research and teaching in a world leading Psychology department Base...
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April 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Level B/C (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) continuing position, open area, available at our School of Psychology at the University of Sydney 🐨
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
Excited to start work together on a project I'm so passionate about!
I’m hiring a PhD student!
The candidate will work alongside @zefreeman.bsky.social, who is joining our research group as postdoc.
jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...
The candidate will work alongside @zefreeman.bsky.social, who is joining our research group as postdoc.
jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...
PhD Student in Meta-Science and Clinical Psychology - Universität Bern
Universität Bern is looking for PhD Student in Meta-Science and Clinical Psychology
jobs.unibe.ch
April 20, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Excited to start work together on a project I'm so passionate about!
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This is short and meaningful and worth your time
For me, this comes with a responsibility to raise awareness about the challenges of being trans in Singapore. So I wrote a short post about my own journey transitioning since 13 years ago, which you can find here: ztangent.github.io/blog/2026/td...
April 1, 2026 at 1:14 AM
This is short and meaningful and worth your time
"honesty, insofar as I have a public voice, about the ways in which the profession I practice is being asked to absorb and individually manage forms of suffering that are, in part, collective in origin and that deserve collective responses"
A post in which I highlight the need for a clinical language that does justice to trait-demand mismatches and sees them as firmly and unapologetically deserving of clinical care.
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/what-do-we...
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/what-do-we...
What Do We Owe the Overburdened?
Doing justice to trait-demand mismatches
www.psychiatrymargins.com
March 15, 2026 at 1:42 AM
"honesty, insofar as I have a public voice, about the ways in which the profession I practice is being asked to absorb and individually manage forms of suffering that are, in part, collective in origin and that deserve collective responses"
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Has transparency improved in clinical psychology? New cross sectional study from us (Bianca Kotoulas, Justine Blackwell & me). Adoption of transparent research practices has increased between 2012, 2018, & 2024, but aside from coi and funding disclosures, they remain uncommon osf.io/preprints/ps...
March 11, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Has transparency improved in clinical psychology? New cross sectional study from us (Bianca Kotoulas, Justine Blackwell & me). Adoption of transparent research practices has increased between 2012, 2018, & 2024, but aside from coi and funding disclosures, they remain uncommon osf.io/preprints/ps...
"Pooling data across many trials could also help answer questions about studies’ operational characteristics: How does remote monitoring compare with on-site testing? Which trial sites reliably deliver high-quality data? Which eligibility criteria slow down recruitment?"
New short blogpost!
There are probably many benefits of sharing clinical trial data, including:
Verifying results, better meta-analysis, understanding inconsistent results, further exploration, better clinical decision-making, learning how to run trials better, and reducing redundancy.
There are probably many benefits of sharing clinical trial data, including:
Verifying results, better meta-analysis, understanding inconsistent results, further exploration, better clinical decision-making, learning how to run trials better, and reducing redundancy.
The case for sharing clinical trial data
The story behind the first statin and how its development was almost derailed, and the implications of sharing clinical trial data.
abundanceandgrowthblog.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:56 AM
"Pooling data across many trials could also help answer questions about studies’ operational characteristics: How does remote monitoring compare with on-site testing? Which trial sites reliably deliver high-quality data? Which eligibility criteria slow down recruitment?"
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behold, we found great variation in how people think! Many activities that we thought would be “gaming” weren't & vice versa, eg half of the participants interpreted ‘gambling’ to be ‘gaming’. Ergo: surveying ‘gaming’ without defining it creates data mess
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 AM
behold, we found great variation in how people think! Many activities that we thought would be “gaming” weren't & vice versa, eg half of the participants interpreted ‘gambling’ to be ‘gaming’. Ergo: surveying ‘gaming’ without defining it creates data mess
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The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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I kept reading EMA studies claiming to test etiological theories of AUD, but I realized they never actually measured how people experience AUD in their daily lives. So we set out to see what we could learn with existing data.
1/19
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
1/19
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Seven Symptoms Over Nearly 4,000 Days: Item-Level Variability in the Psychometric Properties of Daily Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms in Young Adult Drinkers - Kevin M. King, Dahyeon Kang, Megan E. Schu...
People experience symptoms of alcohol use disorders (AUD) in their daily lives, including more impairment-based symptoms (e.g., hazardous use, interpersonal pro...
journals.sagepub.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I kept reading EMA studies claiming to test etiological theories of AUD, but I realized they never actually measured how people experience AUD in their daily lives. So we set out to see what we could learn with existing data.
1/19
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
1/19
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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COW TOOLS www.cell.com/current-biol...
Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow
Osuna-Mascaró and Auersperg report flexible, multipurpose tool use in a cow, expanding
the known range of mammalian tool users and underscoring overlooked cognitive capacities
in livestock.
www.cell.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:48 PM
COW TOOLS www.cell.com/current-biol...
the energy of this new year
January 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
the energy of this new year