We got some nice pictures taken of the
@excelscior-era.bsky.social team :) new profile picture time!
@excelscior-era.bsky.social team :) new profile picture time!
June 2, 2026 at 10:57 AM
We got some nice pictures taken of the
@excelscior-era.bsky.social team :) new profile picture time!
@excelscior-era.bsky.social team :) new profile picture time!
Big news. I’ve started a new PI position @ucoimbra.bsky.social
I'm joining the meta-research group led by @tweissgerber.bsky.social & the @ec.europa.eu funded @excelscior-era.bsky.social
Thrilled to join this historic university & continue my work on #MetaResearch #EvidenceSynthesis & #OpenScience
I'm joining the meta-research group led by @tweissgerber.bsky.social & the @ec.europa.eu funded @excelscior-era.bsky.social
Thrilled to join this historic university & continue my work on #MetaResearch #EvidenceSynthesis & #OpenScience
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Big news. I’ve started a new PI position @ucoimbra.bsky.social
I'm joining the meta-research group led by @tweissgerber.bsky.social & the @ec.europa.eu funded @excelscior-era.bsky.social
Thrilled to join this historic university & continue my work on #MetaResearch #EvidenceSynthesis & #OpenScience
I'm joining the meta-research group led by @tweissgerber.bsky.social & the @ec.europa.eu funded @excelscior-era.bsky.social
Thrilled to join this historic university & continue my work on #MetaResearch #EvidenceSynthesis & #OpenScience
Great to be part of CiBB Welcome Day 2026! 🎓🚀 EXCELScIOR was present to share resources and show how we can support researchers in producing better research. @inesatalmeida.bsky.social introduced UC Master’s & PhD candidates to #TREASURE project. 🔬📚
@cnc-uc.bsky.social @ucoimbra.bsky.social
@cnc-uc.bsky.social @ucoimbra.bsky.social
September 30, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Great to be part of CiBB Welcome Day 2026! 🎓🚀 EXCELScIOR was present to share resources and show how we can support researchers in producing better research. @inesatalmeida.bsky.social introduced UC Master’s & PhD candidates to #TREASURE project. 🔬📚
@cnc-uc.bsky.social @ucoimbra.bsky.social
@cnc-uc.bsky.social @ucoimbra.bsky.social
Yesterday, our PI @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social spoke at a #EUFLYNET COST Action 🌍 workshop on rethinking standards in #EvidenceSynthesis for reliable #Ecology and #Evolution 🌱. EXCELSCIOR supports rigorous, transparent research across the European research community.
#COSTAction #EXCELScIOR
#COSTAction #EXCELScIOR
October 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Yesterday, our PI @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social spoke at a #EUFLYNET COST Action 🌍 workshop on rethinking standards in #EvidenceSynthesis for reliable #Ecology and #Evolution 🌱. EXCELSCIOR supports rigorous, transparent research across the European research community.
#COSTAction #EXCELScIOR
#COSTAction #EXCELScIOR
Yesterday I gave a short talk at @ucoimbra.bsky.social's fantastic DCV seminar series, a great chance to introduce myself to my new institutional community (@excelscior-era.bsky.social).
Haven't been that nervous about a talk in ages, funny how starting fresh brings that back! 😅
Haven't been that nervous about a talk in ages, funny how starting fresh brings that back! 😅
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Yesterday I gave a short talk at @ucoimbra.bsky.social's fantastic DCV seminar series, a great chance to introduce myself to my new institutional community (@excelscior-era.bsky.social).
Haven't been that nervous about a talk in ages, funny how starting fresh brings that back! 😅
Haven't been that nervous about a talk in ages, funny how starting fresh brings that back! 😅
Very excited to announce that in the autumn I will be joining @excelscior-era.bsky.social at the University of Coimbra as an Assistant Researcher in Metascience! So excited to join the team and move to Portugal 🇵🇹✨
Read more about the project here: excelscior.uc.pt
Read more about the project here: excelscior.uc.pt
Excelsior – ERA Chair project on excellent science with impact, open and reliable
excelscior.uc.pt
May 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Very excited to announce that in the autumn I will be joining @excelscior-era.bsky.social at the University of Coimbra as an Assistant Researcher in Metascience! So excited to join the team and move to Portugal 🇵🇹✨
Read more about the project here: excelscior.uc.pt
Read more about the project here: excelscior.uc.pt
🎉 A warm welcome to our new PI, Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar! We’re excited to see your work continue at @ucoimbra.bsky.social with the EXCELScIOR team advancing #MetaResearch & #OpenScience.
Big news. I’ve started a new PI position @ucoimbra.bsky.social
I'm joining the meta-research group led by @tweissgerber.bsky.social & the @ec.europa.eu funded @excelscior-era.bsky.social
Thrilled to join this historic university & continue my work on #MetaResearch #EvidenceSynthesis & #OpenScience
I'm joining the meta-research group led by @tweissgerber.bsky.social & the @ec.europa.eu funded @excelscior-era.bsky.social
Thrilled to join this historic university & continue my work on #MetaResearch #EvidenceSynthesis & #OpenScience
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🎉 A warm welcome to our new PI, Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar! We’re excited to see your work continue at @ucoimbra.bsky.social with the EXCELScIOR team advancing #MetaResearch & #OpenScience.
We're hiring an Assistant Researcher (R3, assistant prof level) in metaresearch to join the University of Coimbra EXCELScIOR project ERA-Chair metaresearch team (euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/311821, apply by Mar 4). Open to researchers from many fields working in metaresearch & research improvement.
CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – Assistant Researcher in Meta-Research (reference: 101087416)
University of Coimbra opens a call for one Assistant Researcher Position, in the framework of the EXCELScIOR project “EXCELlent Science with Impact, Open and Reliable” (reference: 101087416), funded b...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
January 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
We're hiring an Assistant Researcher (R3, assistant prof level) in metaresearch to join the University of Coimbra EXCELScIOR project ERA-Chair metaresearch team (euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/311821, apply by Mar 4). Open to researchers from many fields working in metaresearch & research improvement.
New preprint from EXCELScIOR PI @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social and colleagues: Meta-analysts must lead by example and embrace all FAIR principles
Check it out! 👇
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social @cnc-uc.bsky.social
Check it out! 👇
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social @cnc-uc.bsky.social
@shreyadimri.bsky.social et al. “Meta-analysts must lead by example and embrace all FAIR principles”
We assessed meta-analyses in ecology, evolution & environmental sciences for methodological & reporting quality, data/code sharing, and data FAIRness.
🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X21...
We assessed meta-analyses in ecology, evolution & environmental sciences for methodological & reporting quality, data/code sharing, and data FAIRness.
🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X21...
Meta-analysts must lead by example and embrace all FAIR principles
doi.org
September 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
New preprint from EXCELScIOR PI @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social and colleagues: Meta-analysts must lead by example and embrace all FAIR principles
Check it out! 👇
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social @cnc-uc.bsky.social
Check it out! 👇
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social @cnc-uc.bsky.social
🎙️ EXCELScIOR at PLOS Open 2.0!
🔎 Catch EXCELScIOR #TeamLeader in this insightful webinar on the power of Open Science in Big Team collaborations.
From communication to data sharing—what does it take to make large-scale research work?
🎥 Watch the full session here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI9W...
🔎 Catch EXCELScIOR #TeamLeader in this insightful webinar on the power of Open Science in Big Team collaborations.
From communication to data sharing—what does it take to make large-scale research work?
🎥 Watch the full session here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI9W...
April 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🎙️ EXCELScIOR at PLOS Open 2.0!
🔎 Catch EXCELScIOR #TeamLeader in this insightful webinar on the power of Open Science in Big Team collaborations.
From communication to data sharing—what does it take to make large-scale research work?
🎥 Watch the full session here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI9W...
🔎 Catch EXCELScIOR #TeamLeader in this insightful webinar on the power of Open Science in Big Team collaborations.
From communication to data sharing—what does it take to make large-scale research work?
🎥 Watch the full session here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI9W...
🚀 We are happy to be part of the new #HorizonEurope project CATALYST!
#EXCELScIOR will contribute to activities on monitoring and evaluating reproducibility practices and culture change alongside partners from across Europe and beyond. 🌍👏
Looking forward to the collaboration!
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
#EXCELScIOR will contribute to activities on monitoring and evaluating reproducibility practices and culture change alongside partners from across Europe and beyond. 🌍👏
Looking forward to the collaboration!
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
TIER2 social media becomes ➡️ @catalyst-eu.bsky.social !
🚀 CATALYST is a new Horizon Europe project which begins today and aims to show how reproducibility can be embedded in different research settings and disciplines. 📑
Stay tuned for more updates! 👀
🚀 CATALYST is a new Horizon Europe project which begins today and aims to show how reproducibility can be embedded in different research settings and disciplines. 📑
Stay tuned for more updates! 👀
September 7, 2026 at 11:48 AM
🚀 We are happy to be part of the new #HorizonEurope project CATALYST!
#EXCELScIOR will contribute to activities on monitoring and evaluating reproducibility practices and culture change alongside partners from across Europe and beyond. 🌍👏
Looking forward to the collaboration!
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
#EXCELScIOR will contribute to activities on monitoring and evaluating reproducibility practices and culture change alongside partners from across Europe and beyond. 🌍👏
Looking forward to the collaboration!
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
We're looking for a Junior Researcher (postdoc) in metaresearch to join the EXCELScIOR project ERA-Chair meta-research team at the University of Coimbra (www.euraxess.pt/jobs/299801, apply by Jan 24). Open to researchers from many fields who are working in metaresearch & research improvement.
January 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We're looking for a Junior Researcher (postdoc) in metaresearch to join the EXCELScIOR project ERA-Chair meta-research team at the University of Coimbra (www.euraxess.pt/jobs/299801, apply by Jan 24). Open to researchers from many fields who are working in metaresearch & research improvement.
The school is funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de, and organized by @questcenter.bsky.social & @excelscior-era.bsky.social, and supported by - among others - @meta-rep.bsky.social, @irise-eu.bsky.social & @germanrepro.bsky.social.
April 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
The school is funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de, and organized by @questcenter.bsky.social & @excelscior-era.bsky.social, and supported by - among others - @meta-rep.bsky.social, @irise-eu.bsky.social & @germanrepro.bsky.social.
The Metascience Alliance is strengthening how science is conducted, evaluated, and communicated. As part of its pilot Perspective Sessions, #EXCELScIOR Team Leader @tweissgerber.bsky.social is moderating the first three sessions.
💡 Learn more & get involved: link below👇
💡 Learn more & get involved: link below👇
The Metascience Alliance's latest initiative is a pilot series called Perspective Sessions, which creates space for focused, cross-stakeholder conversations on timely issues affecting research systems.
💡 Learn more about the pilot and how to get involved with the Alliance:
💡 Learn more about the pilot and how to get involved with the Alliance:
Perspective Sessions: A New Activity for the Metascience Alliance
As the Metascience Alliance continues to grow, new activities are taking shape, including a new pilot series called Perspective Sessions.
www.cos.io
April 29, 2026 at 1:35 PM
The Metascience Alliance is strengthening how science is conducted, evaluated, and communicated. As part of its pilot Perspective Sessions, #EXCELScIOR Team Leader @tweissgerber.bsky.social is moderating the first three sessions.
💡 Learn more & get involved: link below👇
💡 Learn more & get involved: link below👇
Join the EXCELScIOR project ERA-Chair team, @excelscior-era.bsky.social, to shape the future of meta-research
Assistant Researcher, assistant prof level, Mar 14: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/311821
Principal Investigator, associate prof level, Apr 7: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/320057
Assistant Researcher, assistant prof level, Mar 14: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/311821
Principal Investigator, associate prof level, Apr 7: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/320057
CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – Assistant Researcher in Meta-Research (reference: 101087416)
University of Coimbra opens a call for one Assistant Researcher Position, in the framework of the EXCELScIOR project “EXCELlent Science with Impact, Open and Reliable” (reference: 101087416), funded b...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
March 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Join the EXCELScIOR project ERA-Chair team, @excelscior-era.bsky.social, to shape the future of meta-research
Assistant Researcher, assistant prof level, Mar 14: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/311821
Principal Investigator, associate prof level, Apr 7: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/320057
Assistant Researcher, assistant prof level, Mar 14: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/311821
Principal Investigator, associate prof level, Apr 7: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/320057
EXCELScIOR ERA Chair Project
📣Seminar alert!
René Bernard will present “Shit Happens – Creating a healthy error culture in the competitive research world”
🗓️30 Jan 2026
📍CNC Polo I Auditorium 1st floor
@bihatcharite.bsky.social @neurocure.bsky.social
#GoEQIPD @ucoimbra.bsky.social #CNC-UC
📣Seminar alert!
René Bernard will present “Shit Happens – Creating a healthy error culture in the competitive research world”
🗓️30 Jan 2026
📍CNC Polo I Auditorium 1st floor
@bihatcharite.bsky.social @neurocure.bsky.social
#GoEQIPD @ucoimbra.bsky.social #CNC-UC
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 PM
EXCELScIOR ERA Chair Project
📣Seminar alert!
René Bernard will present “Shit Happens – Creating a healthy error culture in the competitive research world”
🗓️30 Jan 2026
📍CNC Polo I Auditorium 1st floor
@bihatcharite.bsky.social @neurocure.bsky.social
#GoEQIPD @ucoimbra.bsky.social #CNC-UC
📣Seminar alert!
René Bernard will present “Shit Happens – Creating a healthy error culture in the competitive research world”
🗓️30 Jan 2026
📍CNC Polo I Auditorium 1st floor
@bihatcharite.bsky.social @neurocure.bsky.social
#GoEQIPD @ucoimbra.bsky.social #CNC-UC
EXCELScIOR project was represented at #ForumGDI 🌟
💡Our researcher, @inesatalmeida.bsky.social, participated in the 11th Forum GDI, an event fostering collaboration between researchers, support services, and R&D communication hubs!
More info 👉 www.linkedin.com/in/excelscio...
#OpenScience
💡Our researcher, @inesatalmeida.bsky.social, participated in the 11th Forum GDI, an event fostering collaboration between researchers, support services, and R&D communication hubs!
More info 👉 www.linkedin.com/in/excelscio...
#OpenScience
December 3, 2024 at 2:48 PM
EXCELScIOR project was represented at #ForumGDI 🌟
💡Our researcher, @inesatalmeida.bsky.social, participated in the 11th Forum GDI, an event fostering collaboration between researchers, support services, and R&D communication hubs!
More info 👉 www.linkedin.com/in/excelscio...
#OpenScience
💡Our researcher, @inesatalmeida.bsky.social, participated in the 11th Forum GDI, an event fostering collaboration between researchers, support services, and R&D communication hubs!
More info 👉 www.linkedin.com/in/excelscio...
#OpenScience
Ready to make your research more reliable and collaborative?
Join the Quality Management Workshop this January!
Apply by 12 Dec 2025!
Organised by EXCELScIOR in collaboration with @bihatcharite.bsky.social.
@neurocure.bsky.social #GoEQIPD @ucoimbra.bsky.social #CNC-UC
Join the Quality Management Workshop this January!
Apply by 12 Dec 2025!
Organised by EXCELScIOR in collaboration with @bihatcharite.bsky.social.
@neurocure.bsky.social #GoEQIPD @ucoimbra.bsky.social #CNC-UC
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ready to make your research more reliable and collaborative?
Join the Quality Management Workshop this January!
Apply by 12 Dec 2025!
Organised by EXCELScIOR in collaboration with @bihatcharite.bsky.social.
@neurocure.bsky.social #GoEQIPD @ucoimbra.bsky.social #CNC-UC
Join the Quality Management Workshop this January!
Apply by 12 Dec 2025!
Organised by EXCELScIOR in collaboration with @bihatcharite.bsky.social.
@neurocure.bsky.social #GoEQIPD @ucoimbra.bsky.social #CNC-UC
🤸🏻♀️🤸♂️ The Coimbra Gym Fest – Trampoline World Cup has come to an end!
Thanks to everyone who visited the EXCELsCIOR stand and explored #MetaResearch through our activities 🧱🎨😊
✨ We enjoyed sharing Meta-Research with the community. Here are some highlights from the past few days! 📸
@cnc-uc.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who visited the EXCELsCIOR stand and explored #MetaResearch through our activities 🧱🎨😊
✨ We enjoyed sharing Meta-Research with the community. Here are some highlights from the past few days! 📸
@cnc-uc.bsky.social
July 6, 2026 at 10:56 AM
🤸🏻♀️🤸♂️ The Coimbra Gym Fest – Trampoline World Cup has come to an end!
Thanks to everyone who visited the EXCELsCIOR stand and explored #MetaResearch through our activities 🧱🎨😊
✨ We enjoyed sharing Meta-Research with the community. Here are some highlights from the past few days! 📸
@cnc-uc.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who visited the EXCELsCIOR stand and explored #MetaResearch through our activities 🧱🎨😊
✨ We enjoyed sharing Meta-Research with the community. Here are some highlights from the past few days! 📸
@cnc-uc.bsky.social
Highlights from Last Friday! ✨
#EXCELScIOR team hosted 3 inspiring seminars on #MetaResearch, #Reproducibility, & #ResponsibleResearch featuring:
🔹John Ioannidis, #UStanford & EXCELScIOR UCoimbra
🔹Susana Magalhães, #i3S #UPorto
🔹Tracey Weissgerber, EXCELScIOR #UCoimbra
👏Thanks to all who joined!
December 6, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Highlights from Last Friday! ✨
#EXCELScIOR team hosted 3 inspiring seminars on #MetaResearch, #Reproducibility, & #ResponsibleResearch featuring:
🔹John Ioannidis, #UStanford & EXCELScIOR UCoimbra
🔹Susana Magalhães, #i3S #UPorto
🔹Tracey Weissgerber, EXCELScIOR #UCoimbra
👏Thanks to all who joined!
The excelscior was my favourite Trek ship for quite a while 😍
July 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The excelscior was my favourite Trek ship for quite a while 😍
Our Quality Management Workshop is underway! This morning we kicked off a hands-on day on reliable, transparent, and collaborative research.
Organised by EXCELScIOR in collaboration with
@neurocure.bsky.social
#GoEQIPD @ucoimbra.bsky.social sky.social #CNC-UC
Organised by EXCELScIOR in collaboration with
@neurocure.bsky.social
#GoEQIPD @ucoimbra.bsky.social sky.social #CNC-UC
January 29, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Our Quality Management Workshop is underway! This morning we kicked off a hands-on day on reliable, transparent, and collaborative research.
Organised by EXCELScIOR in collaboration with
@neurocure.bsky.social
#GoEQIPD @ucoimbra.bsky.social sky.social #CNC-UC
Organised by EXCELScIOR in collaboration with
@neurocure.bsky.social
#GoEQIPD @ucoimbra.bsky.social sky.social #CNC-UC
We must go further: redesign institutions, test causal interventions, and have national funders establish dedicated meta-research panels: an investment this field has long deserved.
📄 Miske et al. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
📄 doi.org/10.1038/d415...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social @excelscior-era.bsky.social
📄 Miske et al. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
📄 doi.org/10.1038/d415...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social @excelscior-era.bsky.social
Investigating the reproducibility of the social and behavioural sciences - Nature
A study of reproducibility in a stratified random sample of 600 papers published from 2009 to 2018 in 62 journals spanning the social and behavioural sciences finds higher reproducibility among more&n...
doi.org
April 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
We must go further: redesign institutions, test causal interventions, and have national funders establish dedicated meta-research panels: an investment this field has long deserved.
📄 Miske et al. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
📄 doi.org/10.1038/d415...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social @excelscior-era.bsky.social
📄 Miske et al. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
📄 doi.org/10.1038/d415...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social @excelscior-era.bsky.social
Thank you so much! Really excited to join the team & to continue our work together advancing #MetaResearch & #OpenScience
To everyone interested in reliable, transparent & open science, make sure to follow @excelscior-era.bsky.social for updates on projects and collaborations! #ResearchIntegrity
To everyone interested in reliable, transparent & open science, make sure to follow @excelscior-era.bsky.social for updates on projects and collaborations! #ResearchIntegrity
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Thank you so much! Really excited to join the team & to continue our work together advancing #MetaResearch & #OpenScience
To everyone interested in reliable, transparent & open science, make sure to follow @excelscior-era.bsky.social for updates on projects and collaborations! #ResearchIntegrity
To everyone interested in reliable, transparent & open science, make sure to follow @excelscior-era.bsky.social for updates on projects and collaborations! #ResearchIntegrity
🚀 TREASURE is here! A pilot study recognizing & rewarding UC master's & PhD candidates who embrace reproducible, reusable & open research practices.
EXCELScIOR team kicked off the first Local Advisory Board meetings to drive institutional change in research assessment.
👉 www.uc.pt/en/iii/treasure/
EXCELScIOR team kicked off the first Local Advisory Board meetings to drive institutional change in research assessment.
👉 www.uc.pt/en/iii/treasure/
Treasure
www.uc.pt
March 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
🚀 TREASURE is here! A pilot study recognizing & rewarding UC master's & PhD candidates who embrace reproducible, reusable & open research practices.
EXCELScIOR team kicked off the first Local Advisory Board meetings to drive institutional change in research assessment.
👉 www.uc.pt/en/iii/treasure/
EXCELScIOR team kicked off the first Local Advisory Board meetings to drive institutional change in research assessment.
👉 www.uc.pt/en/iii/treasure/