OpenPsy: Open Science Initiative der Fakultät für Psychologie

RUB OpenPsy is the Open Science Initiative of the faculty of psychology at Ruhr University Bochum. We are part of a larger national and international network of initiatives and grassroots communities committed to increasing accessibility, transparency, reproducibility, and replicability of research. Our goal is to assist students and research staff in improving their learning, teaching, and research by adopting open science principles. 

The Bochum Open Science Initiative consists of professors, staff members, and students (in alphabetical order): Prof. Dr. Helen Blank, Deirdre Fels, Prof. Dr. Carolin Hahnel, Prof. Dr. Marie Hennecke (Head), Dr. Julia Krasko, Raphael Merz, Bernd Schäfer, Bennet Strahmann.

We welcome new engaged members!

Who is this course for?

Anyone and everyone at the faculty of psychology, including students and researchers of any career level. This course is designed to assist teachers in implementing open science in the planning of their course, students to adopt open science practices for their research projects, reports, and bachelor/master theses, and researchers to make open science part of their workflow.

How do I get in touch if I have further questions?

The content below is meant to provide general guidance for learners, teachers, and researchers. Of course, not all specific problems and situations are adressed. If you have a question about open science practices not answered by this course, the best way is to use the Forum in this Moodle course. For questions regarding Open Science in research and teaching (e.g., preregistration, Open Data, Open Code, or Open Materials), faculty members (including early career researchers!) are welcome to schedule a consultation with us. We kindly ask students with Open Science-related questions in the context of their bachelor's or master's theses to first contact their supervisor and then reach out to us together. To schedule a consultation, please briefly describe your request via email at mailto: psy-open-science@rub.de.