The eighteenth OSCR ReproducibiliTea journal club will take place on April 7th at 14:00 CEST. Our special guests will be Prof. Lex Bouter, Professor of Methodology and Integrity at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Prof. Rik Peels, Associate Professor in Philosophy and Religion & Theology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Rik and Lex will guide us through one of their papers1:

Bouter L., & Peels R. (2021). Replication and trustworthiness. Accountability in Research, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2021.1963708

In this paper, the authors explore multiple relations that exist between trustworthiness and replication. When “trust”, “trustworthiness”, “replicability”, “replication study”, and “successful replication” are defined, the authors review the relation of trustworthiness to each of the three main kinds of replication: reproductions, direct replications, and conceptual replications. Thereafter, they discuss the relation of trustworthiness to the intentionality of a replication. Following, the authors explore whether the trustworthiness of research findings depends merely on evidential considerations or also on what is at stake.

An invitation via Outlook calendar has been sent to all subscribers of the OSCR mailing list2. This invitation includes a link to join the meeting using Zoom. Click on the link, insert the password provided in the invitation mail, and you will join the call.

During the Zoom meeting, please follow these guidelines:

  • wear headphones
  • mute your microphone
  • video is optional (in case of connection issues, you may be asked to turn it off)
  • pay attention to the moderator (which will be Eirini)
  • if you have questions
    • click on the Raise Hand button and the moderator will unmute you; or
    • write down your question in the chat and the moderator will read it

Please remember that attendees of every OSCR event (in-person or online) are required to follow our Code of Conduct.

Take care,

Rik Peels, Lex Bouter, Eirini Botsari, and Antonio Schettino



  1. The materials will be available on our OSF repository.↩︎

  2. If you are not part of the OSCR mailing lists but would like to join, please contact Antonio.↩︎