Preregister your research

Preregistration involves submitting your research plan, including hypotheses, methods and analysis plans, to a repository prior to conducting the study. Whether or not you need to do a preregistration depends on the nature of your research, and the specific requirements of your field.

Preregistration is more common for confirmatory research, in fields like psychology and social sciences, where hypothesis testing is prevalent.

If your research is exploratory or hypothesis-generating in nature, then preregistration might prove challenging.

Steps for preregistration involve selecting a repository for preregistering your research plan, writing down your research questions, hypotheses, experimental design, data collection methods and planned analyses, and submitting your preregistration to the chosen repository.

Join the academic debate

Joining the academic debate in the context of open science means contributing to the ongoing discourse surrounding open and transparent research practices.Practice Open Science by publishing Open Access, optimising your RDM, joining Open Science Communities, and contributing to Open Education.

Open Science Community Amsterdam

OSCA is an Amsterdam-based initiative that promotes and supports open science practices within the university community and beyond. OSCA is part of the broader international movement towards open science, which emphasises transparency, collaboration and accessibility in research.