Today, my term as director of the Psychological Science Accelerator — one of the largest collaborative communities in psychology — ends. Working w/ @psysciacc.bsky.social was very hard work. But it was incredibly meaningful. 🧵on the past 3 years and the future of big team science
Thank you to the ≈2500 members of the Psych Science Accelerator for the opportunity to lead and reflect Thank you to the funders who answered our calls for much needed support And thank you to *everyone* who continues to inspirationally push for improvements in science 🥲
Regardless of whether the teams are big or small, I think science is an extremely flawed but massively improving enterprise. Moving forward, you'll continue to see me encouraging folks to come together and work towards those improvements.
After 3 years of reflection, I feel much more comfortable with what I see coming: a massive acceleration towards big team science. After 3 years, I also have a realization: I can continue to steer the community in a positive direction through my tendency for anxious reflection.
Now my directorship is over. The Psychological Science Accelerator is now in the hands of two new co-directors: E. Buchanan and S. Lewis. It feels like a dream. I can't think of any two people who are better positioned to lead one of the most exciting communities in psychology
My Stanford colleagues deserve a shout out too @mcxfrank.bsky.social@hbaum.bsky.social@russpoldrack.bsky.social and M. Mathur) SO much to be done. But their work makes me optimistic.
The Psychological Science Accelerator’s Board of Directors deserve their own shout out. They dedicate a substantial amount of their time – for free – to building a culture of collaboration in psychology. Their values, collegiality, and generosity never ceased to inspire me.
The past 3 years have been an absolute thrill. I loved supporting the @psysciacc.bsky.social community. And I learned a lot from its amazing Board of Directors: E. Buchanan, L. DeBruine, J. Protzko, M. Silan, and K. Schmidt!
While this was happening, the director of @manybabies.orgbigteamscienceconference.github.io
The second annual Big Team Science Conference was held virtually via Zoom October 23-25, 2023 (10:00 - 21:00 UTC). The goal of this three-day virtual conference was to bring together a multidisciplina...
The third barrier: disagreements Consensus is hard to achieve with even two co-authors. What about dozens or hundreds? My colleagues and I have a forthcoming paper on this issue. Spoiler alert: it's titled "Team scientists should feel free to disagree" Stay tuned!
The second barrier was lack of best practices Once again, a panel of leaders from big team science initiatives came together We combined our knowledge into a “how-to guide” that I hope others will find helpful as they seek to build up big team science royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....